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Rubli PT, Dopfer O. Infrared spectrum of the 1-cyanoadamantane cation: evidence of hydrogen transfer and cage-opening upon ionization. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:22734-22743. [PMID: 37584199 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03417h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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The radical cations of diamondoids are important intermediates in their functionalization reactions and are also candidates as carriers for astronomical absorption and emission features. Although neutral diamondoids have been studied extensively, information regarding their radical cations is largely lacking, particularly for functionalized diamondoid derivatives. Herein, we characterize the structure of the 1-cyanoadamantane radical cation (C10H15CN+, AdCN+) using infrared photodissociation (IRPD) spectroscopy of mass selected AdCN+N2 clusters in the XH stretch range (2400-3500 cm-1) and dispersion-corrected density functional theory calculations (B3LYP-D3BJ/cc-pVTZ). A group of three distinct CH stretch bands are observed in the 2800-3000 cm-1 range, in addition to a highly redshifted absorption at 2580 cm-1 attributed to the acidic CH proton predicted by calculations. An unexpected broad absorption peaking at 3320 cm-1 is also detected and assigned to an NH stretch mode based on its width and frequency. Calculations indicate that hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) from the adamantyl cage (C10H15, Ady) to the N atom of the CN group yields lower energy structures, with an open-cage isomer exhibiting such hydrogen transfer being the global minimum on the potential energy surface. The energy barriers involved in the formation of this open-cage isomer are also lower than those calculated for generation of the analogous open-cage 1-amantadine cation isomer which has previously been identified by IRPD. The combined consideration of IRPD spectra and calculations indicates a major population of the nascent canonical closed-cage isomer and a smaller population of the global minimum isomer featuring both cage-opening and hydrogen transfer.
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- Peter Theodore Rubli
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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George MAR, Dopfer O. Microhydration of the adamantane cation: intracluster proton transfer to solvent in [Ad(H 2O) n=1-5] + for n ≥ 3. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:13593-13610. [PMID: 37144298 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01514a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Radical cations of diamondoids are important intermediates in their functionalization reactions in polar solvents. To explore the role of the solvent at the molecular level, we characterize herein microhydrated radical cation clusters of the parent molecule of the diamondoid family, adamantane (C10H16, Ad), by infrared photodissociation (IRPD) spectroscopy of mass-selected [Ad(H2O)n=1-5]+ clusters. IRPD spectra of the cation ground electronic state recorded in the CH/OH stretch and fingerprint ranges reveal the first steps of this fundamental H-substitution reaction at the molecular level. Analysis of size-dependent frequency shifts with dispersion-corrected density functional theory calculations (B3LYP-D3/cc-pVTZ) provides detailed information about the acidity of the proton of Ad+ as a function of the degree of hydration, the structure of the hydration shell, and the strengths of the CH⋯O and OH⋯O hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) of the hydration network. For n = 1, H2O strongly activates the acidic C-H bond of Ad+ by acting as a proton acceptor in a strong CH⋯O ionic H-bond with cation-dipole configuration. For n = 2, the proton is almost equally shared between the adamantyl radical (C10H15, Ady) and the (H2O)2 dimer in a strong C⋯H⋯O ionic H-bond. For n ≥ 3, the proton is completely transferred to the H-bonded hydration network. The threshold for this size-dependent intracluster proton transfer to solvent is consistent with the proton affinities of Ady and (H2O)n and confirmed by collision-induced dissociation experiments. Comparison with other related microhydrated cations reveals that the acidity of the CH proton of Ad+ is in the range of strongly acidic phenol+ but lower than for cationic linear alkanes such as pentane+. Significantly, the presented IRPD spectra of microhydrated Ad+ provide the first spectroscopic molecular-level insight of the chemical reactivity and reaction mechanism of the important class of transient diamondoid radical cations in aqueous solution.
