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Lucia-Tamudo J, Alcamí M, Díaz-Tendero S, Nogueira JJ. One-Electron Oxidation Potentials and Hole Delocalization in Heterogeneous Single-Stranded DNA. Biochemistry 2023; 62:3312-3322. [PMID: 37923303 PMCID: PMC10666269 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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The study of DNA processes is essential to understand not only its intrinsic biological functions but also its role in many innovative applications. The use of DNA as a nanowire or electrochemical biosensor leads to the need for a deep investigation of the charge transfer process along the strand as well as of the redox properties. In this contribution, the one-electron oxidation potential and the charge delocalization of the hole formed after oxidation are computationally investigated for different heterogeneous single-stranded DNA strands. We have established a two-step protocol: (i) molecular dynamics simulations in the frame of quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) were performed to sample the conformational space; (ii) energetic properties were then obtained within a QM1/QM2/continuum approach in combination with the Marcus theory over an ensemble of selected geometries. The results reveal that the one-electron oxidation potential in the heterogeneous strands can be seen as a linear combination of that property within the homogeneous strands. In addition, the hole delocalization between different nucleobases is, in general, small, supporting the conclusion of a hopping mechanism for charge transport along the strands. However, charge delocalization becomes more important, and so does the tunneling mechanism contribution, when the reducing power of the nucleobases forming the strand is similar. Moreover, charge delocalization is slightly enhanced when there is a correlation between pairs of some of the interbase coordinates of the strand: twist/shift, twist/slide, shift/slide, and rise/tilt. However, the internal structure of the strand is not the predominant factor for hole delocalization but the specific sequence of nucleotides that compose the strand.
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- Jesús Lucia-Tamudo
- Department
of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Institute
for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Condensed
Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Institute
for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Condensed
Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Institute
for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Andreo Jover J, Hernandez Calle D, Curto-Ramos J, Vicente Valor L, García Martínez D, Juárez G, Alcamí M, Ortiz A, Iglesias N, Bravo-Ortiz M, Martinez-Ales G, Rodríguez-Vega B. Child psychiatric emergency visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9565534 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction Paediatric and adult psychiatric emergency department (ED) visits decreased during the initial COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Long-term consequences of the pandemic will include increases in mental healthcare needs especially among especially vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents. Objectives This study examined changes in the number of overall and diagnosis-specific mental health ED visits among patients aged <18 years following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Madrid, Spain. Methods We used electronic health records to extract the monthly numbers of total and diagnosis-specific mental health ED visits among patients aged <18 years, between October 2018 and April 2021, to La Paz University Hospital. We conducted interrupted time-series analyses and compared trends before and after the day of the first ED COVID-19 case (1st March 2020). Results In March 2020, there was a marked initial decrease of -12.8 (95%CI -21.9, -7.9) less monthly mental health ED visits. After April 2020, there was a subsequent increasing trend of 3.4 (95%CI 2.6, 4.2) additional monthly mental health ED visits. Conclusions After onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in paediatric psychiatric ED visits, especially due to suicide-related reasons. These data reinforce the crucial role of the ED in the management of acute mental health problems among youth and highlight the need for renovated efforts to enhance access to care outside of and during acute crises during the pandemic and its aftermath. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Barreiro-Lage D, Nicolafrancesco C, Kočišek J, Luna A, Kopyra J, Alcamí M, Huber BA, Martín F, Domaracka A, Rousseau P, Díaz-Tendero S. Controlling the diversity of ion-induced fragmentation pathways by N-methylation of amino acids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:941-954. [PMID: 34913940 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04097a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the fragmentation of singly and doubly N-methylated glycine (sarcosine and N,N-dimethyl glycine, respectively) induced by low-energy (keV) O6+ ions. Multicoincidence mass spectrometry techniques and quantum chemistry simulations (ab initio molecular dynamics and density functional theory) allow us to characterise different fragmentation pathways as well as the associated mechanisms. We focus on the fragmentation of doubly ionised species, for which coincidence measurements provide unambiguous information on the origin of the various charged fragments. We have found that single N-methylation leads to a larger variety of fragmentation channels than in no methylation of glycine, while double N-methylation effectively closes many of these fragmentation channels, including some of those appearing in pristine glycine. Importantly, the closure of fragmentation channels in the latter case does not imply a protective effect by the methyl group.
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- Darío Barreiro-Lage
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain.
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, Caen 14000, France. .,Synchrotron SOLEIL, LOrme des Merisiers, St Aubin, BP 48, Gif sur Yvette Cedex 91192, France
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejskova 3, Prague 18223, Czech Republic
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- Centro de Computación Científica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, 3 Maja 54, Siedlce 08-110, Poland
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain. .,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nano), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain.,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, Caen 14000, France.
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain. .,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nano), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, Caen 14000, France.
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, Caen 14000, France.
