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Crisci L, Coppola F, Petrone A, Rega N. Tuning ultrafast time-evolution of photo-induced charge-transfer states: A real-time electronic dynamics study in substituted indenotetracene derivatives. J Comput Chem 2024; 45:210-221. [PMID: 37706600 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Photo-induced charge transfer (CT) states are pivotal in many technological and biological processes. A deeper knowledge of such states is mandatory for modeling the charge migration dynamics. Real-time time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TD-DFT) electronic dynamics simulations are employed to explicitly observe the electronic density time-evolution upon photo-excitation. Asymmetrically substituted indenotetracene molecules, given their potential application as n-type semiconductors in organic photovoltaic materials, are here investigated. Effects of substituents with different electron-donating characters are analyzed in terms of the overall electronic energy spacing and resulting ultrafast CT dynamics through linear response (LR-)TD-DFT and RT-TD-DFT based approaches. The combination of the computational techniques here employed provided direct access to the electronic density reorganization in time and to its spatial and rational representation in terms of molecular orbital occupation time evolution. Such results can be exploited to design peculiar directional charge dynamics, crucial when photoactive materials are used for light-harvesting applications.
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- Luigi Crisci
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
- Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo ed. 6, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
- Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo ed. 6, Naples, Italy
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Saha J, Banerjee S, Malo S, Das AK, Das I. Thermally Activated Geometrical Regioselective E→Z Isomerization-Enabled Cascade Sequences of Conjugated Dienals: Experimental and DFT Studies. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302335. [PMID: 37555389 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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The geometrical regioselective E→Z isomerization of a conjugated alkene under thermal activation pose a challenge due to microscopic reversibility. Herein we report that such reversibility issues can be circumvented by integrating E→Z isomerization with subsequent cyclization cascade, particularly in the absence of commonly employed light, acids, or metal-catalysts. Thus, linearly conjugated dienals in a mixture of toluene-alcohol (2 : 1) solvents or only with alcohol at 60-70 °C can be converted to γ-alkoxybutenolides in moderate to good yields. The intermediary 2Z,4E-isomer can be isolated, which includes the first example of isolating the regioselective isomerization product under thermal conditions. Density functional theory (DFT) studies have been employed to shed light on the feasibility of geometrical alkene isomerization and ensuing cascade sequences. It has been observed that the regioselective 2E,4E→2Z,4E isomerization of dienal is a thermodynamically facile (ΔG <0) process. Structural elucidation further reveals that the presence of a certain charge transfer and a non-covalent interaction may be the primary reasons for the enhanced stability of the 2Z,4E-isomer. The thermodynamic plausibility of the subsequent cascade reaction from the Z-isomer to the anticipated product in the presence of a polar protic solvent (here MeOH) is also explicated. Out of the two probable pathways, the "hemiacetal pathway" involving a relay proton transfer is kinetically more feasible due to the diminished activation barrier than the "conjugate addition pathway".
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- Jayanta Saha
- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Ghosh A, Banerjee S, Sarkar S, Debnath T, Ash T, Roy RS, Das AK. Energetics and Spectroscopic Properties of Low‐lying CaC
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Isomers: An Astrochemical Perspective. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202200763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Avik Ghosh
- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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“Influence of point defects on the hydrogen storage in nickel decorated GeC and SnC nanotubes’’. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Esrafili MD, Khan AA. Alkali metal decorated C 60 fullerenes as promising materials for delivery of the 5-fluorouracil anticancer drug: a DFT approach. RSC Adv 2022; 12:3948-3956. [PMID: 35425459 PMCID: PMC8981040 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra09153k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The development of effective drug delivery vehicles is essential for the targeted administration and/or controlled release of drugs. Using first-principles calculations, the potential of alkali metal (AM = Li, Na, and K) decorated C60 fullerenes for delivery of 5-fluorouracil (5FU) is explored. The adsorption energies of the 5FU on a single AM atom decorated C60 are −19.33, −16.58, and −14.07 kcal mol−1 for AM = Li, Na, and K, respectively. The results, on the other hand, show that up to 12 Li and 6 Na or K atoms can be anchored on the exterior surface of the C60 fullerene simultaneously, each of which can interact with a 5FU molecule. Because of the moderate adsorption energies and charge-transfer values, the 5FU can be simply separated from the fullerene at ambient temperature. Furthermore, the results show that the 5FU may be easily protonated in the target cancerous tissues, which facilitates the release of the drug from the fullerene. The inclusion of solvent effects tends to decrease the 5FU adsorption energies in all 5FU-fullerene complexes. This is the first report on the high capability of AM decorated fullerenes for delivery of multiple 5FU molecules utilizing a C60 host molecule. DFT calculations show the capability of alkali metal (AM = Li, Na, and K) decorated C60 fullerenes to deliver multiple 5-fluorouracil 5FU molecules. The results show 5FU may be protonated to target cancerous tissues, this causes the drug to be realised from the fullerene.![]()
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- Mehdi D Esrafili
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Maragheh P. O. Box 55136-553 Maragheh Iran
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- Centre for Computational Materials Science, University of Malakand Chakdara Pakistan.,Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand Chakdara Pakistan
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Esrafili MD, Hosseini S. Reversible CO 2 storage and efficient separation using Ca decorated porphyrin-like porous C 24N 24 fullerene: a DFT study. RSC Adv 2021; 11:34402-34409. [PMID: 35497271 PMCID: PMC9042344 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra05888f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The search for novel materials for effective storage and separation of CO2 molecules is a critical issue for eliminating or lowering this harmful greenhouse gas. In this paper, we investigate the potential application of a porphyrin-like porous fullerene (C24N24) as a promising material for CO2 storage and separation using thorough density functional theory calculations. The results show that CO2 is physisorbed on bare C24N24, implying that this material cannot be used for efficient CO2 storage. Coating C24N24 with Ca atoms, on the other hand, can greatly improve the adsorption strength of CO2 molecules due to polarization and charge-transfer effects. Furthermore, the average adsorption energy for each of the maximum 24 absorbed CO2 molecules on the fully decorated Ca6C24N24 fullerene is −0.40 eV, which fulfills the requirement needed for efficient CO2 storage (−0.40 to −0.80 eV). The Ca coated C24N24 fullerene also have a strong potential for CO2 separation from CO2/H2, CO2/CH4, and CO2/N2 mixtures. Using dispersion-corrected DFT calculations, the potential application of a porphyrin-like porous fullerene (C24N24) as an efficient material for CO2 storage and separation was investigated.![]()
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- Mehdi D Esrafili
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Maragheh P.O. Box 55136-553 Maragheh Iran +98 4212276060 +98 4212237955
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University Tehran Iran
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Taha HO, Tarek MA. Axial deformation effects on hydrogen storage of Ni decorated (8,0) zigzag single-walled boron nitride nanotubes: a DFT study. Mol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1937738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- H. O. Taha
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Hydrogen storage on Al-decorated C24N24 is explored by the dispersion corrected DFT calculations. Each Al site in the Al6C24N24 cluster can adsorb up to five H2 molecules, with an average adsorption energy of −0.30 eV.
