Implementation of a general multireference configuration interaction procedure with analytic gradients in a semiempirical context using the graphical unitary group approach

The graphical unitary group approach has been applied in an efficient implementation of a general multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) method for use with small active molecular orbital spaces in a semiempirical framework. Gradients can be computed analytically for molecular orbitals from a closed-shell or a half-electron open-shell Hartree-Fock calculation. CPU times for single point energy and gradient calculations are reported. The code allows MRCI geometry optimizations of large molecules, as illustrated for the singlet ground state and the four lowest triplet states of fullerene C(76).     

密度泛函理论在分子磁学中的应用2.混合桥联三核镍配合物自旋交换作用

用密度泛函理论结合对称性破损方法(DFF-BS)研究了混合桥联三核镍配合物的磁交换耦合作用．这类化合物是由三唑和异硫氰酸根桥联形成的混合桥配合物．计算表明,在标题化合物中,三唑桥传递反铁磁耦合作用,而异硫氰酸根桥传递铁磁耦合作用;并且,随着异硫氰酸根取代三唑桥的数目增加,配合物的铁磁作用增强,在一定意义上说明了混合桥磁耦合作用的加合性．Mulliken自旋布居分析表明,无论是三唑桥还是异硫氰酸根桥,它们的磁交换作用机理都是磁中心的自旋离域．分子磁轨道分析显示,对于三唑桥,在局域磁轨道之间存在着强的轨道作用,导致了反铁磁耦合;对于异硫氰酸根桥,局域磁轨道之间弱的相互作用,表现了铁磁耦合作用．对标题化合物的研究说明了DFF-BS方法可用于三核体系磁交换作用的研究．     

Calculation of affinities of peptides for proteins

Several methodologies were employed to calculate the Gibbs standard free energy of binding for a collection of protein-ligand complexes, where the ligand is a peptide and the protein is representative for various protein families. Almost 40 protein-ligand complexes were employed for a continuum approach, which considers the protein and the peptide at the atomic level, but includes solvent as a polarizable continuum. Five protein-ligand complexes were employed for an all-atom approach that relies on a combination of the double decoupling method with thermodynamic integration and molecular dynamics. These affinities were also computed by means of the linear interaction energy method. Although it generally proved rather difficult to predict the absolute free energies correctly, for some protein families the experimental ranking order was correctly reproduced by the continuum and all-atom approach. Considerable attention has also been given to correctly analyze the affinities of charged peptides, where it is required to judge the effect of one or more ions that are being decoupled in an all-atom approach to preserve electroneutrality. The various methods are further judged upon their merits.     

Model for phase coexistence in phase transitions

We propose a general model for describing the phenomena of phase coexistence in relation to pressure induced phase transformations by means of the T–P distribution in statistical thermodynamics. Using the well‐known B1–B2 transition in NaCl as a prototype, we demonstrate how phase coexistence gives rise to the changes in the bulk modulus and the equation‐of‐state across the transition. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2004     

Semi‐classical formulation of time‐dependent discrete variable representation method

In this article, we apply a novel time‐dependent discrete variable representation (TDDVR) method proposed by Barkakaty and Adhikari to investigate tunneling through an Eckart barrier. This semi‐classical method is theoretically rigorous and straightforward to implement. Among the TDDVR formulations, this report presents the first derivation of a rigorous form of quantum force (QF) for the present perspective. The validity of this semi‐classical approach is demanded based on the excellent agreement of the tunneling probability with the corresponding quantum results. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2004     

New basis sets for the evaluation of interaction‐induced electric properties in hydrogen‐bonded complexes

Interaction‐induced static electric properties, that is, dipole moment, polarizability, and first hyperpolarizability, of the CO? (HF)_n and N₂? (HF)_n, n = 1–9 hydrogen‐bonded complexes are evaluated within the finite field approach using the Hartree–Fock, density functional theory, Møller–Plesset second‐order perturbation theory, and coupled cluster methods, and the LPol‐n (n = ds, dl, fs, fl) basis sets. To compare the performance of the different methods with respect to the increase of the complex size, we consider as model systems linear chains of the complexes. We analyze the results in terms of the many‐body and cooperative effects. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Light Emitting Diodes and Phototransistors in Photometric Modules

Abstract

The design and construction of photometric modules is discussed. The cell module consists of a cylindrical cell of desired length with a light emitting diode glued to one end window and a phototransistor to the other. Light losses are thus kept at a minimum and power requirements are extremely modest. Invariance of the light path, good monochromacy and sensitivity, ruggedness and extreme light weight are some of the more prominent advantages resulting from this approach. The control module contains power supplies, circuits and a meter. Only a very few components are needed for monitoring the whole system.     

Fluorescence “Turn‐On” Patterning With Polymers Having Pendant Triphenylmethane Groups as Fluorophore Precursors

A new methodology for creating patterned fluorescence images was developed based on acrylate polymers that have pendant triphenylmethane derivatives as precursor fluorophores. Photoinduced oxidation of the substituted nonfluorescent triphenylmethane substituents on the polymers results in the generation of fluorescent cationic species. Patterned fluorescence images were obtained when the polymer film was subjected to photomasked UV‐irradiation. The rate of formation and quality of the patterned images were found to be dependent on the nature of substituents on the methane carbon of the triphenylmethane group. Inefficient image formation takes place with the polymer derived from the H‐substituted derivative owing to the inefficient oxidation of the triphenylmethane group. In contrast, photomasked UV‐irradiation of a thin polymer film derived from the CN‐substituted triphenylmethane derivative leads to fast (1 s irradiation, 12 mW · cm⁻²) and finely resolved patterned fluorescence images.