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain. .,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Rousseau P, González-Vázquez J, Piekarski DG, Kopyra J, Domaracka A, Alcamí M, Adoui L, Huber BA, Díaz-Tendero S, Martín F. Timing of charge migration in betaine by impact of fast atomic ions. Sci Adv 2021; 7:eabg9080. [PMID: 34597129 PMCID: PMC10938492 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The way molecules break after ion bombardment is intimately related to the early electron dynamics generated in the system, in particular, charge (or electron) migration. We exploit the natural positive-negative charge splitting in the zwitterionic molecule betaine to selectively induce double electron removal from its negatively charged side by impact of fast O6+ ions. The loss of two electrons in this localized region of the molecular skeleton triggers a competition between direct Coulomb explosion and charge migration that is examined to obtain temporal information from ion-ion coincident measurements and nonadiabatic molecular dynamics calculations. We find a charge migration time, from one end of the molecule to the other, of approximately 20 to 40 femtoseconds. This migration time is longer than that observed in molecules irradiated by ultrashort light pulses and is the consequence of charge migration being driven by adiabatic nuclear dynamics in the ground state of the molecular dication.
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- Patrick Rousseau
- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000 Caen, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000 Caen, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nano), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000 Caen, France
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000 Caen, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nano), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Pla P, Dubosq C, Rapacioli M, Posenitskiy E, Alcamí M, Simon A. Hydrogenation of C 24 Carbon Clusters: Structural Diversity and Energetic Properties. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:5273-5288. [PMID: 34132096 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
This work aims at exploring the potential energy surfaces of C24Hn=0,6,12,18,24 using the genetic algorithm in combination with the density functional based tight binding potential. The structural diversity was analyzed using order parameters, in particular the sum of the numbers of 5- and 6-carbon rings R5/6. The most abundant and lowest energy population was designated as the flake population (isomers of variable shapes, large R5/6 values), characterized by an increasing number of spherical isomers when nH/nC increases. Simultaneously, the fraction of the pretzel population (spherical isomers, smaller R5/6 values) increases. The fraction of the cage population (largest R5/6 values) remains extremely minor while the branched population (smallest R5/6 values) remains the highest energy population for all nH/nC ratios. For all C24Hn=0,6,12,18,24 clusters, the evolution of the carbon ring size distribution with energy clearly shows the correlation between the stability and the number of 6-carbon rings. The average values of the ionization potentials of all populations were found to decrease when nH/nC increases, ranging from 7.9 down to 6.4 eV. This trend was correlated to geometric and electronic factors, in particular to carbon hybridization. These results are of astrophysical interest, especially regarding the role of carbon species in the gas ionization.
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- Paula Pla
- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Módulo 13, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (LCPQ), Fédération FeRMI, Université Toulouse UT3 and CNRS, UMR5626, 118 Route Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (LCPQ), Fédération FeRMI, Université Toulouse UT3 and CNRS, UMR5626, 118 Route Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats et Réactivité (LCAR), Université de Toulouse (UPS) and CNRS, UMR5589, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Módulo 13, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (LCPQ), Fédération FeRMI, Université Toulouse UT3 and CNRS, UMR5626, 118 Route Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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Aguirre NF, Díaz-Tendero S, Hervieux PA, Alcamí M, Chabot M, Béroff K, Martín F. Charge and energy sharing in the fragmentation of astrophysically relevant carbon clusters. Theor Chem Acc 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-020-02702-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Erdmann E, Aguirre NF, Indrajith S, Chiarinelli J, Domaracka A, Rousseau P, Huber BA, Bolognesi P, Richter R, Avaldi L, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Łabuda M. A general approach to study molecular fragmentation and energy redistribution after an ionizing event. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:1859-1867. [PMID: 33439170 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04890a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
We propose to combine quantum chemical calculations, statistical mechanical methods, and photoionization and particle collision experiments to unravel the redistribution of internal energy of the furan cation and its dissociation pathways. This approach successfully reproduces the relative intensity of the different fragments as a function of the internal energy of the system in photoelectron-photoion coincidence experiments and the different mass spectra obtained when ions ranging from Ar+ to Xe25+ or electrons are used in collision experiments. It provides deep insights into the redistribution of the internal energy in the ionized molecule and its influence on the dissociation pathways and resulting charged fragments. The present pilot study demonstrates the efficiency of a statistical exchange of excitation energy among various degrees of freedom of the molecule and proves that the proposed approach is mature to be extended to more complex systems.
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- Ewa Erdmann
- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Rousseau P, Piekarski DG, Capron M, Domaracka A, Adoui L, Martín F, Alcamí M, Díaz-Tendero S, Huber BA. Polypeptide formation in clusters of β-alanine amino acids by single ion impact. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3818. [PMID: 32732937 PMCID: PMC7393107 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17653-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The formation of peptide bonds by energetic processing of amino acids is an important step towards the formation of biologically relevant molecules. As amino acids are present in space, scenarios have been developed to identify the roots of life on Earth, either by processes occurring in outer space or on Earth itself. We study the formation of peptide bonds in single collisions of low-energy He2+ ions (α-particles) with loosely bound clusters of β-alanine molecules at impact energies typical for solar wind. Experimental fragmentation mass spectra produced by collisions are compared with results of molecular dynamics simulations and an exhaustive exploration of potential energy surfaces. We show that peptide bonds are efficiently formed by water molecule emission, leading to the formation of up to tetrapeptide. The present results show that a plausible route to polypeptides formation in space is the collision of energetic ions with small clusters of amino acids.
