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Lemos Silva RA, Barbosa MR, Martins CR, Scalabrini Machado DF, Ribeiro L, de Oliveira HCB, da Silva Filho DA. (Ro)vibrational Spectroscopic Constants, Lifetime and QTAIM Evaluation of Fullerene Dimers Stability. Molecules 2023; 28:5023. [PMID: 37446684 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28135023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The iconic caged shape of fullerenes gives rise to a series of unique chemical and physical properties; hence a deeper understanding of the attractive and repulsive forces between two buckyballs can bring detrimental information about the structural stability of such complexes, providing significant data applicable for several studies. The potential energy curves for the interaction of multiple van der Waals buckyball complexes with increasing mass were theoretically obtained within the DFT framework at ωB97xD/6-31G(d) compound model. These potential energy curves were employed to estimate the spectroscopic constants and the lifetime of the fullerene complexes with the Discrete Variable Representation and with the Dunham approaches. It was revealed that both methods are compatible in determining the rovibrational structure of the dimers and that they are genuinely stable, i.e., long-lived complexes. To further inquire into the nature of such interaction, Bader's QTAIM approach was applied. QTAIM descriptors indicate that the interactions of these closed-shell systems are dominated by weak van der Waals forces. This non-covalent interaction character was confirmed by the RDG analysis scheme. Indirectly, QTAIM also allowed us to confirm the stability of the non-covalent bonded fullerene dimers. Our lifetime calculations have shown that the studied dimers are stable for more than 1 ps, which increases accordingly with the number of carbon atoms.
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- Rodrigo A Lemos Silva
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás (IFG), Câmpus Jataí, Jataí 75804-714, GO, Brazil
- Grupo de Química Teórica e Estrutural de Anápolis (GQTEA), Campus Central Anápolis de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas Henrique Santillo, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, CP 459, Anápolis 75132-903, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estrutura Eletrônica e Dinâmica Molecular (LEEDMOL), Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, Goiânia 74001-970, GO, Brazil
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- Grupo de Química Teórica e Estrutural de Anápolis (GQTEA), Campus Central Anápolis de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas Henrique Santillo, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, CP 459, Anápolis 75132-903, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Modelagem Molecular de Sistemas Complexos (LMSC), Instituto de Química, Universidade de Brasília, CP 4478, Brasília 70919-970, DF, Brazil
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- Grupo de Química Teórica e Estrutural de Anápolis (GQTEA), Campus Central Anápolis de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas Henrique Santillo, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, CP 459, Anápolis 75132-903, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estrutura Eletrônica e Dinâmica Molecular (LEEDMOL), Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, Goiânia 74001-970, GO, Brazil
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- Grupo de Semicondutores Orgânicos, Instituto de Física, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, CP 4478, Brasília 70919-970, DF, Brazil
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Vaezi M, Nejat Pishkenari H, Ejtehadi MR. Collective movement and thermal stability of fullerene clusters on the graphene layer. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:11770-11781. [PMID: 35506871 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00667g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Understanding the motion characteristics of fullerene clusters on the graphene surface is critical for designing surface manipulation systems. Toward this purpose, using the molecular dynamics method, we evaluated six clusters of fullerenes including 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, and 25 molecules on the graphene surface, in the temperature range of 25 to 500 K. First, the surface motion of clusters is studied at 200 K and lower temperatures, in which fullerenes remain as a single group. The trajectories of the motion as well as the diffusion coefficients indicate the reduction of surface mobility as a response to the increase of the fullerene number. The clusters show normal diffusion at the temperature of 25 K, while they follow the super-diffusion regime at higher temperatures. The separation of fullerenes occurs at 300 K and higher temperatures. Due to the increase of vdW attraction with the increase of the fullerene number, the separation of fullerenes in larger clusters occurs at higher temperatures. The thermal energy at 500 K is sufficient to divide the large C60 clusters into smaller clusters. This energy level is related to the saturation of the interaction energy experienced by individual fullerenes, which can be estimated from the potential energy analysis. The results of simulations reveal that the separation occurs at the edge of clusters. Moreover, we studied the thermal stability of multilayer fullerene clusters on graphene. The simulation results indicate the tendency of multilayer clusters to locate on the surface, which implies the wetting property of C60s on the graphene layer.