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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George MAR, Dopfer O. Opening of the Diamondoid Cage upon Ionization Probed by Infrared Spectra of the Amantadine Cation Solvated by Ar, N 2 , and H 2 O. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200577. [PMID: 35611807 PMCID: PMC9400954 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Radical cations of diamondoids, a fundamental class of very stable cyclic hydrocarbon molecules, play an important role in their functionalization reactions and the chemistry of the interstellar medium. Herein, we characterize the structure, energy, and intermolecular interaction of clusters of the amantadine radical cation (Ama+, 1‐aminoadamantane) with solvent molecules of different interaction strength by infrared photodissociation (IRPD) spectroscopy of mass‐selected Ama+Ln clusters, with L=Ar (n≤3) and L=N2 and H2O (n=1), and dispersion‐corrected density functional theory calculations (B3LYP−D3/cc‐pVTZ). Three isomers of Ama+ generated by electron ionization are identified by the vibrational properties of their rather different NH2 groups. The ligands bind preferentially to the acidic NH2 protons, and the strength of the NH…L ionic H‐bonds are probed by the solvation‐induced red‐shifts in the NH stretch modes. The three Ama+ isomers include the most abundant canonical cage isomer (I) produced by vertical ionization, which is separated by appreciable barriers from two bicyclic distonic iminium ions obtained from cage‐opening (primary radical II) and subsequent 1,2 H‐shift (tertiary radical III), the latter of which is the global minimum on the Ama+ potential energy surface. The effect of solvation on the energetics of the potential energy profile revealed by the calculations is consistent with the observed relative abundance of the three isomers. Comparison to the adamantane cation indicates that substitution of H by the electron‐donating NH2 group substantially lowers the barriers for the isomerization reaction.
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare PhysikTechnische Universität BerlinHardenbergstr. 3610623BerlinGermany
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Robert George MA, Dopfer O. Infrared Spectrum of the Amantadine Cation: Opening of the Diamondoid Cage upon Ionization. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:449-454. [PMID: 34990124 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Radical cations of diamondoids, a fundamental class of highly stable cycloalkanes, are intermediates in functionalization reactions and possibly present in the interstellar medium. Herein, we characterize the structure of the radical cation of 1-amantadine (1-C10H15NH2+, Ama+), the amino derivative of the parent adamantane (C10H16+, Ada+), by infrared spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. The structural isomers of Ama+ produced by electron ionization are probed by infrared photodissociation of cold Ar-tagged ions. In addition to the canonical nascent Ama+ isomer with an intact C10H15 cage, we identify two distonic bicyclic iminium isomers in which the adamantyl cage opens upon ionization, one of which is lower in energy than the cage isomer. The reaction profile with barriers and intermediates for this cage-opening reaction are determined. Comparison with Ada+ suggests that this type of ionization-induced cage-opening may be a common feature for diamondoids and important for their reactivity.
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- Martin Andreas Robert George
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrsase 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrsase 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Vinit. Density functional studies of hydrogen passivated nanoclusters of carbon, silicon, germanium and their respective ionic analogues. Chem Phys Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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George MAR, Förstel M, Dopfer O. Infrared Spectrum of the Adamantane
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–Water Cation: Hydration‐Induced C−H Bond Activation and Free Internal Water Rotation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik Technische Universität Berlin Hardenbergstrasse 36 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik Technische Universität Berlin Hardenbergstrasse 36 10623 Berlin Germany
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George MAR, Förstel M, Dopfer O. Infrared Spectrum of the Adamantane + -Water Cation: Hydration-Induced C-H Bond Activation and Free Internal Water Rotation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:12098-12104. [PMID: 32392402 PMCID: PMC7383494 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Diamondoid cations are reactive intermediates in their functionalization reactions in polar solution. Hydration is predicted to strongly activate their C-H bonds in initial proton abstraction reactions. To study the effects of microhydration on the properties of diamondoid cations, we characterize herein the prototypical monohydrated adamantane cation (C10 H16 + -H2 O, Ad+ -W) in its ground electronic state by infrared photodissociation spectroscopy in the CH and OH stretch ranges and dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The water (W) ligand binds to the acidic CH group of Jahn-Teller distorted Ad+ via a strong CH⋅⋅⋅O ionic H-bond supported by charge-dipole forces. Although W further enhances the acidity of this CH group along with a proton shift toward the solvent, the proton remains with Ad+ in the monohydrate. We infer essentially free internal W rotation from rotational fine structure of the ν3 band of W, resulting from weak angular anisotropy of the Ad+ -W potential.