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- Patrick Rousseau
- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000, Caen, France.
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000, Caen, France
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000, Caen, France
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000, Caen, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000, Caen, France
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We present a theoretical study on the thermodynamic and kinetic reactivity of Diels-Alder cycloadditions to several empty fullerenes in order to investigate the relationship between reaction energies and energy barriers. The results show that fullerenes with large HOMO-LUMO gaps present good correlation coefficients. In all other cases, two factors are responsible for the lack of correlation. First, the formation of unexpected adducts which are not the ones resulting from a [4+2] addition and second the change in the electronic structure of some adducts due to the mixing of the ground state with excited states close in energy.
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- Paula Pla
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, China
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. and Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain and Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Ruiz-López MF, Alcamí M. Foreword to the special issue on the "Electronic structure: principles and applications (ESPA 2018)" conference. Theor Chem Acc 2020; 139:86. [PMID: 32336938 PMCID: PMC7169640 DOI: 10.1007/s00214-020-02600-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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- Manuel F. Ruiz-López
- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques, UMR CNRS 7019, CNRS, University of Lorraine, BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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A simple model based on adjacency matrices is introduced to study the stability of hydrogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Aromaticity governs their relative stability having the most stable isomers the higher number of non-hydrogenated rings.
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- Paula Pla
- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou
- China
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia)
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia)
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Giacomozzi L, D’Angelo G, Diaz-Tendero S, de Ruette N, Stockett MH, Alcamí M, Cederquist H, Schmidt HT, Zettergren H. Decay pathways for protonated and deprotonated adenine molecules. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:044306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5109963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- L. Giacomozzi
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-NANO), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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Aguirre NF, Díaz-Tendero S, IdBarkach T, Chabot M, Béroff K, Alcamí M, Martín F. Fully versus constrained statistical fragmentation of carbon clusters and their heteronuclear derivatives. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:144301. [PMID: 30981259 DOI: 10.1063/1.5083864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The Microcanonical Metropolis Monte Carlo (MMMC) method has been shown to describe reasonably well fragmentation of clusters composed of identical atomic species. However, this is not so clear in the case of heteronuclear clusters as some regions of phase space might be inaccessible due to the different mobility of the different atomic species, the existence of large isomerization barriers, or the quite different chemical nature of the possible intermediate species. In this paper, we introduce a constrained statistical model that extends the range of applicability of the MMMC method to such mixed clusters. The method is applied to describe fragmentation of isolated clusters with high, moderate, and no heteronuclear character, namely, CnHm, CnN, and Cn clusters for which experimental fragmentation branching ratios are available in the literature. We show that the constrained statistical model describes fairly well fragmentation of CnHm clusters in contrast with the poor description provided by the fully statistical model. The latter model, however, works pretty well for both Cn and CnN clusters, thus showing that the ultimate reason for this discrepancy is the inability of the MMMC method to selectively explore the whole phase space. This conclusion has driven us to predict the fragmentation patterns of the C4N cluster for which experiments are not yet available.
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- Néstor F Aguirre
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, IN2P3-CNRS and Université Paris-Sud, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, IN2P3-CNRS and Université Paris-Sud, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, INP-CNRS and Université Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Wang Y, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Martín F. Aromaticity, Coulomb repulsion, π delocalization or strain: who is who in endohedral metallofullerene stability? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:124-131. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06707d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Three different models for endohedral metallofullerene structure prediction are compared, revealing the physical origin of the stability of these compounds.
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- Yang Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou
- China
- Departamento de Química
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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Villaverde JJ, Sandín-España P, Alonso-Prados JL, Lamsabhi AM, Alcamí M. Pesticide byproducts formation: Theoretical study of the protonation of alloxydim degradation products. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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González L, Alcamí M, Martín F. Tribute to Manuel Yáñez and Otilia Mó. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:5671-5672. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b03669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Erdmann E, Łabuda M, Aguirre NF, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M. Furan Fragmentation in the Gas Phase: New Insights from Statistical and Molecular Dynamics Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2018. [PMID: 29543456 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present a complete exploration of the different fragmentation mechanisms of furan (C4H4O) operating at low and high energies. Three different theoretical approaches are combined to determine the structure of all possible reaction intermediates, many of them not described in previous studies, and a large number of pathways involving three types of fundamental elementary mechanisms: isomerization, fragmentation, and H/H2 loss processes (this last one was not yet explored). Our results are compared with the existing experimental and theoretical investigations for furan fragmentation. At low energies the first processes to appear are isomerization, which always implies the breaking of one C-O bond and one or several hydrogen transfers; at intermediate energies the fragmentation of the molecular skeleton becomes the most relevant mechanism; and H/H2 loss is the dominant processes at high energy. However, the three mechanisms are active in very wide energy ranges and, therefore, at most energies there is a competition among them.
