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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Deepak Patkar, Mini Bharati Ahirwar, Satya Prakash Shrivastava, Milind M. Deshmukh
Summary: By investigating the strengths and types of hydrogen bonds in mixed hydrogen fluoride-water cyclic clusters, it was found that hydrogen bonds were strongest when HF acted as the donor, weaker when water's O-H served as the donor, with the majority of strong hydrogen bonds attributed to cooperativity.
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Lulu Zhang, Juan Zhao, Lifei Wang, Yuzhi Song, Qingtian Meng, Dong Liu
Summary: A precise analytical potential energy surface (PES) of HCO(X(2)A') is fitted using ab initio energy points and a many-body expansion formula. The topographic characteristics and reaction probabilities, cross sections, and rate constants are computed and compared with previous results. The stereodynamics information provides insight into the role of collision energy in product distribution.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Amjad Ali Pasha, Musawer Iqbal, Hukam Khan, Mohammad Sohail, Nasir Rahman, Rajwali Khan, Abid Ali Khan, Omar H. Alsalmi, Dilsora Abduvalieva, Atef El Jery, Mouataz Adrdery
Summary: In this study, the physical behavior of SrMO3 (M = Hf and Pt) compounds was investigated using the WIEN2k software. The structural stability of SrHfO3 and SrPtO3 was verified, and their elastic stability was also checked. The results showed that these compounds have anisotropic, ductility, scratch-resistive, and plastic strain-resistant characteristics. Optical property research was conducted, and it was found that these compounds have low energy absorption and reflectivity, making them suitable for use in high-frequency UV devices.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Martin Matas, Michal Prochazka, Jaroslav Vlcek, Jiri Houska
Summary: The study investigates amorphous HfMSiBCN materials through ab initio calculations and magnetron sputtering, aiming to combine high-temperature stability and oxidation resistance with optimized mechanical, optical, and electrical properties. The results show that the properties of HfMSiBCN materials are influenced by the choice and fraction of M, with advantages in high electrical conductivity and hardness for potential applications in high-temperature coating design.
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Chemistry, Physical
Chao He, Shane J. Goettl, Zhenghai Yang, Srinivas Doddipatla, Ralf I. Kaiser, Mateus Xavier Silva, Breno R. L. Galvao
Summary: The study investigates the reaction dynamics between the D1-silylidyne radical and phosphine, uncovering the formation of various intermediate products and pathways. Results show a branching ratio of close to 4:1 for the formation of trans/cis-phosphinidenesilyl/d-trans/cis-phosphinidenesilyl compared to phosphinosilylidyne.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lalmuan Chhana, Bernard Lalroliana, Ramesh Chandra Tiwari, Bhanu Chettri, Lalrinthara Pachuau, Shivraj Gurung, Lalmuanpuia Vanchhawng, Dibya Prakash Rai, Lalhriat Zuala, Ramakrishna Madaka
Summary: This study investigates the adsorption properties of CO and HF gas molecules on a ZnS monolayer, revealing that chemisorption occurs between CO and HF gas molecules and the ZnS monolayer. The adsorption process significantly affects the carrier mobility of the ZnS monolayer and desirable sensing and desorption performance for CO and HF gas molecules can be achieved at room temperature.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jing Liu, Yuanchang Li
Summary: This study proposes a new design concept based on the unique feature of an excitonic insulator, negative exciton transition energy (E-t). Through first-principles calculations and experiments on one-dimensional organometallic wire, the viability of this concept is demonstrated. Substitutional doping allows for tuning the photon detection ability, providing wavelength selectivity, reduced thermal disturbance, and increased working temperature.
