Tuning the HOMO–LUMO energy gap of small diamondoids using inverse molecular design

JL Teunissen, F De Proft… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Functionalized diamondoids show great potential as building blocks for various new
optoelectronic applications. However, until now, only simple mono and double substitutions …

Effects of oxidative adsorbates and cluster formation on the electronic structure of nanodiamonds

T Kirschbaum, T Petit, J Dzubiella… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanodiamonds (NDs) are modern high‐potential materials relevant for applications in
biomedicine, photocatalysis, and various other fields. Their electronic surface properties …

Carbene-mediated self-assembly of diamondoids on metal surfaces

B Adhikari, S Meng, M Fyta - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) s are emerging as an alternative class of molecules to thiol-
based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), making carbene-based SAMs much more stable …

Role of the solvent polarity on the optical and electronic characteristics of 1-iodoadamantane

R Aravindhan, J Hu, MU Momeen - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The natural absorbance caused by the chromophore and chemical behavior of 1-
iodoadamantane is highly influenced by the polarity of different solvent environments. This …

Benchmark investigation of diamondoid-functionalized electrodes for nanopore DNA sequencing

G Sivaraman, RG Amorim, RH Scheicher… - Nanotechnology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Small diamond-like particles, diamondoids, have been shown to effectively functionalize
gold electrodes in order to sense DNA units passing between the nanopore-embedded …

Optical properties of single-and double-functionalized small diamondoids

CS Sarap, B Adhikari, S Meng, F Uhlig… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The rational control of the electronic and optical properties of small functionalized diamond-
like molecules, the diamondoids, is the focus of this work. Specifically, we investigate the …

Optoelectronic properties of diamondoid-DNA complexes

CS Sarap, P Partovi-Azar, M Fyta - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
DNA sensing with engineered nanomaterials can bestow a new platform for single
nucleotide identification and sequencing. Nevertheless, understanding the relevant nano …

DFT Study on the H2 Storage Properties of Sc-Decorated Covalent Organic Frameworks Based on Adamantane Units

A Deshmukh, TNM Le, C Chiu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We follow the idea of using metal-decorated polyhydroxy adamantane structures as H2
adsorption sites and develop it further by integrating such structures into porous framework …

Influence of Functional Group on the Self Assembly of Diamondoids: A Molecular Dynamics Study

S Phuntsho - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.09294, 2024 - arxiv.org
This study investigates the molecular-level self-assembly behavior of seven functionalized
diamondoids, examining how diverse substituents influence structural organization, thermal …

Nuclear dynamic effects on electronic properties of functionalized diamondoids

F Marsusi - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and …, 2018 - Elsevier
By combining time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and Franck-Condon (FC)
approximation, the effects of nuclear dynamic on the optical gap (OG) of the smallest …