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- Ewa Erdmann
- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics , Gdańsk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12 , 80-233 Gdańsk , Poland
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics , Gdańsk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12 , 80-233 Gdańsk , Poland
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , 28049 Madrid , Spain
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Villaverde JJ, Sandín-España P, Alonso-Prados JL, Lamsabhi AM, Alcamí M. Computational Study of the Structure and Degradation Products of Alloxydim Herbicide. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:3909-3918. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Juan J. Villaverde
- Plant Protection Products Unit, DTEVPF, INIA, Crta. La Coruña, Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Protection Products Unit, DTEVPF, INIA, Crta. La Coruña, Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Protection Products Unit, DTEVPF, INIA, Crta. La Coruña, Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Bolognesi P, Bañares L, Alcamí M. XUV/X-ray light and fast ions for ultrafast chemistry. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:19533-19535. [PMID: 28744548 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp90137b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The deposition of large amounts of energy in a molecule by XUV/X-ray photon absorption or fast-ion collision, triggers a set of complex ultrafast electronic and nuclear dynamics that allow a deep understanding and control of chemical reactivity. This themed issue showcases the research performed in the understanding, monitoring and control of these processes.
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- P Bolognesi
- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy.
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Wang Y, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Martín F. Topology-Based Approach to Predict Relative Stabilities of Charged and Functionalized Fullerenes. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 14:1791-1810. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b01048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yang Wang
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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A systematic study of Diels–Alder cycloadditions to empty fullerenes reveals that π effects control site preference. Simple Hückel calculation allows to obtain quantitative descriptors and to understand why addition occurs preferentially at certain types of bonds. A couple of simple rules are proposed as a visual guide for a rapid prediction of Diels–Alder reactivity.
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- Paula Pla
- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem)
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem)
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Villaverde JJ, López-Goti C, Alcamí M, Lamsabhi AM, Alonso-Prados JL, Sandín-España P. Quantum chemistry in environmental pesticide risk assessment. Pest Manag Sci 2017; 73:2199-2202. [PMID: 28618212 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The scientific community and regulatory bodies worldwide, currently promote the development of non-experimental tests that produce reliable data for pesticide risk assessment. The use of standard quantum chemistry methods could allow the development of tools to perform a first screening of compounds to be considered for the experimental studies, improving the risk assessment. This fact results in a better distribution of resources and in better planning, allowing a more exhaustive study of the pesticides and their metabolic products. The current paper explores the potential of quantum chemistry in modelling toxicity and environmental behaviour of pesticides and their by-products by using electronic descriptors obtained computationally. Quantum chemistry has potential to estimate the physico-chemical properties of pesticides, including certain chemical reaction mechanisms and their degradation pathways, allowing modelling of the environmental behaviour of both pesticides and their by-products. In this sense, theoretical methods can contribute to performing a more focused risk assessment of pesticides used in the market, and may lead to higher quality and safer agricultural products. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Aguirre NF, Díaz-Tendero S, Hervieux PA, Alcamí M, Martín F. M 3C: A Computational Approach To Describe Statistical Fragmentation of Excited Molecules and Clusters. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:992-1009. [PMID: 28005371 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The Microcanonical Metropolis Monte Carlo method, based on a random sampling of the density of states, is revisited for the study of molecular fragmentation in the gas phase (isolated molecules, atomic and molecular clusters, complex biomolecules, etc.). A random walk or uniform random sampling in the configurational space (atomic positions) and a uniform random sampling of the relative orientation, vibrational energy, and chemical composition of the fragments is used to estimate the density of states of the system, which is continuously updated as the random sampling populates individual states. The validity and usefulness of the method is demonstrated by applying it to evaluate the caloric curve of a weakly bound rare gas cluster (Ar13), to interpret the fragmentation of highly excited small neutral and singly positively charged carbon clusters (Cn, n = 5,7,9 and Cn+, n = 4,5) and to simulate the mass spectrum of the acetylene molecule (C2H2).
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- Néstor F Aguirre
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg , 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Wang Y, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Martín F. Relative Stability of Empty Exohedral Fullerenes: π Delocalization versus Strain and Steric Hindrance. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:1609-1617. [PMID: 28080042 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b11669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Predicting and understanding the relative stability of exohedral fullerenes is an important aspect of fullerene chemistry, since the experimentally formed structures do not generally follow the rules that govern addition reactions or the making of pristine fullerenes. First-principles theoretical calculations are of limited applicability due to the large number of possible isomeric forms, for example, more than 50 billion for C60X8. Here we propose a simple model, exclusively based on topological arguments, that allows one to predict the relative stability of exohedral fullerenes without the need for electronic structure calculations or geometry optimizations. The model incorporates the effects of π delocalization, cage strain, and steric hindrance. We show that the subtle interplay between these three factors is responsible for (i) the formation of non-IPR (isolated pentagon rule) exohedral fullerenes in contrast with their pristine fullerene counterparts, (ii) the appearance of more pentagon-pentagon adjacencies than predicted by the PAPR (pentagon-adjacency penalty rule), (iii) the changes in regioisomer stability due to the chemical nature of the addends, and (iv) the variations in fullerene cage stability with the progressive addition of chemical species.
