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Vu K, Pandian J, Zhang B, Annas C, Parker AJ, Mancini JS, Wang EB, Saldana-Greco D, Nelson ES, Springsted G, Lischka H, Plasser F, Parish CA. Multireference Averaged Quadratic Coupled Cluster (MR-AQCC) Study of the Geometries and Energies for ortho-, meta- and para-Benzyne. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:7816-7829. [PMID: 39240216 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c04099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2024]
Abstract
The diradical benzyne isomers are excellent prototypes for evaluating the ability of an electronic structure method to describe static and dynamic correlation. The benzyne isomers are also interesting molecules with which to study the fundamentals of through-space and through-bond diradical coupling that is important in so many electronic device applications. In the current study, we utilize the multireference methods MC-SCF, MR-CISD, MR-CISD+Q, and MR-AQCC with an (8,8) complete active space that includes the σ, σ*, π and π* orbitals, to characterize the electronic structure of ortho-, meta- and para-benzyne. We also determine the adiabatic and vertical singlet-triplet splittings for these isomers. MR-AQCC and MR-CISD+Q produced energy gaps in good agreement with previously obtained experimental values. Geometries, orbital energies and unpaired electron densities show significant through-space coupling in the o- and m-benzynes, while p-benzyne shows through-bond coupling, explaining the dramatically different singlet-triplet gaps between the three isomers.
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- Khanh Vu
- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Ashby Road, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leicestershire, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United States
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Jacobse P, Daugherty MC, Čerņevičs K, Wang Z, McCurdy RD, Yazyev OV, Fischer FR, Crommie MF. Five-Membered Rings Create Off-Zero Modes in Nanographene. ACS NANO 2023; 17:24901-24909. [PMID: 38051766 PMCID: PMC10753889 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
Abstract
The low-energy electronic structure of nanographenes can be tuned through zero-energy π-electron states, typically referred to as zero-modes. Customizable electronic and magnetic structures have been engineered by coupling zero-modes through exchange and hybridization interactions. Manipulation of the energy of such states, however, has not yet received significant attention. We find that attaching a five-membered ring to a zigzag edge hosting a zero-mode perturbs the energy of that mode and turns it into an off-zero mode: a localized state with a distinctive electron-accepting character. Whereas the end states of typical 7-atom-wide armchair graphene nanoribbons (7-AGNRs) lose their electrons when physisorbed on Au(111) (due to its high work function), converting them into off-zero modes by introducing cyclopentadienyl five-membered rings allows them to retain their single-electron occupation. This approach enables the magnetic properties of 7-AGNR end states to be explored using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) on a gold substrate. We find a gradual decrease of the magnetic coupling between off-zero mode end states as a function of GNR length, and evolution from a more closed-shell to a more open-shell ground state.
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- Peter
H. Jacobse
- Department
of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli
Energy NanoSciences Institute at the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli
Energy NanoSciences Institute at the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Bakar
Institute
of Digital Materials for the Planet, Division of Computing, Data Science,
and Society, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli
Energy NanoSciences Institute at the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Nieman R, Carvalho JR, Jayee B, Hansen A, Aquino AJA, Kertesz M, Lischka H. Polyradical character assessment using multireference calculations and comparison with density-functional derived fractional occupation number weighted density analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:27380-27393. [PMID: 37792036 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03734g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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The biradicaloid character of different types of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) based on small band gaps is an important descriptor to assess their opto-electronic properties. In this work, the unpaired electron densities and numbers of unpaired electrons (NU values) calculated at the high-level multireference averaged quadratic coupled-cluster (MR-AQCC) method are used to develop a test set to assess the capabilities of different biradical descriptors based on density functional theory. A benchmark collection of 29 different compounds has been selected. The DFT descriptors contain primarily the fractional occupation number weighted electron density (FOD) based on simplified thermally-assisted-occupation density functional theory (TAO-DFT) calculations, but the singlet-triplet energy difference and other descriptors denoted as y0 and nLUNO have been considered as well. After adjustment of the literature-recommended finite temperatures, a very good, detailed agreement between unpaired density and FOD analysis is observed which is also manifested in excellent statistical correlations. The other two descriptors also show good correlations even though the absolute scaling is not satisfactory. A new linear fit of FOD data to the MR-AQCC reference values leads to an improved regression relation for determining the recommended finite temperature value in dependence of the Hartree-Fock exchange. This provides the basis for fast and reliable assessment of the biradical character of many classes of PAHs without the need for performing computationally extended MR calculations.
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- Reed Nieman
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA.
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Universität Bonn, D-53115, Germany
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA
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- Chemistry Department and Institute of Soft Matter, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20057-1227, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA.
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Plasser F, Glöcklhofer F. Visualisation of Chemical Shielding Tensors (VIST) to Elucidate Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity. European J Org Chem 2021; 2021:2529-2539. [PMID: 34248413 PMCID: PMC8251739 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Aromaticity is a central concept in chemistry, pervading areas from biochemistry to materials science. Recently, chemists also started to exploit intricate phenomena such as the interplay of local and global (anti)aromaticity or aromaticity in non-planar systems and three dimensions. These phenomena pose new challenges in terms of our fundamental understanding and the practical visualisation of aromaticity. To overcome these challenges, a method for the visualisation of chemical shielding tensors (VIST) is developed here that allows for a 3D visualisation with quantitative information about the local variations and anisotropy of the chemical shielding. After exemplifying the method in different planar hydrocarbons, we study two non-planar macrocycles to show the unique benefits of the VIST method for molecules with competing π-conjugated systems and conclude with a norcorrole dimer showing clear evidence of through-space aromaticity. We believe that the VIST method will be a highly valuable addition to the computational toolbox.