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- Martin Andreas Robert George
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Fotooh FK, Atashparvar M. Theoretical Study of the Effect of Simultaneous Doping with Silicon, on Structure and Electronic Properties of Adamantane. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990793119010202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Krongsuk S, Shinsuphan N, Amornkitbumrung V. Effect of the alkali metal (Li, Na, K) substitution on the geometric, electronic and optical properties of the smallest diamondoid: First principles calculations. Chin J Chem Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Begam Elavarasi S, Deepa Mariam, Ummal Momeen M, Hu J, Guin M. Effect of fluorination on bandgap, first and second order hyperpolarizabilities in lithium substituted adamantane: A time dependent density functional theory. Chem Phys Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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K K MJ, Padmanaban R. Effects of functionalization on the electronic and absorption properties of the smaller diamondoids: a computational study. J CHEM SCI 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s12039-018-1505-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Sarap CS, Partovi-Azar P, Fyta M. Optoelectronic Properties of Diamondoid-DNA Complexes. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Chandra Shekar Sarap
- Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Sarap CS, Adhikari B, Meng S, Uhlig F, Fyta M. Optical Properties of Single- and Double-Functionalized Small Diamondoids. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:3583-3593. [PMID: 29488764 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b12519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The rational control of the electronic and optical properties of small functionalized diamond-like molecules, the diamondoids, is the focus of this work. Specifically, we investigate the single- and double- functionalization of the lower diamondoids, adamantane, diamantane, and triamantane with -NH2 and -SH groups and extend the study to N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) functionalization. On the basis of electronic structure calculations, we predict a significant change in the optical properties of these functionalized diamondoids. Our computations reveal that -NH2 functionalized diamondoids show UV photoluminescence similar to ideal diamondoids while -SH substituted diamondoids hinder the UV photoluminescence due to the labile nature of the S-H bond in the first excited state. This study also unveils that the UV photoluminescence nature of -NH2 diamondoids is quenched upon additional functionalization with the -SH group. The double-functionalized derivative can, thus, serve as a sensitive probe for biomolecule binding and sensing environmental changes. The preserved intrinsic properties of the NHC and the ideal diamondoid in NHC-functionalized-diamondoids suggests its utilization in diamondoid-based self-assembled monolayers (SAM), whose UV-photoluminescent signal would be determined entirely by the functionalized diamondoids. Our study aims to pave the path for tuning the properties of diamondoids through a selective choice of the type and number of functional groups. This will aid the realization of optoelectronic devices involving, for example, large-area SAM layers or diamondoid-functionalized electrodes.
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- Chandra Shekar Sarap
- Institute for Computational Physics , Universität Stuttgart , Allmandring 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Institute for Computational Physics , Universität Stuttgart , Allmandring 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Institute of Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Zhongguancun , Beijing 100190 , China
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- Institute for Computational Physics , Universität Stuttgart , Allmandring 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Institute for Computational Physics , Universität Stuttgart , Allmandring 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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Wang YT, Zhao YJ, Liao JH, Yang XB. Theoretical investigations on diamondoids (C nH m, n = 10-41): Nomenclature, structural stabilities, and gap distributions. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:014306. [PMID: 29306287 DOI: 10.1063/1.5004437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Combining the congruence check and the first-principles calculations, we have systematically investigated the structural stabilities and gap distributions of possible diamondoids (CnHm) with the carbon numbers (n) from 10 to 41. A simple method for the nomenclature is proposed, which can be used to distinguish and screen the candidates with high efficiency. Different from previous theoretical studies, the possible diamondoids can be enumerated according to our nomenclature, without any pre-determination from experiments. The structural stabilities and electronic properties have been studied by density functional based tight binding and first-principles methods, where a nearly linear correlation is found between the energy gaps obtained by these two methods. According to the formation energy of structures, we have determined the stable configurations as a function of chemical potential. The maximum and minimum energy gaps are found to be dominated by the shape of diamondoids for clusters with a given number of carbon atoms, while the gap decreases in general as the size increases due to the quantum confinement.
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- Ya-Ting Wang
- Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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Rander T, Bischoff T, Knecht A, Wolter D, Richter R, Merli A, Möller T. Electronic and Optical Properties of Methylated Adamantanes. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:11132-11137. [PMID: 28737388 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recent theoretical work has identified functionalized diamondoids as promising candidates for the tailoring of fluorescent nanomaterials. However, experiments confirming that optical gap tuning can be achieved through functionalization have, up until now, found only systems where fluorescence is quenched. We address this shortcoming by investigating a series of methylated adamantanes. For the first time, a class of functionalized diamondoids is shown to fluoresce in the gas phase. In order to understand the evolution of the optical and electronic structure properties with degree of functionalization, photoelectron spectroscopy was used to map the occupied valence electronic structure, while absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies yielded information about the unoccupied electronic structure and postexcitation relaxation behavior. The resulting spectra were modeled by (time-dependent) density functional theory. These results show that it is possible to overcome fluorescence quenching when functionalizing diamondoids and represent a significant step toward tailoring the electronic structure of these and other semiconductor particles in a manner suitable to applications.