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- Yang Wang
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Piekarski DG, Delaunay R, Mika A, Maclot S, Adoui L, Martín F, Alcamí M, Huber BA, Rousseau P, Díaz-Tendero S, Domaracka A. Production of doubly-charged highly reactive species from the long-chain amino acid GABA initiated by Ar9+ionization. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:19609-19618. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp00903h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the fragmentation of multiply-charged γ-aminobutyric acid molecules (GABAz+,z= 2, 3) in the gas phase.
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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Wang Y, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Martín F. Generalized structural motif model for studying the thermodynamic stability of fullerenes: from C60to graphene passing through giant fullerenes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:19646-19655. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01598d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A generalized motif model to describe the stability of neutral fullerenes, covering the full range of cage sizes, starting from C60, going through giant fullerenes, and ultimately leading to graphene.
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- Yang Wang
- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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Ha DT, Yamazaki K, Wang Y, Alcamí M, Maeda S, Kono H, Martín F, Kukk E. Fragmentation network of doubly charged methionine: Interpretation using graph theory. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:094302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4962061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- D. T. Ha
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 980-8578 Sendai, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 980-8578 Sendai, Japan
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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Maclot S, Delaunay R, Piekarski DG, Domaracka A, Huber BA, Adoui L, Martín F, Alcamí M, Avaldi L, Bolognesi P, Díaz-Tendero S, Rousseau P. Determination of Energy-Transfer Distributions in Ionizing Ion-Molecule Collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:073201. [PMID: 27563959 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.073201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The ionization and fragmentation of the nucleoside thymidine in the gas phase has been investigated by combining ion collision with state-selected photoionization experiments and quantum chemistry calculations. The comparison between the mass spectra measured in both types of experiments allows us to accurately determine the distribution of the energy deposited in the ionized molecule as a result of the collision. The relation of two experimental techniques and theory shows a strong correlation between the excited states of the ionized molecule with the computed dissociation pathways, as well as with charge localization or delocalization.
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- S Maclot
- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEANanociencia), Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEANanociencia), Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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Faginas-Lago N, Yeni D, Huarte F, Wang Y, Alcamí M, Martin F. Adsorption of Hydrogen Molecules on Carbon Nanotubes Using Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Dynamics. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:6451-8. [PMID: 27467122 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Physisorption and storage of molecular hydrogen on single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) of various diameters and chiralities are studied by means of classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and a force field validated using DFT-D2 and CCSD(T) calculations. A nonrigid carbon nanotube model is implemented with stretching (C-C) and valence angle potentials (C-C-C) formulated as Morse and Harmonic cosine potentials, respectively. Our results evidence that the standard Lennard-Jones potential fails to describe the H2-H2 binding energies. Therefore, our simulations make use of a potential that contains two-body term with parameters obtained from fitting CCSD(T)/CBS binding energies. From our MD simulations, we have analyzed the interaction energies, radial distribution functions, gravimetric densities (% wt), and the distances of the adsorbed H2 layers to the three zigzag type of nanotubes (5,0), (10,0), and (15,0) at 100 and 300 K.
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- N Faginas-Lago
- Dipartimento di di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Chemical Physics Department and Institute for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTUB), Universitat de Barcelona , Martí i Franqués 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Ares P, Aguilar-Galindo F, Rodríguez-San-Miguel D, Aldave DA, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Martín F, Gómez-Herrero J, Zamora F. Mechanical Isolation of Highly Stable Antimonene under Ambient Conditions. Adv Mater 2016; 28:6332-6336. [PMID: 27272099 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Antimonene fabricated by mechanical exfoliation is highly stable under atmospheric conditions over periods of months and even when immersed in water. Density functional theory confirms the experiments and predicts an electronic gap of ≈1 eV. These results highlight the use of antimonene for optoelectronics applications.
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- Pablo Ares
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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Ares P, Aguilar-Galindo F, Rodríguez-San-Miguel D, Aldave DA, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Martín F, Gómez-Herrero J, Zamora F. Antimonene: Mechanical Isolation of Highly Stable Antimonene under Ambient Conditions (Adv. Mater. 30/2016). Adv Mater 2016; 28:6515. [PMID: 27493072 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201670209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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On page 6332, J. Gómez-Herrero, F. Zamora, and co-workers describe the isolation of antimonene, a new allotrope of antimony that consists of a single layer of atoms. They obtain antimonene flakes by the scotch tape method; these flakes are highly stable in ambient conditions and even when immersed in water. The 1.2 eV gap calculated in this study suggests potential applications in optoelectronics.