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- Felix Plasser
- Department of ChemistryLoughborough UniversityLoughboroughLE11 3TUUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry andCentre for Processable ElectronicsImperial College LondonMolecular Sciences Research HubLondonW12 0BZUnited Kingdom
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Meitei OR, Mayhall NJ. Spin-Flip Pair-Density Functional Theory: A Practical Approach To Treat Static and Dynamical Correlations in Large Molecules. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:2906-2916. [PMID: 33861603 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
We present a practical approach to treat static and dynamical correlation accurately in large multiconfigurational systems. The static correlation is taken into account by using the spin-flip approach, which is well-known for capturing static correlation accurately at low-computational expense. Unlike previous approaches to add dynamical correlation to spin-flip models which use perturbation theory or coupled-cluster theory, we explore the ability to use the on-top pair-density functional theory approaches recently developed by Gagliardi and co-workers (J. Comput. Theor. Chem., 2014, 10, 3669). External relaxations are performed in the spin-flip calculations through a restricted active space framework for which a truncation scheme for the orbitals used in the external excitation is presented. The performance of the approach is demonstrated by computing energy gaps between ground and excited states for diradicals, triradicals, and linear polyacene chains ranging from naphthalene to dodecacene. Accurate results are obtained using the new approach for these challenging open-shell molecular systems.
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- Oinam Romesh Meitei
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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Sánchez-Grande A, Urgel JI, Veis L, Edalatmanesh S, Santos J, Lauwaet K, Mutombo P, Gallego JM, Brabec J, Beran P, Nachtigallová D, Miranda R, Martín N, Jelínek P, Écija D. Unravelling the Open-Shell Character of Peripentacene on Au(111). J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:330-336. [PMID: 33352044 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a family of organic compounds comprising two or more fused aromatic rings which feature manifold applications in modern technology. Among these species, those presenting an open-shell magnetic ground state are of particular interest for organic electronic, spintronic, and non-linear optics and energy storage devices. Within PAHs, special attention has been devoted in recent years to the synthesis and study of the acene and fused acene (periacene) families, steered by their decreasing HOMO-LUMO gap with length and predicted open-shell character above some size. However, an experimental fingerprint of such magnetic ground state has remained elusive. Here, we report on the in-depth electronic characterization of isolated peripentacene molecules on a Au(111) surface. Scanning tunnelling spectroscopy, complemented by computational investigations, reveals an antiferromagnetic singlet ground state, characterized by singlet-triplet inelastic excitations with an experimental effective exchange coupling (Jeff) of 40.5 meV. Our results deepen the fundamental understanding of organic compounds with magnetic ground states, featuring perspectives in carbon-based spintronic devices.
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- Ana Sánchez-Grande
- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Science, 160 00 Praha, Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Sánchez‐Grande A, Urgel JI, Cahlík A, Santos J, Edalatmanesh S, Rodríguez‐Sánchez E, Lauwaet K, Mutombo P, Nachtigallová D, Nieman R, Lischka H, de la Torre B, Miranda R, Gröning O, Martín N, Jelínek P, Écija D. Diradical Organic One-Dimensional Polymers Synthesized on a Metallic Surface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:17594-17599. [PMID: 32592432 PMCID: PMC7540677 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
We report on the synthesis and characterization of atomically precise one-dimensional diradical peripentacene polymers on a Au(111) surface. By means of high-resolution scanning probe microscopy complemented by theoretical simulations, we provide evidence of their magnetic properties, which arise from the presence of two unpaired spins at their termini. Additionally, we probe a transition of their magnetic properties related to the length of the polymer. Peripentacene dimers exhibit an antiferromagnetic (S=0) singlet ground state. They are characterized by singlet-triplet spin-flip inelastic excitations with an effective exchange coupling (Jeff ) of 2.5 meV, whereas trimers and longer peripentacene polymers reveal a paramagnetic nature and feature Kondo fingerprints at each terminus due to the unpaired spin. Our work provides access to the precise fabrication of polymers featuring diradical character which are potentially useful in carbon-based optoelectronics and spintronics.
