Revisiting the extrapolation of correlation energies to complete basis set limit

The extrapolation scheme of correlation energy is revisited to evaluate the complete basis set limit from double‐zeta (DZ) and triple‐zeta levels of calculations. The DZ level results are adjusted to the standard asymptotic behavior with respect to the cardinal number, observed at the higher levels of basis sets. Two types of adjusting schemes with effective scaling factors, which recover errors in extrapolations with the DZ level basis set, are examined. The first scheme scales the cardinal number for the DZ level energy, while the second scheme scales the prefactor of the extrapolation function. Systematic assessments on the Gaussian‐3X and Gaussian‐2 test sets reveal that these calibration schemes successfully and drastically reduce errors without additional computational efforts. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Applications of Single-site Photocatalysts to the Design of Unique Surface Functional Materials

The isolated and tetrahedrally coordinated metal oxide (Ti, V, Cr, Mo and W-oxides) moieties can be included in the silica matrixes of silica-based microporous zeolite and mesoporous silica materials and named as “single-site photocatalysts”. Under UV-light irradiation these single-site photocatalysts form the charge transfer excited state, i.e., the excited electron–hole pair state which is located quite near to each other in different from the manner observed on semiconducting materials such as TiO₂, and play a significant role in various photocatalytic reactions. These single-site photocatalysts not only can promote photocatalytic reactions but also can be utilized to synthesis of functional materials. The nano-sized metal catalyst and visible-light sensitive binary oxide photocatalyst can be synthesized on the excited single-site photocatalyst under UV-light irradiation. The transparent mesoporous silica thin film with single-site photocatalyst generates the super-hydrophilic surface. In this review, our recent applications of single-site photocatalysts to synthesis of the surface functional materials have been introduced.     

Highly sensitive determination of haloperidol in human serum by capillary gas chromatography using a surface ionization detector

A method has been developed for highly sensitive determination of haloperidol in human serum involving a simple extraction procedure followed by gas chromatographic separation. Target components were separated from the extracting solvents with a Van den Berg type solventless sample injector before introduction Into a DB-1 capillary separation column. A surface ionization detector (SID), which has highly selective sensitivity for Substituted amines, was employed for quantitation using bromperidol as an internal standard. Chloroform proved to be the best extracting solvent, yielding a quantitative detection limit of 5 ng/ml (S/N = 2). Comparison of the response to target compounds obtained by the SID, FTD (flame thermionic detector), and FID (flame ionization detector) showed the SID to be superior.     

Synthesis, NMR Characterization, and a Simple Application of Lithium Borotritide

LiBH(4) is a powerful and selective reagent for regiospecific reduction reactions. A simple synthesis of LiB(3)H(4) at near theoretical specific radioactivity is reported. We have treated Li(3)H synthesized from tritium gas ((3)H(2), approximately 98%) with BBr(3) to produce LiB(3)H(4) (specific activity = 4120 GBq/mmol = 110 Ci/mmol. The maximum theoretical specific activity of LiB(3)H(4) is 4252 GBq/mmol = 115.04 Ci/mmol; 1 matom of (3)H = 1063 GBq = 28.76 Ci.) The tritium labeling performance of the reagent was tested by an exemplary reduction of 2-naphthaldehyde to 2-naphthalenemethanol. LiB(3)H(4) and the reduction products were characterized by a combination of (1)H, (3)H, and (11)B NMR techniques, as appropriate.     

硫化砷非晶态波导光阻断效应的机理研究

在实验研究了As₂S₈和掺杂As₂S₈薄膜波导光阻断效应的基础上,讨论了反常电子组态的形成机理和转移机理,提出了光阻断效应切断过程和回复过程的动力学模型,数值分析结果与实验数据十分符合,理论预期与实验现象一致,表明该模型抓住了光阻断效应的基本特征,揭示了过程本质,反映了实验现象的内在机理. 关键词： 光波导技术 硫属化合物玻璃 光阻断效应 动力学模型     

光折变法制备的As2S8条形波导的光阻断效应

实验研究了As2S8薄膜光折变现象.提出并采用紫外光激励的方法试制了As2S8条形波导,导模激励显示该波导具有良好的导波特性.在此基础上,考察了As2S8条波导的光阻断效应,实现了光-光效应的开关功能.     

Linearity condition for orbital energies in density functional theory: construction of orbital-specific hybrid functional

This study proposes a novel approach to construct the orbital-specific (OS) hybrid exchange-correlation functional by imposing the linearity condition: ?(2)E/?f(i)(2)|(0≤f(i)≤1) = ??(i)/?f(i)|(0≤f(i)≤1) = 0, where E, ε(i), and f(i) represent the total energy, orbital energy, and occupation number of the ith orbital. The OS hybrid exchange-correlation functional, of which the OS Hartree-Fock exchange (HFx) portion is determined by the linearity condition, reasonably reproduces the ionization potentials not only from valence orbitals but also from core ones in a sense of Koopmans' theorem. The obtained short-range HFx portions are consistent with the parameters empirically determined in core-valence-Rydberg-Becke-3-parameter-Lee-Yang-Parr hybrid functional [Nakata et al., J. Chem. Phys., 124, 094105 (2006); ibid, 125, 064109 (2006)].     

Image printing on the surface of anti-biofouling zwitterionic polymer brushes by ion beam irradiation

A CMB monomer was polymerized on a glass plate with a surface-confined ATRP initiator containing a 2-bromoisobutyryl group. The glass plate modified with a PCMB brush was highly hydrophilic and showed a strong resistance against non-specific adsorption of proteins and cell adhesion. Upon ion beam irradiation, furthermore, the PCMB brush was ablated and a hollow space with a designed shape could be made to which HEK293 cells (from human embryonic kidney) and Hep G2 (from human hepatoma) cells non-specifically adhered, while no adhesion of these cells to the non-treated area on the brush was observed. The present results clearly indicate the usefulness of ion beam-printed patterns of anti-biofouling zwitterionic polymer brushes in the biomedical field.