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- Pablo Ares
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, Madrid E, 28049, Spain
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Wang Y, Díaz-Tendero S, Martín F, Alcamí M. Key Structural Motifs To Predict the Cage Topology in Endohedral Metallofullerenes. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:1551-60. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yang Wang
- Departamento
de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed
Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed
Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Sánchez JP, Aguirre NF, Díaz-Tendero S, Martín F, Alcamí M. Structure, Ionization, and Fragmentation of Neutral and Positively Charged Hydrogenated Carbon Clusters: CnHmq+ (n = 1–5, m = 1–4, q = 0–3). J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:588-605. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b10143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Instituto
Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto
Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Stradi D, Borca B, Barja S, Garnica M, Díaz C, Rodríguez-García JM, Alcamí M, Vázquez de Parga AL, Miranda R, Martín F. Understanding the self-assembly of TCNQ on Cu(111): a combined study based on scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments and density functional theory simulations. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra26320d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Two polymorphic structures of TCNQ on Cu(111) can be formed by varying the deposition conditions.
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- Daniele Stradi
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia)
- Madrid
- Spain
- Dep. Química Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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- Dep. Física de la Materia Condensada
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia)
- Madrid
- Spain
- Dep. Física de la Materia Condensada
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia)
- Madrid
- Spain
- Dep. Física de la Materia Condensada
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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- Dep. Química Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia)
- Madrid
- Spain
- Dep. Química Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia)
- Madrid
- Spain
- Dep. Física de la Materia Condensada
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia)
- Madrid
- Spain
- Dep. Química Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Matías AS, Havenith RWA, Alcamí M, Ceulemans A. Is C50 a superaromat? Evidence from electronic structure and ring current calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:11653-60. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04970a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Of the three lowest isomers of C50 fullerene, the minimal energy D3 isomer comes closest to a spherical aromat or superaromat.
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- Ana Sanz Matías
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Leuven
- B-3001 Leuven
- Belgium
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- Theoretical Chemistry
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials and Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
- University of Groningen
- 9747 AG Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo-13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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In this work we present a density functional theory study of the interaction between a positively charged exohedral metallofullerene and several hydrogen molecules.
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- Maitreyi Robledo
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC)
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA_Nanociencia)
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA_Nanociencia)
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Urgel JI, Cirera B, Wang Y, Auwärter W, Otero R, Gallego JM, Alcamí M, Klyatskaya S, Ruben M, Martín F, Miranda R, Ecija D, Barth JV. Surface-Supported Robust 2D Lanthanide-Carboxylate Coordination Networks. Small 2015; 11:6358-6364. [PMID: 26524215 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201502761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Lanthanide-based metal-organic compounds and architectures are promising systems for sensing, heterogeneous catalysis, photoluminescence, and magnetism. Herein, the fabrication of interfacial 2D lanthanide-carboxylate networks is introduced. This study combines low- and variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) experiments, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations addressing their design and electronic properties. The bonding of ditopic linear linkers to Gd centers on a Cu(111) surface gives rise to extended nanoporous grids, comprising mononuclear nodes featuring eightfold lateral coordination. XPS and DFT elucidate the nature of the bond, indicating ionic characteristics, which is also manifest in appreciable thermal stability. This study introduces a new generation of robust low-dimensional metallosupramolecular systems incorporating the functionalities of the f-block elements.
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- José I Urgel
- Physik Department E20, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Physik Department E20, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, ,28049, Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- IPCMS-CNRS UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg, 67034, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Physik Department E20, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany
- IMDEA Nanoscience, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Physik Department E20, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany
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Wang Y, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Martín F. Cage connectivity and frontier π orbitals govern the relative stability of charged fullerene isomers. Nat Chem 2015; 7:927-34. [DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Kocisek J, Piekarski DG, Delaunay R, Huber BA, Adoui L, Martín F, Alcamí M, Rousseau P, Domaracka A, Kopyra J, Díaz-Tendero S. N-Acetylglycine Cation Tautomerization Enabled by the Peptide Bond. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:9581-9. [PMID: 26243533 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b06009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the ionization of N-acetylglycine molecules by 48 keV O(6+) ions. We focus on the single ionization channel of this interaction. In addition to the prompt fragmentation of the N-acetylglycine cation, we also observe the formation of metastable parent ions with lifetimes in the microsecond range. On the basis of density functional theory calculations, we assign these metastable ions to the diol tautomer of N-acetylglycine. In comparison with the simple amino acids, the tautomerization rate is higher because of the presence of the peptide bond. The study of a simple biologically relevant molecule containing a peptide bond allows us to demonstrate how increasing the complexity of the structure influences the behavior of the ionized molecule.