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- IMDEA NanoscienceC/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science16253PrahaCzech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc77146OlomoucCzech Republic
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- IMDEA NanoscienceC/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
- Departamento de Química OrgánicaFacultad de Ciencias QuímicasUniversidad Complutense de Madrid28040MadridSpain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science16253PrahaCzech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc77146OlomoucCzech Republic
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- IMDEA NanoscienceC/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science16253PrahaCzech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc77146OlomoucCzech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Science16000PrahaCzech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryTexas Tech UniversityLubbockTX79409USA
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryTexas Tech UniversityLubbockTX79409USA
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science16253PrahaCzech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc77146OlomoucCzech Republic
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- IMDEA NanoscienceC/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
- Departamento de Física de la Materia CondensadaUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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- EmpaSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology8600DübendorfSwitzerland
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- IMDEA NanoscienceC/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
- Departamento de Química OrgánicaFacultad de Ciencias QuímicasUniversidad Complutense de Madrid28040MadridSpain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science16253PrahaCzech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and MaterialsPalacký University Olomouc77146OlomoucCzech Republic
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- IMDEA NanoscienceC/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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Sánchez‐Grande A, Urgel JI, Cahlík A, Santos J, Edalatmanesh S, Rodríguez‐Sánchez E, Lauwaet K, Mutombo P, Nachtigallová D, Nieman R, Lischka H, Torre B, Miranda R, Gröning O, Martín N, Jelínek P, Écija D. Diradical Organic One‐Dimensional Polymers Synthesized on a Metallic Surface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ana Sánchez‐Grande
- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 77146 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 77146 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 77146 Olomouc Czech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Science 16000 Praha Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Texas Tech University Lubbock TX 79409 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Texas Tech University Lubbock TX 79409 USA
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 P. R. China
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 77146 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 77146 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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Milanez BD, Chagas JCV, Pinheiro Jr M, Aquino AJA, Lischka H, Machado FBC. Effects on the aromaticity and on the biradicaloid nature of acenes by the inclusion of a cyclobutadiene linkage. Theor Chem Acc 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-020-02624-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Lischka H, Shepard R, Müller T, Szalay PG, Pitzer RM, Aquino AJA, Araújo do Nascimento MM, Barbatti M, Belcher LT, Blaudeau JP, Borges I, Brozell SR, Carter EA, Das A, Gidofalvi G, González L, Hase WL, Kedziora G, Kertesz M, Kossoski F, Machado FBC, Matsika S, do Monte SA, Nachtigallová D, Nieman R, Oppel M, Parish CA, Plasser F, Spada RFK, Stahlberg EA, Ventura E, Yarkony DR, Zhang Z. The generality of the GUGA MRCI approach in COLUMBUS for treating complex quantum chemistry. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:134110. [PMID: 32268762 DOI: 10.1063/1.5144267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The core part of the program system COLUMBUS allows highly efficient calculations using variational multireference (MR) methods in the framework of configuration interaction with single and double excitations (MR-CISD) and averaged quadratic coupled-cluster calculations (MR-AQCC), based on uncontracted sets of configurations and the graphical unitary group approach (GUGA). The availability of analytic MR-CISD and MR-AQCC energy gradients and analytic nonadiabatic couplings for MR-CISD enables exciting applications including, e.g., investigations of π-conjugated biradicaloid compounds, calculations of multitudes of excited states, development of diabatization procedures, and furnishing the electronic structure information for on-the-fly surface nonadiabatic dynamics. With fully variational uncontracted spin-orbit MRCI, COLUMBUS provides a unique possibility of performing high-level calculations on compounds containing heavy atoms up to lanthanides and actinides. Crucial for carrying out all of these calculations effectively is the availability of an efficient parallel code for the CI step. Configuration spaces of several billion in size now can be treated quite routinely on standard parallel computer clusters. Emerging developments in COLUMBUS, including the all configuration mean energy multiconfiguration self-consistent field method and the graphically contracted function method, promise to allow practically unlimited configuration space dimensions. Spin density based on the GUGA approach, analytic spin-orbit energy gradients, possibilities for local electron correlation MR calculations, development of general interfaces for nonadiabatic dynamics, and MRCI linear vibronic coupling models conclude this overview.
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- Hans Lischka
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Laser and Optics Research Center, Department of Physics, US Air Force Academy, Colorado 80840, USA
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- Departamento de Química, Instituto Militar de Engenharia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290-270, Brazil
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Office of the Chancellor and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951405, Los Angeles, California 90095-1405, USA
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- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258, USA
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057-1227, USA
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- Departamento de Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos 12228-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 160610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Física, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos 12228-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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- Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58059-900 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Stanford Research Computing Center, Stanford University, 255 Panama Street, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Kimber P, Plasser F. Toward an understanding of electronic excitation energies beyond the molecular orbital picture. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:6058-6080. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00369g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Can we gain an intuitive understanding of excitation energies beyond the molecular picture?
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- Patrick Kimber
- Department of Chemistry
- Loughborough University
- Loughborough
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- Loughborough University
- Loughborough
- UK
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Mullinax JW, Maradzike E, Koulias LN, Mostafanejad M, Epifanovsky E, Gidofalvi G, DePrince AE. Heterogeneous CPU + GPU Algorithm for Variational Two-Electron Reduced-Density Matrix-Driven Complete Active-Space Self-Consistent Field Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:6164-6178. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J. Wayne Mullinax
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Q-Chem, Inc., 6601 Owens Drive, Suite 105, Pleasanton, California 94588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Scott T, Nieman R, Luxon A, Zhang B, Lischka H, Gagliardi L, Parish CA. A Multireference Ab Initio Study of the Diradical Isomers of Pyrazine. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:2049-2057. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b12440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Thais Scott
- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond Virginia 23713, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center and the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond Virginia 23713, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond Virginia 23713, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center and the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond Virginia 23713, United States
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Pérez-Guardiola A, Ortiz-Cano R, Sandoval-Salinas ME, Fernández-Rossier J, Casanova D, Pérez-Jiménez AJ, Sancho-García JC. From cyclic nanorings to single-walled carbon nanotubes: disclosing the evolution of their electronic structure with the help of theoretical methods. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:2547-2557. [PMID: 30656301 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06615a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We systematically investigate the relationships between structural and electronic effects of finite size zigzag or armchair carbon nanotubes of various diameters and lengths, starting from a molecular template of varying shape and diameter, i.e. cyclic oligoacene or oligophenacene molecules, and disclosing how adding layers and/or end-caps (i.e. hemifullerenes) can modify their (poly)radicaloid nature. We mostly used tight-binding and finite-temperature density-based methods, the former providing a simple but intuitive picture about their electronic structure, and the latter dealing effectively with strong correlation effects by relying on a fractional occupation number weighted electron density (ρFOD), with additional RAS-SF calculations backing up the latter results. We also explore how minor structural modifications of nanotube end-caps might influence the results, showing that topology, together with the chemical nature of the systems, is pivotal for the understanding of the electronic properties of these and other related systems.
