Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water environment: A review on toxicity, microbial biodegradation, systematic biological advancements, and environmental …

M Vijayanand, A Ramakrishnan, R Subramanian… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered a major class of organic
contaminants or pollutants, which are poisonous, mutagenic, genotoxic, and/or …

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 …

Evolution of Solute–Water Interactions in the Benzaldehyde-(H2O)1–6 Clusters by Rotational Spectroscopy

W Li, C Pérez, AL Steber, M Schnell, D Lv… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The investigation on the preferred arrangement and intermolecular interactions of gas phase
solute–water clusters gives insights into the intermolecular potentials that govern the …

Quantum tunneling facilitates water motion across the surface of phenanthrene

D Loru, AL Steber, C Pérez… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Quantum tunneling is a fundamental phenomenon that plays a pivotal role in the motion and
interaction of atoms and molecules. In particular, its influence in the interaction between …

Microhydrated 3‐Methyl‐3‐oxetanemethanol: Evolution of the Hydrogen‐Bonding Network from Chains to Cubes

W Sun, M Schnell - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband rotational spectroscopy is used to investigate the geometries of 3‐methyl‐3‐
oxetanemethanol and its complexes with up to six water molecules, which are produced in …

Wetting of a hydrophobic surface: Far-IR action spectroscopy and dynamics of microhydrated naphthalene

AK Lemmens, P Ferrari, D Loru, G Batra… - The journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The interaction of water and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is of fundamental importance
in areas as diverse as materials science and atmospheric and interstellar chemistry. The …

Gas-phase computational spectroscopy: The challenge of the molecular bricks of life

V Barone, C Puzzarini - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Gas-phase molecular spectroscopy is a natural playground for accurate quantum-chemical
computations. However, the molecular bricks of life (eg, DNA bases or amino acids) are …

Quantum chemistry meets high-resolution spectroscopy for characterizing the molecular bricks of life in the gas-phase

V Barone - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Computation of accurate geometrical structures and spectroscopic properties of large
flexible molecules in the gas-phase is tackled at an affordable cost using a general …

Water–Hydrocarbon Interactions in Anionic Pyrene Monohydrate

N LeMessurier, H Salzmann, R Leversee… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interactions between water and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are essential in many
aspects of chemistry, from interstellar and atmospheric processes to interfacial …

How does the composition of a PAH influence its microsolvation? A rotational spectroscopy study of the phenanthrene–water and phenanthridine–water clusters

D Loru, AL Steber, P Pinacho, S Gruet… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the noncovalent intermolecular interactions established between the polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons phenanthrene and phenanthridine with water. Such noncovalent …