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de Moura GM, Lage MR, Santos A, Gester R, Stoyanov SR, Andrade-Filho T. A DFT study of the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the structure and electronic properties of sarcosine crystal. J Mol Model 2024; 30:368. [PMID: 39365492 PMCID: PMC11452461 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-024-06110-z] [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: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 10/05/2024]
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CONTEXT We perform density functional theory calculations to study the dependence of the structural and electronic properties of the amino acid sarcosine crystal structure on hydrostatic pressure application. The results are analyzed and compared with the available experimental data. Our findings indicate that the crystal structure and properties of sarcosine calculated using the Grimme dispersion-corrected PBE functional (PBE-D3) best agree with the available experimental results under hydrostatic pressure of up to 3.7 GPa. Critical structural rearrangements, such as unit cell compression, head-to-tail compression, and molecular rotations, are investigated and elucidated in the context of experimental findings. Band gap energy tuning and density of state shifts indicative of band dispersion are presented concerning the structural changes arising from the elevated pressure. The calculated properties indicate that sarcosine holds great promise for application in electronic devices that involve pressure-induced structural changes. METHODS Three widely used generalized gradient approximation functionals-PBE, PBEsol, and revPBE-are employed with Grimme's D3 dispersion correction. The non-local van der Waals density functional vdW-DF is also evaluated. The calculations are performed using the projector-augmented wave method in the Quantum Espresso software suite. The geometry optimization results are visualized using VMD. The Multiwfn and NCIPlot programs are used for wavefunction and intermolecular interaction analyses.
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- Geanso M de Moura
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Materiais, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
- Instituto Federal do Pará, IFPA, Campus Marabá Industrial-Pará, Marabá, Brazil
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- Curso de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 65800-000, Balsas, MA, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Sociais Saúde e Tecnologia (CCSST), Universidade Federal do Maranhão - UFMA, R. Urbano Santos, s/n, Imperatriz, MA, 65900-410, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Física, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá, PA, 68507-590, Brazil
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- Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY Devon, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, Alberta, T9G 1A8, Canada.
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- Faculdade de Física, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá, PA, 68507-590, Brazil
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Mishra MK, Mahur P, Manimunda P, Mishra K. Recent Advances in Nanomechanical Measurements and Their Application for Pharmaceutical Crystals. Mol Pharm 2023; 20:4848-4867. [PMID: 37642458 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Mechanical behavior of pharmaceutical crystals directly impacts the formulation development and manufacturing of drug products. The understanding of crystal structure-mechanical behavior of pharmaceutical and molecular crystals has recently gained substantial attention among pharmaceutical and materials scientists with the advent of advanced nanomechanical testing instruments like nanoindentation. For the past few decades, instrumented nanoindentation was a popular technique for measuring the mechanical properties of thin films and small-length scale materials. More recently it is being implemented to investigate the mechanical properties of pharmaceutical crystals. Integration of correlative microscopy techniques and environmental control opened the door for advanced structure-property correlation under processing conditions. Preventing the degradation of active pharmaceutical ingredients from external factors such as humidity, temperature, or pressure is important during processing. This review deals with the recent developments in the synchronized nanomechanical measurements of pharmaceutical crystals toward the fast and effective development of high-quality pharmaceutical drug products. This review also summarizes some recent reports to intensify how one can design and control the nanomechanical properties of pharmaceutical solids. Measurement challenges and the scope for studying nanomechanical properties of pharmaceutical crystals using nanoindentation as a function of crystal structure and in turn to develop fundamental knowledge in the structure-property relationship with the implications for drug manufacturing and development are discussed in this review. This review further highlights recently developed capabilities in nanoindentation, for example, variable temperature nanoindentation testing, in situ imaging of the indented volume, and nanoindentation coupled Raman spectroscopy that can offer new quantitative details on nanomechanical behavior of crystals and will play a decisive role in the development of coherent theories for nanomechanical study of pharmaceutical crystal.