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- Mehran Vaezi
- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (INST), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Benzigar MR, Joseph S, Ilbeygi H, Park D, Sarkar S, Chandra G, Umapathy S, Srinivasan S, Talapaneni SN, Vinu A. Highly Crystalline Mesoporous C
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with Ordered Pores: A Class of Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 57:569-573. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201710888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Mercy R. Benzigar
- Future Industries Institute (FII), Division of Information Technology Energy and Environment (DivITEE) University of South Australia Adelaide SA 5095 Australia
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- Future Industries Institute (FII), Division of Information Technology Energy and Environment (DivITEE) University of South Australia Adelaide SA 5095 Australia
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- Future Industries Institute (FII), Division of Information Technology Energy and Environment (DivITEE) University of South Australia Adelaide SA 5095 Australia
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- Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Karnataka India
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- Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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- Future Industries Institute (FII), Division of Information Technology Energy and Environment (DivITEE) University of South Australia Adelaide SA 5095 Australia
- Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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Benzigar MR, Joseph S, Ilbeygi H, Park D, Sarkar S, Chandra G, Umapathy S, Srinivasan S, Talapaneni SN, Vinu A. Highly Crystalline Mesoporous C
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with Ordered Pores: A Class of Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201710888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mercy R. Benzigar
- Future Industries Institute (FII), Division of Information Technology Energy and Environment (DivITEE) University of South Australia Adelaide SA 5095 Australia
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- Future Industries Institute (FII), Division of Information Technology Energy and Environment (DivITEE) University of South Australia Adelaide SA 5095 Australia
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- Future Industries Institute (FII), Division of Information Technology Energy and Environment (DivITEE) University of South Australia Adelaide SA 5095 Australia
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- Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Karnataka India
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- Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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- Future Industries Institute (FII), Division of Information Technology Energy and Environment (DivITEE) University of South Australia Adelaide SA 5095 Australia
- Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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Kriebel M, Sharapa D, Clark T. Charge Transport in Organic Materials: Norm-Conserving Imaginary Time Propagation with Local Ionization Energy as the External Potential. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:6308-6316. [PMID: 29048883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Maximilian Kriebel
- Computer-Chemie-Centrum and
Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Department of Chemistry
and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer-Chemie-Centrum and
Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Department of Chemistry
and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer-Chemie-Centrum and
Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Department of Chemistry
and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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Schmaltz T, Gothe B, Krause A, Leitherer S, Steinrück HG, Thoss M, Clark T, Halik M. Effect of Structure and Disorder on the Charge Transport in Defined Self-Assembled Monolayers of Organic Semiconductors. ACS NANO 2017; 11:8747-8757. [PMID: 28813143 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Self-assembled monolayer field-effect transistors (SAMFETs) are not only a promising type of organic electronic device but also allow detailed analyses of structure-property correlations. The influence of the morphology on the charge transport is particularly pronounced, due to the confined monolayer of 2D-π-stacked organic semiconductor molecules. The morphology, in turn, is governed by relatively weak van-der-Waals interactions and is thus prone to dynamic structural fluctuations. Accordingly, combining electronic and physical characterization and time-averaged X-ray analyses with the dynamic information available at atomic resolution from simulations allows us to characterize self-assembled monolayer (SAM) based devices in great detail. For this purpose, we have constructed transistors based on SAMs of two molecules that consist of the organic p-type semiconductor benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT), linked to a C11 or C12 alkylphosphonic acid. Both molecules form ordered SAMs; however, our experiments show that the size of the crystalline domains and the charge-transport properties vary considerably in the two systems. These findings were confirmed by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and semiempirical molecular-orbital electronic-structure calculations, performed on snapshots from the MD simulations at different times, revealing, in atomistic detail, how the charge transport in organic semiconductors is influenced and limited by dynamic disorder.