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- A Pérez-Guardiola
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Alicante, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
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Jancarik A, Levet G, Gourdon A. A Practical General Method for the Preparation of Long Acenes. Chemistry 2019; 25:2366-2374. [PMID: 30508267 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The field of long acenes, the narrowest of the zig-zag graphene nanoribbons, has been an area of significant interest in the past decade because of its potential applications in organic electronics, spintronics and plasmonics. However the low solubility and high reactivity of these compounds has so far hindered their preparation on large scales. We report here a concise strategy for the synthesis of higher acenes through Diels-Alder condensation of arynes with a protected tetraene ketone. After deprotection by cleavage of the ketal, the obtained monoketone precursors cleanly yield the corresponding acenes through quantitative cheletropic thermal decarbonylation in the solid state, at moderate temperatures of 155 to 205 °C. This approach allows the preparation of heptacene, benzo[a]hexacene, cis- and trans-dibenzopentacene and offers a valuable new method for the synthesis of even larger acenes.
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- Andrej Jancarik
- CEMES-CNR, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France.,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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Mostafanejad M, DePrince AE. Combining Pair-Density Functional Theory and Variational Two-Electron Reduced-Density Matrix Methods. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 15:290-302. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mohammad Mostafanejad
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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Wang Q, Zou J, Xu E, Pulay P, Li S. Automatic Construction of the Initial Orbitals for Efficient Generalized Valence Bond Calculations of Large Systems. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 15:141-153. [PMID: 30481019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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We propose an efficient general strategy for generating initial orbitals for generalized valence bond (GVB) calculations which makes routine black-box GVB calculations on large systems feasible. Two schemes are proposed, depending on whether the restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) wave function is stable (scheme I) or not (scheme II). In both schemes, the first step is the construction of active occupied orbitals and active virtual orbitals. In scheme I, active occupied orbitals are composed of the valence orbitals (the inner core orbitals are excluded), and the active virtual orbitals are obtained from the original virtual space by requiring its maximum overlap with the virtual orbital space of the same system at a minimal basis set. In scheme II, active occupied orbitals and active virtual orbitals are obtained from the set of unrestricted natural orbitals (UNOs), which are transformed from two sets of unrestricted HF spatial orbitals. In the next step, the active occupied orbitals and active virtual ones are separately transformed to localized orbitals. Localized occupied and virtual orbital pairs are formed using the Kuhn-Munkres (KM) algorithm and are used as the initial guess for the GVB orbitals. The optimized GVB wave function is obtained using the second-order self-consistent-field algorithm in the GAMESS program. With this procedure, GVB energies have been obtained for the lowest singlet and triplet states of polyacenes (up to decacene with 96 pairs) and the singlet ground state of two di-copper-oxygen-ammonia complexes. We have also calculated the singlet-triplet gaps for some polyacenes and the relative energy between two di-copper-oxygen-ammonia complexes with the block-correlated second-order perturbation theory based on the GVB reference.
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- Qingchun Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology, and Innovation , Kobe University , Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas 72701 , United States
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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Mullinax JW, Epifanovsky E, Gidofalvi G, DePrince AE. Analytic Energy Gradients for Variational Two-Electron Reduced-Density Matrix Methods within the Density Fitting Approximation. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 15:276-289. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- J. Wayne Mullinax
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Q-Chem, Inc., 6601 Owens Drive, Suite 105, Pleasanton, California 94588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Schriber JB, Hannon KP, Li C, Evangelista FA. A Combined Selected Configuration Interaction and Many-Body Treatment of Static and Dynamical Correlation in Oligoacenes. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 14:6295-6305. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Jeffrey B. Schriber
- Department of Chemistry and Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Lischka H, Nachtigallová D, Aquino AJA, Szalay PG, Plasser F, Machado FBC, Barbatti M. Multireference Approaches for Excited States of Molecules. Chem Rev 2018; 118:7293-7361. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Hans Lischka
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
- Institute for Soil Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos 12228-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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Naumov O, Naumov S, Abel B, Varga A. The stability limits of highly active nitrogen doped carbon ORR nano-catalysts: a mechanistic study of degradation reactions. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:6724-6733. [PMID: 29589847 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr08545a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A new approach in electrode catalysis bearing immense potential for electrochemical technologies is the prospect of carbon-based electrodes. Pristine carbon nanostructures are relatively inert and modifications like nitrogen doping are known for their beneficial effects on the electrochemical activity of carbon nanomaterials in both alkaline and acidic media. However, the long-term stability of these materials, especially in an acidic environment, is rarely mentioned. Here, we evaluate the stability and long-term degradation of nitrogen doped graphene flakes as an oxygen reduction electrocatalyst with theoretical and experimental techniques. We assume that nitrogen dopants in the graphene sheet interact with e- and H+ at the electrode-electrolyte interface, leading to NH3 scission and continuous catalyst deactivation. With Density Functional Theory calculations, NH3 scission pathways of pyridinic, graphitic and pyrrolic nitrogen species were analyzed and compared under different operating conditions which are relevant for low and intermediate temperature fuel cells. The computational results are correlated with electrochemical measurements in solid acid fuel cells in a humidified oxygen environment at 240 °C.