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Chemistry, Physical
Jie Qin, Jun Li
Summary: In this work, a full-dimensional accurate potential energy surface (PES-2020) for the reaction OH + SO -> H + SO2 is reported, calculated at the level of UCCSD(T)-F12a/aug-cc-pVTZ and fitted by the PIP-NN approach. Dynamics simulations on the new PES-2020 show a decrease in reactivity with increasing collision energy.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Basheer Ahmed Kalwar, Wang Fangzong, Amir Mahmood Soomro, Muhammad Rafique Naich, Muhammad Hammad Saeed, Irfan Ahmed
Summary: The adsorption of toxic gas molecules on Ti-doped hBN monolayer has been investigated, and it is found that Ti atom doping significantly enhances the adsorption ability. The transition in conductance of Ti-doped hBN monolayer in response to different gas adsorption suggests its potential application as a sensor. However, the recovery times for desorption of gas molecules are long at ambient condition, but can be shortened by annealing at elevated temperature with UV exposure.
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Chemistry, Physical
Cipriano Rangel, Joaquin Espinosa-Garcia, Jose C. Corchado
Summary: The dynamics and kinetics of hydrogen abstraction reactions with methanol were studied using new analytical potential energy surface (PES). The results showed that hydrogen abstraction from the methyl group is more likely to occur in a wide temperature range. The produced H-2 co-product was mainly in its vibrational ground-state with little rotation excitation. The kinetic results supported the previous theoretical studies and experimental results.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yue Liu, Da Li, Tian Cui
Summary: This study utilized the PSO algorithm to globally search black phosphorene edge structures, constructing edge databases and revealing the crucial role of phosphorus concentration in determining edge atomic configurations and appearances.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tong Li, Juan Du, Mingfa Ren
Summary: Ab initio modeling was used to study the interaction between His73 and Gly158, and the results showed that the methylation of His73 contributes to the structural stability of actin and restricts the material exchange pathway in F-actin dynamics.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Benjamin Csorba, Peter Szabo, Szabolcs Goger, Gyorgy Lendvay
Summary: The dynamics of reactions CH3 + HBr -> CH4 + Br and HO + HBr -> H2O + Br were studied using the quasiclassical trajectory method, revealing the impact of vibrational excitation and potential energy surface on the reactions. It was found that the reactions are primarily controlled by capture, with excitation of reactant vibration accelerating the reactions. The study also showed that the attraction between reactants plays a significant role in determining the reactivity of the reactions.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2021)
Article
Physics, Applied
Shukai Yao, Babak Anasori, Alejandro Strachan
Summary: 2D rare-earth metal carbides (MXenes) with novel electronic and magnetic properties and potential as scalable 2D magnets were investigated. The effect of the U parameter on the stability and magnetism of different termination sites was studied. It was found that Mo2NdC2O2 and Mo2NdC2(OH)(2) exhibited magnetic properties regardless of termination and Hubbard U value.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Cangtao Yin, Viktor Tajti, Gabor Czako
Summary: This study reports a spin-orbit-corrected analytical potential energy surface for the HBr + C2H5 -> Br + C2H6 reaction and investigates the reaction dynamics using quasi-classical methods. The simulation results show that the reaction probability exhibits a non-monotonic dependence on collision energy and is influenced by the attack angle and approach direction.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Dandan Lu, Rodrigo Urzua-Leiva, Otoniel Denis-Alpizar, Hua Guo
Summary: The hyperthermal dynamics and kinetics of the title reaction, which plays an important role in hypersonic chemistry for atmospheric entry vehicles, are investigated using quasi-classical trajectory methods on a recently developed ground electronic state potential energy surface. The dynamics calculations indicated that the reaction follows a complex-forming mechanism, despite its large endoergicity. The calculated differential cross section is forward-backward symmetric, consistent with a long-lived reaction intermediate supported by the NCN potential well . The lifetime of the reaction complex is sufficiently long that the vibrational distribution of the CN product can be predicted by the phase space theory. The calculated vibrational state specific and thermal rate coefficients follow the Arrhenius behavior, and the agreement with existing low-temperature experimental thermal rate coefficients is satisfactory. Extrapolations to high temperatures relev a n t to hypersonic conditions are provided.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Dandan Lu, Hua Guo