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- Manish Kumar Mishra
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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Xie ZM, Wang TW, Du YB, Lu ZJ, Wu XW, Chen YB, Zhang JG. Structural, vibrational and electronic properties of nitrogen-rich 2,4,6-triazide-1,3,5-triazine under high pressure. J Mol Model 2023; 29:257. [PMID: 37468798 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05651-z] [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: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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CONTEXT AND RESULTS 2,4,6-triazide-1,3,5-triazine (TAT) has received widespread attention for its great potential to synthesize or convert to nitrogen-rich high energy density materials (HEDMs). The TAT structure alteration in the compression process up to 30 GPa has characteristics as follows: (a) [N3] groups straighten; (b) [N3] groups gather toward the six-membered C-N heterocycles. At about 5 GPa, Raman peak split at 700 cm-1 was observed both in calculation and in-situ Raman experiment, which is caused by pressure-induced intramolecular stress. Besides, the broad band of the amorphous two-dimensional C=N network (centered at 1630 cm-1) occurred at about 12 GPa. Meantime, the study on electronic features suggests the pressure-induced deformation in TAT molecular structure cause the discontinuous change of band gap at about 4.5 GPa and 8.0 GPa, respectively. COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL TECHNIQUES The static compression process of TAT was explored in the range of 0-30 GPa by using dispersion corrected density functional theory (DFT-D) calculations combined with in-situ Raman experiment. The GGA/PBE+G06 method that has less errors than other calculation methods was used to predict the geometry structure, vibrational properties and electronic structure of TAT under pressure.
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- Zhi-Ming Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Vasconcelos DLM, de Sousa FF, da Silva Filho JG, Teixeira AMR, Façanha Filho PF, Ribeiro PRS, Freire PTC. Raman spectroscopy of captopril crystals under low-temperature conditions. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 243:118734. [PMID: 32810777 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The polymorphism is a characteristic of several active principles, and can affect the bioavailability of a drug. Among the drugs used in the treatment of heart diseases, captopril is one of the most widely used in the world. Despite the knowledge of vibrational properties of captopril under high temperature and under high pressure, a lack of information impedes the understanding of the substance in the crystal form at low temperatures. In this research, we investigated the vibrational properties of captopril crystals under cryogenic conditions in the 300-8 K interval using Raman spectroscopy. By observing the behavior of the inter- and intra-molecular vibrations it was possible to infer that the captopril molecules suffered a rearranging into the unit cell due slight orientational changes mainly involving CH⋯O hydrogen bonds. The phenomenon occurs in a large temperature range. However, the observed changes do not suggest the occurrence of a structural phase transition and the Raman spectra indicate that the trans conformation is recorded down to the lowest temperature available in the experiments.
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- D L M Vasconcelos
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará, C.P. 6030, Campus do Pici, 60455-760 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Pará, CEP 66075-110 Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Sociais, Saúde e Tecnologia (CCSST), Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Campus II, 65900-410 Imperatriz, MA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Regional do Cariri, 63.010-970 Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Sociais, Saúde e Tecnologia (CCSST), Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Campus II, 65900-410 Imperatriz, MA, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Sociais, Saúde e Tecnologia (CCSST), Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Campus II, 65900-410 Imperatriz, MA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará, C.P. 6030, Campus do Pici, 60455-760 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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The Behavior of the Deformation Vibration of NH3 in Semi-Organic Crystals under High Pressure Studied by Raman Spectroscopy. CRYSTALS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst8060245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Erba A, Maschio L, Salustro S, Casassa S. A post-Hartree-Fock study of pressure-induced phase transitions in solid nitrogen: the case of the α, γ, and ε low-pressure phases. J Chem Phys 2011; 134:074502. [PMID: 21341854 DOI: 10.1063/1.3553206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have performed fully periodic ab initio post-Hartree-Fock calculations on three low-temperature molecular phases of solid nitrogen, namely α, γ, and ε. The aim is to characterize the pressure-induced transitions among these phases, which are prototypical molecular crystals, through a periodic local-MP2 method, implemented in the CRYSCOR program. Cohesive energies are computed using extended correlation consistent molecular basis sets, up to quintuple-ζ quality. The MP2 description of equilibrium volumes, pressure-volume curves, and transition pressures is found to be in good agreement with the experiments.
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- A Erba
- Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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Funnell NP, Marshall WG, Parsons S. Alanine at 13.6 GPa and its pressure-induced amorphisation at 15 GPa. CrystEngComm 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c1ce05487b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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High-Pressure Studies of Pharmaceuticals and Biomimetics. Fundamentals and Applications. A General Introduction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9258-8_44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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Arul Murugan N, Chandra Jha P. Pressure dependence of crystal structure and molecular packing in anthracene. Mol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/00268970903025683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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