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- Olga Naumov
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification, Permoser Str. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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Pérez-Guardiola A, Sandoval-Salinas ME, Casanova D, San-Fabián E, Pérez-Jiménez AJ, Sancho-García JC. The role of topology in organic molecules: origin and comparison of the radical character in linear and cyclic oligoacenes and related oligomers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:7112-7124. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00135a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We discuss the nature of electron-correlation effects in carbon nanorings and nanobelts by a combined approach based on FT-DFT and RAS-SF methods.
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- A. Pérez-Guardiola
- Department of Physical Chemistry
- University of Alicante
- E-03080 Alicante
- Spain
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- Departament de Ciéncia de Materials i Química Física
- Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB)
- Universitat de Barcelona
- E-08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Kimika Fakultatea
- Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- E-20018 Donostia
- Spain
- IKERBASQUE
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- Department of Physical Chemistry
- University of Alicante
- E-03080 Alicante
- Spain
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Vogiatzis KD, Ma D, Olsen J, Gagliardi L, de Jong WA. Pushing configuration-interaction to the limit: Towards massively parallel MCSCF calculations. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:184111. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4989858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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- Konstantinos D. Vogiatzis
- Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, USA
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- Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Plasser F, Mewes SA, Dreuw A, González L. Detailed Wave Function Analysis for Multireference Methods: Implementation in the Molcas Program Package and Applications to Tetracene. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:5343-5353. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Felix Plasser
- Institute
for Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Interdisciplinary
Center for Scientific Computing, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205 A, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Centre
for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, The New Zealand Institute for
Advanced Study (NZIAS), Massey University Albany, Private Bag 102904, Auckland 0745, New Zealand
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- Interdisciplinary
Center for Scientific Computing, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205 A, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Bettanin F, Ferrão LFA, Pinheiro M, Aquino AJA, Lischka H, Machado FBC, Nachtigallova D. Singlet L a and L b Bands for N-Acenes (N = 2-7): A CASSCF/CASPT2 Study. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:4297-4306. [PMID: 28719203 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this work CASPT2 calculations of polyacenes (from naphthalene to heptacene) were performed to find a methodology suitable for calculations of the absorption spectra, in particular of the La (B2u state) and Lb (B3u state) bands, of more extended systems. The effect of the extension of the active space and of freezing σ orbitals was investigated. The MCSCF excitation energy of the B2u state is not sensitive to the size of the active space used. However, the CASPT2 results depend strongly on the amount of σ orbitals frozen reflecting the ionic character of the B2u state. On the other hand, the excitation energies of the B3u state are much more sensitive to the size of the active space used in the calculations reflecting its multiconfigurational character. We found a good agreement with experimental data for both bands by including 14 electrons in 14 π orbitals in the active space followed by the CASPT2(14,14) perturbation scheme in which both σ and π orbitals are included.
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- Fernanda Bettanin
- Departamento de Química, Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica , São José dos Campos, 122228-900 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica , São José dos Campos, 122228-900 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica , São José dos Campos, 122228-900 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University , Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University , Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Departamento de Química, Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica , São José dos Campos, 122228-900 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacky University , Olomouc 77146, Czech Republic
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Lehtola S, Parkhill J, Head-Gordon M. Orbital optimisation in the perfect pairing hierarchy: applications to full-valence calculations on linear polyacenes. Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1342009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Susi Lehtola
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States
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Das A, Müller T, Plasser F, Krisiloff DB, Carter EA, Lischka H. Local Electron Correlation Treatment in Extended Multireference Calculations: Effect of Acceptor–Donor Substituents on the Biradical Character of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Heptazethrene. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:2612-2622. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Anita Das
- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Institute
for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
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- Institute
for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-1009, United States
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- School
of
Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
- Institute
for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Ghosh S, Cramer CJ, Truhlar DG, Gagliardi L. Generalized-active-space pair-density functional theory: an efficient method to study large, strongly correlated, conjugated systems. Chem Sci 2017; 8:2741-2750. [PMID: 28553509 PMCID: PMC5433034 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc05036k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Predicting ground- and excited-state properties of open-shell organic molecules by electronic structure theory can be challenging because an accurate treatment has to correctly describe both static and dynamic electron correlation. Strongly correlated systems, i.e., systems with near-degeneracy correlation effects, are particularly troublesome. Multiconfigurational wave function methods based on an active space are adequate in principle, but it is impractical to capture most of the dynamic correlation in these methods for systems characterized by many active electrons. We recently developed a new method called multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT), that combines the advantages of wave function theory and density functional theory to provide a more practical treatment of strongly correlated systems. Here we present calculations of the singlet-triplet gaps in oligoacenes ranging from naphthalene to dodecacene. Calculations were performed for unprecedently large orbitally optimized active spaces of 50 electrons in 50 orbitals, and we test a range of active spaces and active space partitions, including four kinds of frontier orbital partitions. We show that MC-PDFT can predict the singlet-triplet splittings for oligoacenes consistent with the best available and much more expensive methods, and indeed MC-PDFT may constitute the benchmark against which those other models should be compared, given the absence of experimental data.