Summary: The dynamics and kinetics of nonadiabatic excitation of C(3P) to C(1D) induced by hyperthermal collisions with N2 molecules were investigated using quantum mechanical and two semiclassical nonadiabatic methods. The interaction potential energy surfaces and spin-orbit coupling were represented by a diabatic potential energy matrix, which facilitated the spin-forbidden process. Quantum dynamics calculations showed small transition probabilities due to weak spin-orbit coupling, with the most favored spin-flip transition near the threshold. The results also revealed strong oscillations and vibrational state-specified rate coefficients, with the N2 collision partner increasing the excitation rate at low temperatures but reversing the trend at high temperatures. The semiclassical methods qualitatively reproduced the quantum rate coefficients.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Brendan C. Sweeny, Bryan A. Long, Dominique Maffucci, Junxiang Zuo, Hua Guo, Albert A. Viggiano, Shaun G. Ard, Nicholas S. Shuman
Summary: The kinetics of the reaction between Zr+ and CH4 were investigated over a range of temperatures and pressures using a selected-ion flow tube apparatus. The measured rate constants were found to be small, indicating that the reaction is not very efficient. Two products, ZrCH4+ and ZrCH2+, were observed. A statistical modeling approach was used to fit the experimental data and revealed important information about the reaction mechanism and energetics. The results showed that the formation of the bimolecular product is favored over competing processes, and the energy of the products and reaction depend on various factors.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
James F. E. Croft, Pablo G. Jambrina, F. Javier Aoiz, Hua Guo, N. Balakrishnan
Summary: This study focuses on the collisions of two D2 molecules prepared in the v = 2 vibrational level and j = 2 rotational level. Quantum calculations were performed to identify key resonance features that contribute to the angular distribution in the experimental results.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Hua Guo, Yingqi Wang
Summary: As shown by a recent scanning tunneling microscopy study, the dissociation of N-2 impinging on Ru(0001) produces spherical N atoms that can travel significant distances from the impact site. In this work, the hot nitrogen atom dynamics following N-2 dissociation is investigated theoretically using a neural network representation of density functional theory data. Quasi-classical trajectory simulations reveal that typically only one N atom undergoes significant migration, while the other is often trapped near the impact site. The relatively short migration distance of the hot N atom found in the simulations is attributed to a high diffusion barrier and fast energy dissipation to surface phonons.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Daniel Rosch, Yifei Xu, Hua Guo, Xixi Hu, David L. Osborn
Summary: We provide experimental evidence of a new photodissociation pathway of SO2, resulting in the production of S(P-3(j)) + O-2 X(S-3(g)-) with a yield of 2-4%. High-level ab initio calculations suggest that this pathway occurs through internal conversion from the excited state followed by isomerization to a transient SOO intermediate. Classical trajectory simulations qualitatively reproduce the experimental yields, indicating the significance of this unexpected photodissociation pathway in understanding Earth's geologic history and atmospheric evolution.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Fenfei Wei, Sen Lin, Hua Guo
Summary: This paper presents a theoretical investigation of methane dissociation on a Pt(110)-(2 x 1) surface using a machine-learned potential energy surface. The simulations show good agreement with experimental results at high incidence energies and provide an explanation for negative activation at low incidence energies.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Hongwei Song, Hua Guo
Summary: This Perspective focuses on the dynamics of gas-phase bimolecular reactions with submerged barriers, which are prevalent in combustion, atmospheric chemistry, astrochemistry, and plasma chemistry. The temperature dependence of the rate coefficients for such reactions is often non-Arrhenius and complex, and the corresponding dynamics may also be quite different from those with significant barriers or those completely dominated by capture. Recent experimental and theoretical studies have revealed interesting dynamical behaviors, particularly at relatively low temperatures or collision energies, enriching our understanding of these unusual reactions.