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- Jaroslav Kocisek
- CIMAP, UMR 6252 (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UCBN), Bd. Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- CIMAP, UMR 6252 (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UCBN), Bd. Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen Cedex 5, France.,Université de Caen Basse-Normandie , Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, 14032 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- CIMAP, UMR 6252 (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UCBN), Bd. Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- CIMAP, UMR 6252 (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UCBN), Bd. Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen Cedex 5, France.,Université de Caen Basse-Normandie , Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, 14032 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- CIMAP, UMR 6252 (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UCBN), Bd. Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen Cedex 5, France.,Université de Caen Basse-Normandie , Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, 14032 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- CIMAP, UMR 6252 (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UCBN), Bd. Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Faculty of Science, Siedlce University , 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Delaunay R, Gatchell M, Rousseau P, Domaracka A, Maclot S, Wang Y, Stockett MH, Chen T, Adoui L, Alcamí M, Martín F, Zettergren H, Cederquist H, Huber BA. Molecular Growth Inside of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Clusters Induced by Ion Collisions. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:1536-42. [PMID: 26263308 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
The present work combines experimental and theoretical studies of the collision between keV ion projectiles and clusters of pyrene, one of the simplest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Intracluster growth processes induced by ion collisions lead to the formation of a wide range of new molecules with masses larger than that of the pyrene molecule. The efficiency of these processes is found to strongly depend on the mass and velocity of the incoming projectile. Classical molecular dynamics simulations of the entire collision process-from the ion impact (nuclear scattering) to the formation of new molecular species-reproduce the essential features of the measured molecular growth process and also yield estimates of the related absolute cross sections. More elaborate density functional tight binding calculations yield the same growth products as the classical simulations. The present results could be relevant to understand the physical chemistry of the PAH-rich upper atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.
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- Rudy Delaunay
- †CIMAP (UMR6252 CEA/CNRS/Ensicaen/Unicaen), Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen cedex 5, France
- ‡Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, 14032 Caen cedex 5, France
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- ¶Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- †CIMAP (UMR6252 CEA/CNRS/Ensicaen/Unicaen), Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen cedex 5, France
- ‡Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, 14032 Caen cedex 5, France
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- †CIMAP (UMR6252 CEA/CNRS/Ensicaen/Unicaen), Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- †CIMAP (UMR6252 CEA/CNRS/Ensicaen/Unicaen), Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen cedex 5, France
- ‡Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, 14032 Caen cedex 5, France
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- ∥Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- ¶Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- ¶Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- †CIMAP (UMR6252 CEA/CNRS/Ensicaen/Unicaen), Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen cedex 5, France
- ‡Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, 14032 Caen cedex 5, France
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- ∥Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- ∥Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- ¶Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- ¶Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- †CIMAP (UMR6252 CEA/CNRS/Ensicaen/Unicaen), Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 5133, 14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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Piekarski DG, Delaunay R, Maclot S, Adoui L, Martín F, Alcamí M, Huber BA, Rousseau P, Domaracka A, Díaz-Tendero S. Unusual hydroxyl migration in the fragmentation of β-alanine dication in the gas phase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:16767-78. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01628b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Experimental and theoretical investigations show that hydroxyl migration leads to unexpected fragmentation dynamics of β-alanine dication in the gas phase.
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- CIMAP (UMR 6252) - CEA
- CNRS
- ENSICAEN
- Unicaen
- 14070 Caen Cedex 5
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- CIMAP (UMR 6252) - CEA
- CNRS
- ENSICAEN
- Unicaen
- 14070 Caen Cedex 5
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- CIMAP (UMR 6252) - CEA
- CNRS
- ENSICAEN
- Unicaen
- 14070 Caen Cedex 5
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- CIMAP (UMR 6252) - CEA
- CNRS
- ENSICAEN
- Unicaen
- 14070 Caen Cedex 5
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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Stradi D, Garnica M, Díaz C, Calleja F, Barja S, Martín N, Alcamí M, Vazquez de Parga AL, Miranda R, Martín F. Controlling the spatial arrangement of organic magnetic anions adsorbed on epitaxial graphene on Ru(0001). Nanoscale 2014; 6:15271-15279. [PMID: 25382549 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr02917h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Achieving control over the self-organization of functional molecules on graphene is critical for the development of graphene technology in organic electronic and spintronic. Here, by using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), we show that the electron acceptor molecule 7,7',8,8'-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (TCNQ) and its fluorinated derivative 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7',8,8'-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (F4-TCNQ), co-deposited on the surface of epitaxial graphene on Ru(0001), transform spontaneously into their corresponding magnetic anions and self-organize in two remarkably different structures. TCNQ forms densely packed linear magnetic arrays, while F4-TCNQ molecules remain as isolated non interacting magnets. With the help of density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we trace back the origin of this behavior in the competition between the intermolecular repulsion experienced by the individual charged anions, which tends to separate the molecules, and the delocalization of the electrons transferred from the surface to the molecules, which promotes the formation of molecular oligomers. Our results demonstrate that it is possible to control the spatial arrangement of organic magnetic anions co-adsorbed on a surface by means of chemical substitution, paving the way for the design of two-dimensional fully organic magnetic structures on graphene and on other surfaces.