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- Soumen Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry , Chemical Theory Center , Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , MN 55455-0431 , USA . ; ;
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemical Theory Center , Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , MN 55455-0431 , USA . ; ;
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemical Theory Center , Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , MN 55455-0431 , USA . ; ;
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemical Theory Center , Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , MN 55455-0431 , USA . ; ;
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Luzanov AV, Plasser F, Das A, Lischka H. Evaluation of the quasi correlated tight-binding (QCTB) model for describing polyradical character in polycyclic hydrocarbons. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:064106. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4975196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Anatoliy V. Luzanov
- SSI “Institute for Single Crystals,” National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60 Nauky Ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Memorial Circle & Boston, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Memorial Circle & Boston, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072 People’s Republic of China
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Lee J, Small DW, Epifanovsky E, Head-Gordon M. Coupled-Cluster Valence-Bond Singles and Doubles for Strongly Correlated Systems: Block-Tensor Based Implementation and Application to Oligoacenes. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:602-615. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b01092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Joonho Lee
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Pinheiro M, Ferrão LFA, Bettanin F, Aquino AJA, Machado FBC, Lischka H. How to efficiently tune the biradicaloid nature of acenes by chemical doping with boron and nitrogen. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:19225-19233. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03198j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Strong modulation of the biradical character of acenes with dopant positions is demonstrated by tracking the unpaired electron densities.
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- Max Pinheiro
- Departamento de Química
- Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
- São José dos Campos
- São Paulo
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Química
- Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
- São José dos Campos
- São Paulo
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Química
- Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
- São José dos Campos
- São Paulo
- Brazil
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Departamento de Química
- Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
- São José dos Campos
- São Paulo
- Brazil
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Naumov O, Naumov S, Flyunt R, Abel B, Varga A. Fast Degradation for High Activity: Oxygen- and Nitrogen-Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes in Solid-Acid Fuel-Cell Electrodes. CHEMSUSCHEM 2016; 9:3298-3306. [PMID: 27863063 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201601056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Similar to polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, the widespread application of solid acid fuel cells (SAFCs) has been hindered partly by the necessity of the use of the precious-metal catalyst Pt in the electrodes. Here we investigate multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) for their potential catalytic activity by using symmetric cell measurements of solid-acid-based electrochemical cells in a cathodic environment. For all measurements, the carbon nanotubes were Pt free and subject to either nitrogen or oxygen plasma treatment. AC impedance spectroscopy of the electrochemical cells, with and without a DC bias, was performed and showed significantly lower initial impedances for oxygen-plasma-treated MWCNTs compared to those treated with a nitrogen plasma. In symmetric cell measurements with a DC bias, the current declines quickly for oxygen-plasma-treated MWCNTs and more slowly, over 12 days, for nitrogen-plasma-treated MWCNTs. To elucidate the degradation mechanisms of the oxygen-plasma-treated MWCNTs under SAFC operating conditions, theoretical calculations were performed using DFT. The results indicate that several degradation mechanisms are likely to occur in parallel through the reduction of the surface oxygen groups that were introduced by the plasma treatment. This finally leads to an inert MWCNT surface and a very low electrode performance. Nitrogen-plasma-treated MWCNTs appear to have a higher stability and may be worthwhile for future investigations.
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- Olga Naumov
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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Yeh CN, Chai JD. Role of Kekulé and Non-Kekulé Structures in the Radical Character of Alternant Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A TAO-DFT Study. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30562. [PMID: 27457289 PMCID: PMC4960612 DOI: 10.1038/srep30562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We investigate the role of Kekulé and non-Kekulé structures in the radical character of alternant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using thermally-assisted-occupation density functional theory (TAO-DFT), an efficient electronic structure method for the study of large ground-state systems with strong static correlation effects. Our results reveal that the studies of Kekulé and non-Kekulé structures qualitatively describe the radical character of alternant PAHs, which could be useful when electronic structure calculations are infeasible due to the expensive computational cost. In addition, our results support previous findings on the increase in radical character with increasing system size. For alternant PAHs with the same number of aromatic rings, the geometrical arrangements of aromatic rings are responsible for their radical character.
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- Chia-Nan Yeh
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.,Center for Theoretical Sciences and Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Vazdar M, Eckert-Maksić M, Lischka H. The Antiferromagnetic Spin Coupling in Non-Kekulé Acenes-Impressive Polyradical Character Revealed by High-Level Multireference Methods. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:2013-21. [PMID: 26990145 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Complete active space (CASSCF) and multireference (MR-CISD(Q) and MR-AQCC) calculations were performed for non-Kekulé analogues of acenes, dimethylenepolycyclobutadienes, with lengths of up to eight cyclobutadiene (CBD) units. Multireference calculations predict that the most stable energy state of the system is either triplet (if there is an odd number of CBD units) or singlet (if there is an even number of CBD units) due to antiferromagnetic spin coupling, which thus violates Hund's rule in larger molecules. We also show an impressive polyradical character in the system that increases with the size of the molecule, as witnessed by more than eleven unpaired electrons in the singlet state of the molecule with eight CBD units. Together with the small energy gap between singlet and higher multiplicity energy states even above the triplet state, this demonstrates the exceptional polyradical properties of these π-conjugated oligomeric chains.
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- Mario Vazdar
- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rudjer Bosković Institute, P.O.B. 180, HR-10002, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rudjer Bosković Institute, P.O.B. 180, HR-10002, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409-1061, USA. .,Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 17, A-1090, Vienna, Austria. .,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P.R.China.