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- Mehdi D. Esrafili
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Maragheh, P.O. Box 55136-553, Maragheh, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Maragheh, P.O. Box 55136-553, Maragheh, Iran
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Khan AA, Ahmad I, Ahmad R. Influence of electric field on CO2 removal by P-doped C60-fullerene: A DFT study. Chem Phys Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kuganathan N, Srikaran R, Chroneos A. Stability of Coinage Metals Interacting with C 60. NANOMATERIALS 2019; 9:nano9101484. [PMID: 31635324 PMCID: PMC6836103 DOI: 10.3390/nano9101484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Buckminsterfullerene (C60) has been advocated as a perfect candidate material for the encapsulation and adsorption of a variety of metals and the resultant metallofullerenes have been considered for the use in different scientific, technological and medical areas. Using spin-polarized density functional theory together with dispersion correction, we examine the stability and electronic structures of endohedral and exohedral complexes formed between coinage metals (Cu, Ag and Au) and both non-defective and defective C60. Encapsulation is exoergic in both forms of C60 and their encapsulation energies are almost the same. Exohedral adsorption of all three metals is stronger than that of endohedral encapsulation in the non-defective C60. Structures and the stability of atoms interacting with an outer surface of a defective C60 are also discussed. As the atoms are stable both inside and outside the C60, the resultant complexes can be of interest in different scientific and medical fields. Furthermore, all complexes exhibit magnetic moments, inferring that they can be used as spintronic materials.
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- Navaratnarajah Kuganathan
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
- Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Jaffna, Sir. Pon Ramanathan Road, Thirunelvely, Jaffna 40000, Srilanka.
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
- Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK.
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Gerber IC, Serp P. A Theory/Experience Description of Support Effects in Carbon-Supported Catalysts. Chem Rev 2019; 120:1250-1349. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Iann C. Gerber
- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INSA, UPS, 135 avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UPR 8241 CNRS, INPT, 31400 Toulouse, France
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Esrafili MD, Heidari S. CO catalytic oxidation over C59X heterofullerenes (X = B, Si, P, S): A DFT study. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2019.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Esrafili MD, Heydari S. C59
X Heterofullerenes (X=N, B, Si, P and S) as Catalysts for Reduction of N2
O: A Comparative DFT Study. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201803541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mehdi D. Esrafili
- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry; Department of Chemistry; University of Maragheh, Maragheh; Iran
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry; Department of Chemistry; University of Maragheh, Maragheh; Iran
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El Mahdy AM, Taha HO, Kamel MA, El Shemy F. Theoretical study of hydrogen storage reactions on nickel-decorated heterofullerene C 58 B XN Y ( X + Y = 2). Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1483536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- A. M. El Mahdy
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Weng PP, Fan JF, Lin HF, Zhao X, Si XL. Theoretical study on the cage-like nanostructures formed by amino acids and their potential applications as drug carriers. Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1347295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Pei Pei Weng
- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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Pham NNT, Le HM. A Density Functional Theory Investigation of Ni
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Clusters (n
=1-4) Adsorbed on Buckminsterfullerene. Chemphyschem 2017; 18:1376-1384. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201601374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Nguyet N. T. Pham
- Faculty of Materials Science; University of Science, Vietnam National University; Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
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- Computational Chemistry Research Group; Ton Duc Thang University; Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- Faculty of Applied Sciences; Ton Duc Thang University; Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
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Goclon J, Winkler K, Margraf JT. Theoretical investigation of interactions between palladium and fullerene in polymer. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra24822e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Applying density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we predict the structural and electronic properties of different types of palladium–fullerene polymers.
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- Jakub Goclon
- Institute of Chemistry
- University of Bialystok
- 15-245 Bialystok
- Poland
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Mahdy AME, Taha HO, Kamel MA, EL Shemy F. Density functional theory study of hydrogen storage on Ni-doped C59X (X = B, N) heterofullerene. Mol Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2016.1139208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yang J, Yuan Y, Zhao H. Theoretical study of the interactions of a graphene-on-Ni(111) composite with dopamine. Mol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1123314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Junwei Yang
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China
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