Automated exploration of the low-energy chemical space with fast quantum chemical methods

P Pracht, F Bohle, S Grimme - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We propose and discuss an efficient scheme for the in silico sampling for parts of the
molecular chemical space by semiempirical tight-binding methods combined with a meta …

A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of the Piv-Pro-d-Ser-NHMe Peptide

S Menant, V Tognetti, H Oulyadi… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we investigate the secondary structure of the Piv-Pro-d-Ser-NHMe peptide by
means of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) …

A digital twin to overcome long-time challenges in photovoltaics

L Lüer, IM Peters, AS Smith, E Dorschky, BM Eskofier… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
The recent successes of emerging photovoltaics (PVs) are largely driven by innovations in
material science. However, closing the gap to commercialization still requires significant …

The CHARMM–TURBOMOLE interface for efficient and accurate QM/MM molecular dynamics, free energies, and excited state properties

S Riahi, CN Rowley - 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The quantum mechanical (QM)/molecular mechanical (MM) interface between Chemistry at
HARvard Molecular Mechanics (CHARMM) and TURBOMOLE is described. CHARMM …

Transition state force field for the asymmetric redox-relay Heck reaction

AR Rosales, SP Ross, P Helquist… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A transition state force field (TSFF) was developed using the quantum-guided molecular
mechanics (Q2MM) method to describe the stereodetermining migratory insertion step of the …

A machine-learning protocol for ultraviolet protein-backbone absorption spectroscopy under environmental fluctuations

J Zhang, S Ye, K Zhong, Y Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ultraviolet (UV) absorption spectra are commonly used for characterizing the global
structure of proteins. However, the theoretical interpretation of UV spectra is hindered by the …

Upon DFT-D3 dispersion correction and ECD spectral confirmation, only several conformers can stably coexist for three fungal cycloaspeptides (A, D, G)

Y Liu, CP Liu, CY Mang, KC Wu - … Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dispersion correction in theoretical determination of cyclopeptide conformations is
emphasized. Whether in gas approximation or in solvation simulation, the density functional …

Low energy optical excitations as an indicator of structural changes initiated at the termini of amyloid proteins

KH Jong, YT Azar, L Grisanti, AD Stephens… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a growing body of experimental work showing that protein aggregates associated
with amyloid fibrils feature intrinsic fluorescence. In order to understand the microscopic …

Solvent-Dependent Folding Behavior of a Helix-Forming Aryl-Triazole Foldamer

S Debnath, AH Flood… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aromatic foldamers make up a novel class of bioinspired molecules that display helical
conformations and have functions that rely on control over their coil–helix folding …

Prediction of ROA and ECD related to conformational changes of astaxanthin enantiomers

G Zajac, A Kaczor, S Buda, J Młynarski… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
ECD, ROA, and VCD were used to characterize astaxanthin conformers that differ in their
arrangements of the β-ionone ring in respect to the chain. We obtained ECD spectra …