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- Felix Plasser
- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstr. 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Fosso-Tande J, Nguyen TS, Gidofalvi G, DePrince AE. Large-Scale Variational Two-Electron Reduced-Density-Matrix-Driven Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field Methods. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 12:2260-71. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jacob Fosso-Tande
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258-0089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258-0089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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Das A, Müller T, Plasser F, Lischka H. Polyradical Character of Triangular Non-Kekulé Structures, Zethrenes, p-Quinodimethane-Linked Bisphenalenyl, and the Clar Goblet in Comparison: An Extended Multireference Study. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:1625-36. [PMID: 26859789 PMCID: PMC4789636 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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In
this work, two different classes of polyaromatic hydrocarbon
(PAH) systems have been investigated in order to characterize the
amount of polyradical character and to localize the specific regions
of chemical reactivity: (a) the non-Kekulé triangular structures
phenalenyl, triangulene and a π-extended triangulene system
with high-spin ground state and (b) PAHs based on zethrenes, p-quinodimethane-linked bisphenalenyl, and the Clar goblet
containing varying polyradical character in their singlet ground state.
The first class of structures already have open-shell character because
of their high-spin ground state, which follows from the bonding pattern,
whereas for the second class the open-shell character is generated
either because of the competition between the closed-shell quinoid
Kekulé and the open-shell singlet biradical resonance structures
or the topology of the π-electron arrangement of the non-Kekulé
form. High-level ab initio calculations based on multireference theory
have been carried out to compute singlet–triplet splitting
for the above-listed compounds and to provide insight into their chemical
reactivity based on the polyradical character by means of unpaired
densities. Unrestricted density functional theory and Hartree–Fock
calculations have been performed for comparison also in order to obtain
better insight into their applicability to these types of complicated
radical systems.
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- Anita Das
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University , Lubbock 79409, Texas United States
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- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna , A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University , Lubbock 79409, Texas United States.,Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna , A-1090 Vienna, Austria.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin, 300072 P.R. China
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Wu CS, Chai JD. Electronic Properties of Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbons Studied by TAO-DFT. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 11:2003-11. [PMID: 26894252 DOI: 10.1021/ct500999m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Accurate prediction of the electronic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) has been very challenging for conventional electronic structure methods due to the presence of strong static correlation effects. To meet the challenge, we study the singlet-triplet energy gaps, vertical ionization potentials, vertical electron affinities, fundamental gaps, and symmetrized von Neumann entropy (i.e., a measure of polyradical character) of hydrogen-terminated ZGNRs with different widths and lengths using our recently developed thermally-assistedoccupation density functional theory (TAO-DFT) [Chai, J.-D. J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 136, 154104], a very efficient method for the study of large strongly correlated systems. Our results are in good agreement with the available experimental and high-accuracy ab initio data. The ground states of ZGNRs are shown to be singlets for all the widths and lengths investigated. With the increase of ribbon length, the singlet-triplet energy gaps, vertical ionization potentials, and fundamental gaps decrease monotonically, while the vertical electron affinities and symmetrized von Neumann entropy increase monotonically. On the basis of the calculated orbitals and their occupation numbers, the longer ZGNRs are shown to possess increasing polyradical character in their ground states, where the active orbitals are mainly localized at the zigzag edges.
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Yeh CN, Lee PY, Chai JD. Electronic and Optical Properties of the Narrowest Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons Studied by Density Functional Methods. Aust J Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/ch16187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the present study, a series of planar poly(p-phenylene) (PPP) oligomers with n phenyl rings (n = 1–20), designated as n-PP, are taken as finite-size models of the narrowest armchair graphene nanoribbons with hydrogen passivation. The singlet-triplet energy gap, vertical ionization potential, vertical electron affinity, fundamental gap, optical gap, and exciton binding energy of n-PP are calculated using Kohn-Sham density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory with various exchange-correlation density functionals. The ground state of n-PP is shown to be singlet for all the chain lengths studied. In contrast to the lowest singlet state (i.e., the ground state) of n-PP, the lowest triplet state of n-PP and the ground states of the cation and anion of n-PP are found to exhibit some multi-reference character. Overall, the electronic and optical properties of n-PP obtained from the ωB97 and ωB97X functionals are in excellent agreement with the available experimental data.
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Kahnt A, Flyunt R, Naumov S, Knolle W, Eigler S, Hermann R, Abel B. Shedding light on the soft and efficient free radical induced reduction of graphene oxide: hidden mechanisms and energetics. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra13085b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Reduction of graphene oxide in aqueous dispersions by strongly reducing free radicals has been found to be a very powerful approach – functional groups are removed softly but efficiently, and non-volatile impurities as well as defects are avoided.