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- Thomas Schmaltz
- Organic Materials & Devices (OMD), Dept. of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) , Martensstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Materials & Devices (OMD), Dept. of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) , Martensstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer-Chemie-Centrum and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, FAU , Nägelsbachstraße 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), FAU , Staudtstrasse 7/B2, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- SSRL Materials Science Division, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), FAU , Staudtstrasse 7/B2, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer-Chemie-Centrum and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, FAU , Nägelsbachstraße 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Materials & Devices (OMD), Dept. of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) , Martensstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Leitherer S, Coto PB, Ullmann K, Weber HB, Thoss M. Charge transport in C 60-based single-molecule junctions with graphene electrodes. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:7217-7226. [PMID: 28513712 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr00170c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We investigate charge transport in C60-based single-molecule junctions with graphene electrodes employing a combination of density functional theory (DFT) electronic structure calculations and Landauer transport theory. In particular, the dependence of the transport properties on the conformation of the molecular bridge and the type of termination of the graphene electrodes is investigated. Furthermore, electron pathways through the junctions are analyzed using the theory of local currents. The results reveal, in agreement with previous experiments, a pronounced dependence of the transport properties on the bias polarity, which is rationalized in terms of the electronic structure of the molecule. It is also shown that the edge states of zigzag-terminated graphene induce additional transport channels, which dominate transport at low voltages. The importance of the edge states for transport depends profoundly on the interface geometry of the junctions.
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- Susanne Leitherer
- Institute for Theoretical Physics and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Staudtstr. 7/B2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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Sharapa DI, Margraf JT, Hesselmann A, Clark T. Accurate Intermolecular Potential for the C60 Dimer: The Performance of Different Levels of Quantum Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 13:274-285. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Dmitry I. Sharapa
- Computer-Chemie-Centrum,
Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstraße 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Lehrstuhl
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer-Chemie-Centrum,
Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstraße 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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Ozmaian M, Fathizadeh A, Jalalvand M, Ejtehadi MR, Allaei SMV. Diffusion and self-assembly of C60 molecules on monolayer graphyne sheets. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21910. [PMID: 26912386 PMCID: PMC4766508 DOI: 10.1038/srep21910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The motion of a fullerene (C60) on 5 different types of graphyne is studied by all-atom molecular dynamics simulations and compared with former studies on the motion of C60 on graphene. The motion shows a diffusive behavior which consists of either a continuous motion or discrete movements between trapping sites depending on the type of the graphyne sheet. For graphyne-4 and graphyne-5, fullerenes could detach from the surface of the graphyne sheet at room temperature which was not reported for similar cases on graphene sheets. Collective motion of a group of fullerenes interacting with a graphyne studied and it is shown that fullerenes exhibit stable assemblies. Depending on the type of graphyne, these assemblies can have either single or double layers. The mobility of the assembled structures is also dependent on the type of the graphyne sheet. The observed properties of the motion suggests novel applications for the complexes of fullerene and monolayer graphynes.
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- Masoumeh Ozmaian
- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- School of physics, Institute for research in fundamental sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11155-9161, Tehran, Iran.,Center of Excellence in Complex Systems and Condensed Matter (CSCM), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 1458889694, Iran
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- Department of physics, University of Tehran, Tehran 14395-547, Iran.,School of physics, Institute for research in fundamental sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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Bauer T, Jäger CM, Jordan MJT, Clark T. A multi-agent quantum Monte Carlo model for charge transport: Application to organic field-effect transistors. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:044114. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4927397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Thilo Bauer
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Computer-Chemistry-Center and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Computer-Chemistry-Center and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Computer-Chemistry-Center and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
- Centre for Molecular Design, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DY, United Kingdom
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