Surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy

J Kozuch, K Ataka, J Heberle - Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2023 - nature.com
When molecules are placed at the interface to metals or metal oxides, an increase in their
infrared (IR) spectral intensities is observed, a phenomenon termed surface-enhanced …

Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions

C Zhan, J Yi, S Hu, XG Zhang, DY Wu… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions (PMCRs) are processes that make use of
nanostructure-based surface plasmons as mediators to redistribute and convert photon …

Connections between the accuracy of rotational constants and equilibrium molecular structures

C Puzzarini, JF Stanton - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Rotational spectroscopy is the technique of choice for investigating molecular structures in
the gas phase. Indeed, rotational constants are strongly connected to the geometry of the …

The local vibrational mode theory and its place in the vibrational spectroscopy arena

E Kraka, M Quintano, HW La Force… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Feature Article starts highlighting some recent experimental and theoretical advances
in the field of IR and Raman spectroscopy, giving a taste of the breadth and dynamics of this …

Benchmark Structures and Conformational Landscapes of Amino Acids in the Gas Phase: a Joint Venture of Machine Learning, Quantum Chemistry, and Rotational …

V Barone, M Fusè, F Lazzari… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The accurate characterization of prototypical bricks of life can strongly benefit from the
integration of high resolution spectroscopy and quantum mechanical computations. We …

First-principles calculations of excited-state decay rate constants in organic fluorophores

MT do Casal, K Veys, MHE Bousquet… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we discuss recent advances made to evaluate from first-principles the
excited-state decay rate constants of organic fluorophores, focusing on the so-called static …

Simulating chemistry on bosonic quantum devices

R Dutta, DGA Cabral, N Lyu, NP Vu… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bosonic quantum devices offer a novel approach to realize quantum computations, where
the quantum two-level system (qubit) is replaced with the quantum (an) harmonic oscillator …

Oxidation States: Intrinsically Ambiguous?

IF Leach, JEMN Klein - ACS central science, 2024 - ACS Publications
The oxidation state (OS) formalism is a much-appreciated good in chemistry, receiving wide
application. However, like all formalisms, limitations are inescapable, some of which have …

Extensive analysis of the parameters influencing radiative rates obtained through vibronic calculations

MHE Bousquet, TV Papineau, K Veys… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Defining a theoretical model systematically delivering accurate ab initio predictions of the
fluorescence quantum yields of organic dyes is highly desirable for designing improved …

Gas-phase chemistry in the interstellar medium: The role of laboratory astrochemistry

C Puzzarini - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
“Who” and how? In this simple question the complexity of the interstellar chemistry is
encapsulated.“Who” refers to what molecules are present in the interstellar medium (ISM) …