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- A. Kahnt
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Chair of Physical Chemistry I
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 91058 Erlangen
- Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (IOM)
- Chemical Department
- 04303 Leipzig
- Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (IOM)
- Chemical Department
- 04303 Leipzig
- Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (IOM)
- Chemical Department
- 04303 Leipzig
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Institute of Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
- 91054 Erlangen
- Germany
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- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Universität Leipzig
- 04103 Leipzig
- Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (IOM)
- Chemical Department
- 04303 Leipzig
- Germany
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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Castellanos Caro R, dos Santos MC. Strain-induced spin crossover and spin-polarized currents in a prototype graphene nanoribbon. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:16451-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp02000c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bettinger HF, Tönshoff C, Doerr M, Sanchez-Garcia E. Electronically Excited States of Higher Acenes up to Nonacene: A Density Functional Theory/Multireference Configuration Interaction Study. J Chem Theory Comput 2015; 12:305-12. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Holger F. Bettinger
- Institut
für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf
der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf
der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz
1, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz
1, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Aquilante F, Autschbach J, Carlson RK, Chibotaru LF, Delcey MG, De Vico L, Fdez Galván I, Ferré N, Frutos LM, Gagliardi L, Garavelli M, Giussani A, Hoyer CE, Li Manni G, Lischka H, Ma D, Malmqvist PÅ, Müller T, Nenov A, Olivucci M, Pedersen TB, Peng D, Plasser F, Pritchard B, Reiher M, Rivalta I, Schapiro I, Segarra-Martí J, Stenrup M, Truhlar DG, Ungur L, Valentini A, Vancoillie S, Veryazov V, Vysotskiy VP, Weingart O, Zapata F, Lindh R. Molcas 8: New capabilities for multiconfigurational quantum chemical calculations across the periodic table. J Comput Chem 2015; 37:506-41. [PMID: 26561362 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1105] [Impact Index Per Article: 122.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
In this report, we summarize and describe the recent unique updates and additions to the Molcas quantum chemistry program suite as contained in release version 8. These updates include natural and spin orbitals for studies of magnetic properties, local and linear scaling methods for the Douglas-Kroll-Hess transformation, the generalized active space concept in MCSCF methods, a combination of multiconfigurational wave functions with density functional theory in the MC-PDFT method, additional methods for computation of magnetic properties, methods for diabatization, analytical gradients of state average complete active space SCF in association with density fitting, methods for constrained fragment optimization, large-scale parallel multireference configuration interaction including analytic gradients via the interface to the Columbus package, and approximations of the CASPT2 method to be used for computations of large systems. In addition, the report includes the description of a computational machinery for nonlinear optical spectroscopy through an interface to the QM/MM package Cobramm. Further, a module to run molecular dynamics simulations is added, two surface hopping algorithms are included to enable nonadiabatic calculations, and the DQ method for diabatization is added. Finally, we report on the subject of improvements with respects to alternative file options and parallelization.
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- Francesco Aquilante
- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, The Theoretical Chemistry Programme, Uppsala University, Box 518, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden.,Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, IT-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 14260-3000, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0431, USA
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- Division of Quantum and Physical Chemistry, and INPAC, Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Celestijnenlaan, 200F, 3001, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, The Theoretical Chemistry Programme, Uppsala University, Box 518, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Copenhagen University, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø, 2100, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, The Theoretical Chemistry Programme, Uppsala University, Box 518, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden.,Uppsala Center for Computational Chemistry - UC3, Uppsala University, Box 518, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden
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- Université d'Aix-Marseille, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, Campus Étoile/Saint-Jérôme Case 521, Avenue Esc. Normandie Niemen, Marseille Cedex 20, 13397, France
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- Unidad Docente de Química Física, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0431, USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, IT-40126, Bologna, Italy.,Université de Lyon, CNRS, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon Cedex 07, F-69364, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, IT-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0431, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0431, USA.,Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Memorial Circle and Boston, Lubbock, Texas, 79409-1061, USA.,Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstraße 17, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0431, USA.,Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, Chemical Center, P.O.B 124 S-221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS), Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, Jülich, 52425, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, IT-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro 2, Siena, 53100, Italy.,Chemistry Department, Bowling Green State University, 141 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, Ohio, 43403, USA.,Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg & Labex NIE, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7504, 23 Rue du Loess, Strasbourg, 67034, France
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- Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033 Blindern, Oslo, 0315, Norway
| | - Daoling Peng
- College of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
| | - Felix Plasser
- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstraße 17, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
| | - Ben Pritchard
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 14260-3000, USA
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- ETH Zurich, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland
| | - Ivan Rivalta
- Université de Lyon, CNRS, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon Cedex 07, F-69364, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg & Labex NIE, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7504, 23 Rue du Loess, Strasbourg, 67034, France.,Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, IT-40126, Bologna, Italy
| | - Michael Stenrup
- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, The Theoretical Chemistry Programme, Uppsala University, Box 518, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden.,Uppsala Center for Computational Chemistry - UC3, Uppsala University, Box 518, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0431, USA
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- Division of Quantum and Physical Chemistry, and INPAC, Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Celestijnenlaan, 200F, 3001, Belgium
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- Unidad Docente de Química Física, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro 2, Siena, 53100, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, Chemical Center, P.O.B 124 S-221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, Chemical Center, P.O.B 124 S-221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, Chemical Center, P.O.B 124 S-221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie und Computerchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany
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- Unidad Docente de Química Física, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, The Theoretical Chemistry Programme, Uppsala University, Box 518, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden.,Uppsala Center for Computational Chemistry - UC3, Uppsala University, Box 518, Uppsala, 751 20, Sweden
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Horn S, Lischka H. A comparison of neutral and charged species of one- and two-dimensional models of graphene nanoribbons using multireference theory. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:054302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4906540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Shawn Horn
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Jiménez-Hoyos CA, Rodríguez-Guzmán R, Scuseria GE. Polyradical Character and Spin Frustration in Fullerene Molecules: An Ab Initio Non-Collinear Hartree–Fock Study. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:9925-40. [DOI: 10.1021/jp508383z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Carlos A. Jiménez-Hoyos
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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