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- Daniele Stradi
- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Urban C, Wang Y, Rodríguez-Fernández J, García R, Herranz MÁ, Alcamí M, Martín N, Martín F, Gallego JM, Miranda R, Otero R. Charge transfer-assisted self-limited decyanation reaction of TCNQ-type electron acceptors on Cu(100). Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:833-5. [PMID: 24292504 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45791e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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TCNQ derivatives adsorbed on a metal surface undergo a self-limited decyanation reaction that only affects two out of the four cyano groups in the molecule. Combined Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy experiments and Density Functional Theory calculations relate the self-limiting behavior to the transfer of electrons from the metal to the molecule.
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- Christian Urban
- Dep. de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Garnica M, Stradi D, Calleja F, Barja S, Díaz C, Alcamí M, Arnau A, Vázquez de Parga AL, Martín F, Miranda R. Probing the site-dependent Kondo response of nanostructured graphene with organic molecules. Nano Lett 2014; 14:4560-4567. [PMID: 25054236 DOI: 10.1021/nl501584v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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TCNQ molecules are used as a sensitive probe for the Kondo response of the electron gas of a nanostructured graphene grown on Ru(0001) presenting a moiré pattern. All adsorbed molecules acquired an extra electron by charge transfer from the substrate, but only those adsorbed in the FCC-Top areas of the moiré show magnetic moment and Kondo resonance in the STS spectra. DFT calculations trace back this behavior to the existence of a surface resonance in the low areas of the graphene moiré, whose density distribution strongly depends on the stacking sequence of the moiré area and effectively quenches the magnetic moment for HCP-Top sites.
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- Manuela Garnica
- Departamento Física de la Materia Condensada and IFIMAC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Wang Y, Solano Canchaya JG, Dong W, Alcamí M, Busnengo HF, Martín F. Chain-Length and Temperature Dependence of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkylthiolates on Au(111) and Ag(111) Surfaces. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:4138-46. [DOI: 10.1021/jp412285v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Y. Wang
- Departamento
de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio
de Colisiones Atómicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería
y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) and Instituto de Física de Rosario, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie, UMR 5182 CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Departamento
de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio
de Colisiones Atómicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería
y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) and Instituto de Física de Rosario, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Departamento
de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Paris C, Alcamí M, Martín F, Díaz-Tendero S. Multiple ionization and hydrogen loss from neutral and positively-charged coronene. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:204307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4875805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ha DT, Wang Y, Alcamí M, Itälä E, Kooser K, Urpelainen S, Huels MA, Kukk E, Martín F. Fragmentation dynamics of doubly charged methionine in the gas phase. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:1374-83. [PMID: 24517120 DOI: 10.1021/jp4113238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The dependence of the fragmentation of doubly charged gas-phase methionine (C5H11NO2S) on the electronic-state character of the parent ion is studied experimentally by energy-resolved electron ion-ion coincidence spectroscopy. The parent dication electronic states are populated by Auger transitions following site-specific sulfur 2p core ionization. Two fragmentation channels are observed to be strongly dependent on the electronic states with vacancies in weakly bound molecular orbitals. All-electron calculations are applied to assign doubly charged final states of sulfur 2p core ionized methionine. In addition, the Car-Parrinello method is applied to model fragmentation dynamics of doubly charged methionine molecules with various initial temperatures to understand the typical characteristics of the molecular dissociation and partly to support the interpretation of experimental data.
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- Dang Trinh Ha
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku , FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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Barja S, Stradi D, Borca B, Garnica M, Díaz C, Rodriguez-García JM, Alcamí M, Vázquez de Parga AL, Martín F, Miranda R. Ordered arrays of metal-organic magnets at surfaces. J Phys Condens Matter 2013; 25:484007. [PMID: 24201116 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/48/484007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report here on the molecular self-assembly of 7, 7', 8, 8' tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) (schematic representation of the molecule on figure 1(b)) on a single-crystal Cu(111) surface, followed by deposition of Fe and Mn, and on the formation of an ordered metal–organic coordination network of Fe (or Mn)–TCNQ units, which contains magnetic ions separated by 0.9 nm.
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The structure and stability of adenine crystals and thin layers has been studied by using scanning tunneling microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and density functional theory calculations. We have found that adenine crystals can be grown in two phases that are energetically quasi-degenerate, the structure of which can be described as a pile-up of 2D adenine planes. In each plane, the structure can be described as an aggregation of adenine dimers. Under certain conditions, kinetic effects can favor the growth of the less stable phase. These results have been used to understand the growth of adenine thin films on gold under ultra-high vacuum conditions. We have found that the grown phase corresponds to the α-phase, which is composed of stacked prochiral planes. In this way, the adenine nanocrystals exhibit a surface that is enantiopure. These results could open new insight into the applications of adenine in biological, medical, and enantioselective or pharmaceutical fields.
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- María Jose Capitán
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia-CSIC c/Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid (Spain)
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