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Zhang R, Zhang Z, Han J, Yang L, Li J, Song Z, Wang T, Zhu J. Advanced liquid crystal-based switchable optical devices for light protection applications: principles and strategies. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023; 12:11. [PMID: 36593244 PMCID: PMC9807646 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-01032-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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With the development of optical technologies, transparent materials that provide protection from light have received considerable attention from scholars. As important channels for external light, windows play a vital role in the regulation of light in buildings, vehicles, and aircrafts. There is a need for windows with switchable optical properties to prevent or attenuate damage or interference to the human eye and light-sensitive instruments by inappropriate optical radiation. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs), owing to their rich responsiveness and unique optical properties, have been considered among the best candidates for advanced light protection materials. In this review, we provide an overview of advances in research on LC-based methods for protection against light. First, we introduce the characteristics of different light sources and their protection requirements. Second, we introduce several classes of light modulation principles based on liquid crystal materials and demonstrate the feasibility of using them for light protection. In addition, we discuss current light protection strategies based on liquid crystal materials for different applications. Finally, we discuss the problems and shortcomings of current strategies. We propose several suggestions for the development of liquid crystal materials in the field of light protection.
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- Ruicong Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Research Center of Analysis and Measurement, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- School of Energy Science & Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China.
- Key Laboratory of Micro-systems and Micro-structures Manufacturing, Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150080, China.
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Ghosal A, Roy AK. A real-time TDDFT scheme for strong-field interaction in Cartesian coordinate grid. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Mazurek AH, Szeleszczuk Ł, Pisklak DM. Periodic DFT Calculations-Review of Applications in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:E415. [PMID: 32369915 PMCID: PMC7284980 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In the introduction to this review the complex chemistry of solid-state pharmaceutical compounds is summarized. It is also explained why the density functional theory (DFT) periodic calculations became recently so popular in studying the solid APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients). Further, the most popular programs enabling DFT periodic calculations are presented and compared. Subsequently, on the large number of examples, the applications of such calculations in pharmaceutical sciences are discussed. The mentioned topics include, among others, validation of the experimentally obtained crystal structures and crystal structure prediction, insight into crystallization and solvation processes, development of new polymorph synthesis ways, and formulation techniques as well as application of the periodic DFT calculations in the drug analysis.
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- Chair and Department of Physical Pharmacy and Bioanalysis, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1 str., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (A.H.M.); (D.M.P.)
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Ramirez FF, Bustamente CM, González Lebrero MC, Scherlis DA. Transport and Spectroscopy in Conjugated Molecules: Two Properties and a Single Rationale. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:2930-2940. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Francisco F. Ramirez
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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Foglia NO, González Lebrero MC, Biekofsky RR, Estrin DA. Reaction Path Analysis from Potential Energy Contributions Using Forces: An Accessible Estimator of Reaction Coordinate Adequacy. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:1618-1629. [PMID: 31999449 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The calculation of potential energy and free-energy profiles along complex chemical reactions or rare event processes is of great interest because of their importance for many areas in chemistry, molecular biology, and material science. One typical way to generate these profiles is to add a bias potential to modify the energy surface, which can act on a selected degree of freedom in the system. However, in these cases, the quality of the result is strongly dependent on the selection of the degree of freedom over which this bias potential acts. The present work introduces a simple method for the analysis of the degree of freedom selected to describe a chemical process. The proposed methodology is based on the decomposition of contributions to the potential energy profiles by the integration of forces along a reaction path, which allows evaluating the different contributions to the energy change. This could be useful for discriminating the contributions to the energy arising from different regions of the system, which is particularly useful in systems with complex environments that must be represented using hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics schemes. Furthermore, this methodology allows in generating a quick and simple analysis of the degree of freedom which is used to describe the potential energy profile associated with the reactive process. This is computationally more accessible than the corresponding free-energy profile and can therefore be used as a simple estimator of reaction coordinate adequacy.