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- Torbjörn Rander
- Technische Universität Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin , Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Teunissen JL, De Proft F, De Vleeschouwer F. Tuning the HOMO-LUMO Energy Gap of Small Diamondoids Using Inverse Molecular Design. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:1351-1365. [PMID: 28218844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b01074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Functionalized diamondoids show great potential as building blocks for various new optoelectronic applications. However, until now, only simple mono and double substitutions were investigated. In this work, we considered up to 10 and 6 sites for functionalization of the two smallest diamondoids, adamantane and diamantane, respectively, in search for diamondoid derivatives with a minimal and maximal HOMO-LUMO energy gap. To this end, the energy gap was optimized systematically using an inverse molecular design methodology based on the best-first search algorithm combined with a Monte Carlo component to escape local optima. Adamantane derivatives were found with HOMO-LUMO gaps ranging from 2.42 to 10.63 eV, with 9.45 eV being the energy gap of pure adamantane. For diamantane, similar values were obtained. The structures with the lowest HOMO-LUMO gaps showed apparent push-pull character. The push character is mainly formed by sulfur or nitrogen dopants and thiol groups, whereas the pull character is predominantly determined by the presence of electron-withdrawing nitro or carbonyl groups assisted by amino and hydroxyl groups via the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds. In contrast, maximal HOMO-LUMO gaps were obtained by introducing numerous electronegative groups.
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- Jos L Teunissen
- Research Group of General Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) , Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group of General Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) , Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group of General Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) , Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Sharma H, Saha B, Bhattacharyya PK. Sandwiches of N-doped diamondoids and benzene vialone pair–cation and cation–pi interaction: a DFT study. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj02467c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cation–lone pair and cation–pi interactions in the complexes of N-doped dimondoids.
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- Himakshi Sharma
- Department of Chemistry
- Arya Vidyapeeth College
- Gauhati University
- Guwahati
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Arya Vidyapeeth College
- Gauhati University
- Guwahati
- India
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Ab initio vibrational and thermodynamic properties of adamantane, sila-adamantane (Si10H16), and C9Si1H16 isomers. J Mol Struct 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.05.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Electron-vibration coupling induced renormalization in the photoemission spectrum of diamondoids. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11327. [PMID: 27103340 PMCID: PMC4844694 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The development of theories and methods devoted to the accurate calculation of the electronic quasi-particle states and levels of molecules, clusters and solids is of prime importance to interpret the experimental data. These quantum systems are often modelled by using the Born–Oppenheimer approximation where the coupling between the electrons and vibrational modes is not fully taken into account, and the electrons are treated as pure quasi-particles. Here, we show that in small diamond cages, called diamondoids, the electron–vibration coupling leads to the breakdown of the electron quasi-particle picture. More importantly, we demonstrate that the strong electron–vibration coupling is essential to properly describe the overall lineshape of the experimental photoemission spectrum. This cannot be obtained by methods within Born–Oppenheimer approximation. Moreover, we deduce a link between the vibronic states found by our many-body perturbation theory approach and the well-known Jahn–Teller effect. The electron–vibration coupling is essential to describe the photoelectron properties of molecules. Here, the authors show theoretically and experimentally that the electron–vibration coupling is very large in diamonoids, and link the deduced vibronic states to the well-known Jahn–Teller effect.
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Banerjee S, Stüker T, Saalfrank P. Vibrationally resolved optical spectra of modified diamondoids obtained from time-dependent correlation function methods. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:19656-69. [PMID: 26151912 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02615f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Optical properties of modified diamondoids have been studied theoretically using vibrationally resolved electronic absorption, emission and resonance Raman spectra. A time-dependent correlation function approach has been used for electronic two-state models, comprising a ground state (g) and a bright, excited state (e), the latter determined from linear-response, time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). The harmonic and Condon approximations were adopted. In most cases origin shifts, frequency alteration and Duschinsky rotation in excited states were considered. For other cases where no excited state geometry optimization and normal mode analysis were possible or desired, a short-time approximation was used. The optical properties and spectra have been computed for (i) a set of recently synthesized sp(2)/sp(3) hybrid species with C[double bond, length as m-dash]C double-bond connected saturated diamondoid subunits, (ii) functionalized (mostly by thiol or thione groups) diamondoids and (iii) urotropine and other C-substituted diamondoids. The ultimate goal is to tailor optical and electronic features of diamondoids by electronic blending, functionalization and substitution, based on a molecular-level understanding of the ongoing photophysics.
