Quantum initial condition sampling for linearized density matrix dynamics: Vibrational pure dephasing of iodine in krypton matrices

Vibrational investigation of nucleobases by means of divide and conquer semiclassical dynamics

In this work, we report a computational study of the vibrational features of four different nucleobases employing the divide-and-conquer semiclassical initial value representation molecular dynamics method. Calculations are performed on uracil, cytosine, thymine, and adenine. Results show that the overall accuracy with respect to experiments is within 20 wavenumbers, regardless of the dimensionality of the nucleobase. Vibrational estimates are accurate even in the complex case of cytosine, where two relevant conformers are taken into account. These results are promising in the perspective of future studies on more complex systems, such as nucleotides or nucleobase pairs.

Theoretical study of complexation of resveratrol with cyclodextrins and cucurbiturils: structure and antioxidative activity

The inclusion complexation of resveratrol with cyclodextrins and cucurbiturils and the influence of complexation on the antioxidative activity of resveratrol have been theoretically studied.