ACS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AU
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Dandan Lu, Breno R. L. Galvao, Antonio J. C. Varandas, Hua Guo
Summary: The dynamics and kinetics of spin-forbidden transitions between N(D-2) and N(S-4) mediated by collisions with N-2 molecules were investigated using quantum wave packet (WP) method and semi-classical coherent switches with decay of mixing (CSDM) method. These transitions compete with exchange reaction channels on both doublet and quartet potential energy surfaces. The WP and CSDM quenching rate coefficients were in reasonable agreement with each other, reproducing previous theoretical results. For the excitation process, the agreement between the two approaches depended on the treatment of zero-point energy (ZPE) in the product, as the high endoergicity of this process led to severe violation of vibrational ZPE. The Gaussian-binning (GB) method improved the agreement with the quantum result. The excitation rate coefficients were two orders of magnitude smaller than those of the adiabatic exchange reaction, indicating inefficient intersystem crossing due to weak spin-orbit coupling between the two spin manifolds of the N-3 system.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Reed Nieman, Michael Sands, Yingqi Wang, Timothy K. Minton, Erin E. Mussoni, Jeffrey Engerer, Hua Guo
Summary: In order to investigate the gas-surface chemistry on the thermal protection system of a hypersonic vehicle, extensive periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations are conducted to study the interaction between atomic oxygen/nitrogen and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surfaces. The calculated reaction energies and barriers provide important information for adsorption, desorption, diffusion, recombination, and other reactions. The results are compared with a finite-rate model and suggest that some model parameters may need further refinement. These calculations contribute to the development of a predictive kinetic model for the complex reaction network under hypersonic flight conditions.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Humberto da Silva Jr, Qian Yao, Masato Morita, Brian K. Kendrick, Hua Guo, Naduvalath Balakrishnan
Summary: This paper reports the ab initio electronic structure and full-dimensional quantum dynamical calculations of the Li + CaF -> LiF + Ca chemical reaction. The results show that the Li + CaF reaction populates several low-lying vibrational levels and many rotational levels of the product LiF molecule, and the reaction is inefficient in the 1-100 mK regime, allowing sympathetic cooling of CaF by collisions with cold Li atoms.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yingqi Wang, Hua Guo
Summary: A recent study using scanning tunneling microscopy showed that N2 dissociation on Ru(0001) generates N atoms with high exoergicity, which can migrate away from the impact site. In this work, theoretical investigation based on a high-dimensional potential energy surface and neural network representation was conducted to study the dynamics of these hot nitrogen atoms. Simulation results revealed that typically only one N atom undergoes significant migration while the other remains near the impact site. The average final separation between the two N atoms is much smaller than the experimental report, mainly attributed to high diffusion barrier and fast energy dissipation to surface phonons.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Marcio O. Alves, Vinicius C. Mota, Joao P. Braga, Antonio J. C. Varandas, Hua Guo, Breno R. L. Galvao
Summary: In this study, an accurate potential energy surface (PES) for the lowest lying (4 )A '' state of the CNO system is presented. The energy terms are fitted using a theoretical framework, incorporating long-range interactions. The results show improved accuracy in predicting rate coefficients and highlight the importance of long-range interactions for low-temperature reactions.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shanyu Han, Changjian Xie, Xixi Hu, David R. Yarkony, Hua Guo, Daiqian Xie
Summary: Recent advances in quantum mechanical studies of adiabatic and nonadiabatic photodissociation dynamics have provided new insights into initial state control and product energy disposal. These insights have helped to understand quantum effects in small prototypical systems and serve as benchmarks for developing more approximate theoretical methods.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yafu Guan, Changjian Xie, Hua Guo, David R. Yarkony
Summary: The article reports the diabatic potential energy matrix (DPEM) for the two singlet states (S-0 and S-1) of thioformaldehyde, which is constructed based on high-level multireference configuration interaction wave functions. The saturated H-d in the molecular configuration space provides an accurate description of the photodissociation of thioformaldehyde on its singlet states and is essential for incorporating spin-orbit couplings into a unified framework.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION
(2023)