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- Shiladitya Banerjee
- Institut für Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
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Valentin L, Henss A, Tkachenko BA, Fokin A, Schreiner PR, Becker S, Würtele C, Schindler S. Transition metal complexes with cage-opened diamondoid tetracyclo[7.3.1.1 4,12.0 2,7]tetradeca-6.11-diene. J COORD CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2015.1071802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Lars Valentin
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
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Adhikari B, Fyta M. Towards double-functionalized small diamondoids: selective electronic band-gap tuning. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 26:035701. [PMID: 25549002 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/3/035701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Diamondoids are nanoscale diamond-like cage structures with hydrogen terminations, which can occur in various sizes and with a diverse type of modifications. In this work, we focus on the structural alterations and the effect of doping and functionalization on the electronic properties of diamondoids, from the smallest adamantane to heptamantane. The results are based on quantum mechanical calculations. We perform a self-consistent study, starting with doping the smallest diamondoid, adamantane. Boron, nitrogen, silicon, oxygen, and phosphorus are chosen as dopants at sites which have been previously optimized and are also consistent with the literature. At a next step, an amine- and a thiol- group are separately used to functionalize the adamantane molecule. We mainly focus on a double functionalization of diamondoids up to heptamantane using both these atomic groups. The effect of isomeration in the case of tetramantane is also studied. We discuss the higher efficiency of a double-functionalization compared to doping or a single-functionalization of diamondoids in tuning the electronic properties, such as the electronic band-gap, of modified small diamondoids in view of their novel nanotechnological applications.
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- Bibek Adhikari
- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Richter R, Röhr MIS, Zimmermann T, Petersen J, Heidrich C, Rahner R, Möller T, Dahl JE, Carlson RMK, Mitric R, Rander T, Merli A. Laser-induced fluorescence of free diamondoid molecules. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:4739-49. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04423a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We report on the laser-induced fluorescence of diamondoids in the gas phase. The spectra show well defined vibrational structure, whose complex nature is assigned with the help of TDDFT computations.
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Maier FC, Sivaraman G, Fyta M. The role of a diamondoid as a hydrogen donor or acceptor in probing DNA nucleobases. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2014; 37:95. [PMID: 25339284 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2014-14095-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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It has been shown that diamondoids can interact with DNA by forming relatively strong hydrogen bonds to DNA units, such as nucleobases. For this interaction to occur the diamondoids must be chemically modified in order to provide donor/acceptor groups for the hydrogen bond. We show here that the exact arrangement of an amine-modified adamantane with respect to a neighboring nucleobase has a significant influence on the strength of the hydrogen bond. Whether the diamondoid acts as a hydrogen donor or acceptor in the hydrogen binding to the nucleobase affects the electronic structure and thereby the electronic band-gaps of the diamondoid-nucleobase complex. In a donor arrangement of the diamondoid close to a nucleobase, the interaction energies are weak, but the electronic band-gaps differ significantly. Exactly the opposite trend is observed in an acceptor arrangement of the diamondoid. In each of these cases the frontier orbitals of the diamondoid and the nucleobase play a different role in the binding. The results are discussed in view of a diamondoid-based biosensing device.
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- Frank C Maier
- Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70596, Stuttgart, Germany
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We predict the stability of diamondoids made up of boron and nitrogen instead of carbon atoms. The results are based on quantum-mechanical calculations within density functional theory (DFT) and show some very distinct features compared to the regular carbon-based diamondoids. These features are evaluated with respect to the energetics and electronic properties of the boron nitride diamondoids as compared to the respective properties of the carbon-based diamondoids. We find that BN-diamondoids are overall more stable than their respective C-diamondoid counterparts. The electronic band-gaps (E(g)) of the former are overall lower than those for the latter nanostructures but do not show a very distinct trend with their size. Contrary to the lower C-diamondoids, the BN-diamondoids are semiconducting and show a depletion of charge on the nitrogen site. Their differences in the distribution of the molecular orbitals, compared to their carbon-based counterparts, offer additional bonding and functionalization possibilities. These tiny BN-based nanostructures could potentially be used as nanobuilding blocks complementing or substituting the C-diamondoids, based on the desired properties. An experimental realization of boron nitride diamondoids remains to show their feasibility.