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- Nicolás O Foglia
- Departamento de Quı́mica Inorgánica, Analı́tica y Quı́mica Fı́sica/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Inorgánica, Analı́tica y Quı́mica Fı́sica/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Moebius Research Ltd., Systems Biomedicine, 24 Chedworth House, West Green Rd, N15 5EH London, U.K
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Inorgánica, Analı́tica y Quı́mica Fı́sica/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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Comparison and convergence of optical absorption spectra of noble metal nanoparticles computed using linear-response and real-time time-dependent density functional theories. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Arbelo-López HD, Rodriguez-Mackenzie AD, Roman-Morales EM, Wymore T, López-Garriga J. Charge Transfer and π to π* Transitions in the Visible Spectra of Sulfheme Met Isomeric Structures. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:4947-4955. [PMID: 29689164 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b12393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Since the 1863 discovery of a new green hemoglobin derivative called "sulfhemoglobin", the nature of the characteristic 618 nm absorption band has been the subject of several hypotheses. The experimental spectra are a function of the observation time and interplay between two major sulfheme isomer concentrations (a three- and five-membered ring adduct), with the latter being the dominant isomer at longer times. Thus, time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) was used to calculate the sulfheme excited states and visualize the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMOs) and lowest unoccupied MOs (LUMOs) of both isomers in order to interpret the transitions between them. These two isomers have distinguishable a1u and a2u HOMO energies. Formation of the three-membered ring SA isomeric structure decreases the energy of the HOMO a1u and a2u orbitals compared to the unmodified heme due to the electron-withdrawing, sulfur-containing, three-membered ring. Conversely, formation of the SC isomeric structure decreases the energy of the HOMO a1u and a2u orbitals due to the electron-withdrawing, sulfur-containing, five-membered ring. The calculations reveal that the absorption spectrum within the 700 nm region arises from a mixture of MOs but can be characterized as π to π* transitions, while the 600 nm region is characterized by π to dπ (d yz, d xz) transitions having components of a deoxy-like derivative.
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- Hector D Arbelo-López
- Chemistry Department , University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus , Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
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- Chemistry Department , University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus , Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
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- Chemistry Department , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , United States
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- Chemistry Department , University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus , Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
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Chalabala J, Uhlig F, Slavíček P. Assessment of Real-Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (RT-TDDFT) in Radiation Chemistry: Ionized Water Dimer. J Phys Chem A 2018. [PMID: 29513531 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b01259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ionization in the condensed phase and molecular clusters leads to a complicated chain of processes with coupled electron-nuclear dynamics. It is difficult to describe such dynamics with conventional nonadiabatic molecular dynamics schemes since the number of states swiftly increases as the molecular system grows. It is therefore attractive to use a direct electron and nuclear propagation such as the real-time time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TDDFT). Here we report a RT-TDDFT benchmark study on simulations of singly and doubly ionized states of a water monomer and dimer as a prototype for more complex processes in a condensed phase. We employed the RT-TDDFT based Ehrenfest molecular dynamics with a generalized gradient approximate (GGA) functional and compared it with wave-function-based surface hopping (SH) simulations. We found that the initial dynamics of a singly HOMO ionized water dimer is similar for both the RT-TDDFT/GGA and the SH simulations but leads to completely different reaction channels on a longer time scale. This failure is attributed to the self-interaction error in the GGA functionals and it can be avoided by using hybrid functionals with large fraction of exact exchange (represented here by the BHandHLYP functional). The simulations of doubly ionized states are reasonably described already at the GGA level. This suggests that the RT-TDDFT/GGA method could describe processes following the autoionization processes such as Auger emission, while its applicability to more complex processes such as intermolecular Coulombic decay remains limited.
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- Jan Chalabala
- Department of Physical Chemistry , University of Chemistry and Technology , Technická 5 , 16628 Prague , Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry , University of Chemistry and Technology , Technická 5 , 16628 Prague , Czech Republic.,Institute for Computational Physics , University of Stuttgart , Allmandring 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry , University of Chemistry and Technology , Technická 5 , 16628 Prague , Czech Republic.,Jaroslav Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , Dolejškova 3 , 18200 Prague , Czech Republic
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Marcolongo JP, Zeida A, Semelak JA, Foglia NO, Morzan UN, Estrin DA, González Lebrero MC, Scherlis DA. Chemical Reactivity and Spectroscopy Explored From QM/MM Molecular Dynamics Simulations Using the LIO Code. Front Chem 2018; 6:70. [PMID: 29619365 PMCID: PMC5871697 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In this work we present the current advances in the development and the applications of LIO, a lab-made code designed for density functional theory calculations in graphical processing units (GPU), that can be coupled with different classical molecular dynamics engines. This code has been thoroughly optimized to perform efficient molecular dynamics simulations at the QM/MM DFT level, allowing for an exhaustive sampling of the configurational space. Selected examples are presented for the description of chemical reactivity in terms of free energy profiles, and also for the computation of optical properties, such as vibrational and electronic spectra in solvent and protein environments.
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- Juan P Marcolongo
- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Zhu Y, Herbert JM. Self-consistent predictor/corrector algorithms for stable and efficient integration of the time-dependent Kohn-Sham equation. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:044117. [PMID: 29390834 DOI: 10.1063/1.5004675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Ying Zhu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Chemical Physics Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Chemical Physics Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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