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- Maria Fyta
- Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Maier FC, Fyta M. Type-dependent identification of DNA nucleobases by using diamondoids. Chemphyschem 2014; 15:3466-75. [PMID: 25145625 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The possibility of distinguishing between DNA nucleobases of different sizes is manifested here through quantum-mechanical simulations. By using derivatives of small, modified diamond clusters, known as diamondoids, it is possible to separate the pyrimidines (cytosine and thymine) from the larger purines (adenine and guanine), according to the collective electronic and binding properties of these DNA nucleobases and the diamondoid. The latter acts as a probe with which these properties can be examined in detail. Short single-stranded DNA is built up from single nucleobases to reveal the effect of each DNA unit on the sensing abilities of the diamondoid probe. Several ways of orienting the nucleobases, nucleosides, nucleotides, and short single-stranded DNA are investigated; these lead to quite different electronic properties and may or may not enhance the possibility of separating the DNA nucleobases. For the optimum orientation, that is, one that promotes stronger hydrogen bonding of the diamondoid to the short DNA strand, it is found that the electronic band gaps of a purine strand lie in a completely different range to the band gaps of a pyrimidine strand. This difference can be over 1 eV, which is measurable and shows the potential of using diamondoids and their derivatives in biosensing devices.
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- Frank C Maier
- Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70569 Stuttgart (Germany)
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Demján T, Vörös M, Palummo M, Gali A. Electronic and optical properties of pure and modified diamondoids studied by many-body perturbation theory and time-dependent density functional theory. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:064308. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4891930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Yin H, Ma Y, Hao X, Mu J, Liu C, Yi Z. Quasiparticle electronic structure and optical absorption of diamond nanoparticles from ab initio many-body perturbation theory. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:214315. [PMID: 24908016 DOI: 10.1063/1.4880695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The excited states of small-diameter diamond nanoparticles in the gas phase are studied using the GW method and Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) within the ab initio many-body perturbation theory. The calculated ionization potentials and optical gaps are in agreement with experimental results, with the average error about 0.2 eV. The electron affinity is negative and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital is rather delocalized. Precise determination of the electron affinity requires one to take the off-diagonal matrix elements of the self-energy operator into account in the GW calculation. BSE calculations predict a large exciton binding energy which is an order of magnitude larger than that in the bulk diamond.
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- Huabing Yin
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Department of Physics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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Sivaraman G, Fyta M. Chemically modified diamondoids as biosensors for DNA. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:4225-4232. [PMID: 24608602 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr06417d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Understanding the interaction of biological molecules with materials is essential in view of the novel potential applications arising when these two are combined. To this end, we investigate the interaction of DNA with diamondoids, a broad family of tiny hydrogen-terminated diamond clusters with high technological potential. We model this interaction through quantum-mechanical computer simulations and focus on the hydrogen bonding possibilities of the different DNA nucleobases to the lower amine-modified diamondoids with respect to their relative distance and orientation. Our aim is to promote the binding between these two units, and probe this through the association energy, the electronic structure of the nucleobase-diamondoid system, and the specific role of their frontier orbitals. We discuss the relevance of our results in view of biosensing applications and specifically nanopore sequencing of DNA.
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- Ganesh Sivaraman
- Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Meinke R, Richter R, Merli A, Fokin AA, Koso TV, Rodionov VN, Schreiner PR, Thomsen C, Maultzsch J. UV resonance Raman analysis of trishomocubane and diamondoid dimers. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:034309. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4861758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Richter R, Wolter D, Zimmermann T, Landt L, Knecht A, Heidrich C, Merli A, Dopfer O, Reiß P, Ehresmann A, Petersen J, Dahl JE, Carlson RMK, Bostedt C, Möller T, Mitric R, Rander T. Size and shape dependent photoluminescence and excited state decay rates of diamondoids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:3070-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54570a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Zimmermann T, Richter R, Knecht A, Fokin AA, Koso TV, Chernish LV, Gunchenko PA, Schreiner PR, Möller T, Rander T. Exploring covalently bonded diamondoid particles with valence photoelectron spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:084310. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4818994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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