Why does dimethyl carbonate dissociate Li salt better than other linear carbonates? Critical role of polar conformers

H Lee, S Hwang, M Kim, K Kwak, J Lee… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The marked difference in the ionic conductivities of linear carbonate (LC) electrolyte
solutions despite their similar viscosities and permittivities is a long-standing puzzle. This …

Conformational energies of reference organic molecules: benchmarking of common efficient computational methods against coupled cluster theory

I Stylianakis, N Zervos, JH Lii, DA Pantazis… - Journal of Computer …, 2023 - Springer
We selected 145 reference organic molecules that include model fragments used in
computer-aided drug design. We calculated 158 conformational energies and barriers using …

Role of Solvent Isomerism in Mixed Carbonate Electrolytes for Li-Ion Batteries

B Koo, H Lee, S Hwang, J Lee, YK Han… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Current Li-ion battery (LIB) electrolytes employ mixed solvents consisting of ethylene
carbonate (EC) and linear carbonates (LCs). Notably, the ion conductivities of the EC/LC …

Effect of intramolecular hydrogen-bond formation on the molecular conformation of amino acids

G Giubertoni, OO Sofronov, HJ Bakker - Communications Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
The molecular conformation of the carboxyl group can be crucial for its chemical properties
and intermolecular interactions, especially in complex molecular environments such as …

Conformational panorama and chirality controlled structure–energy relationship in a chiral carboxylic acid dimer

F Xie, NA Seifert, W Jäger, Y Xu - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality recognition in dimers of tetrahydro‐2‐furoic acid (THFA) was studied in a conformer‐
specific manner using rotational spectroscopy and theoretical approaches. THFA shows a …

Concerted pair motion due to double hydrogen bonding: The formic acid dimer case

A Nejad, MA Suhm - Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2020 - Springer
Formic acid dimer as the prototypical doubly hydrogen-bonded gas-phase species is
discussed from the perspective of the three translational and the three rotational degrees of …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate molecular orientation at interfaces determined by multimode polarization-dependent heterodyne-detected sum-frequency generation spectroscopy …

CC Yu, S Imoto, T Seki, KY Chiang, S Sun… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Many essential processes occur at soft interfaces, from chemical reactions on aqueous
aerosols in the atmosphere to biochemical recognition and binding at the surface of cell …

Increasing the weights in the molecular work-out of cis-and trans-formic acid: Extension of the vibrational database via deuteration

A Nejad, MA Suhm, KAE Meyer - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The higher-energy cis-as well as the global minimum trans-rotamers of the four H/D
isotopologues of the formic acid monomer have been examined with Raman jet …

Determining the Surface pKa of Perfluorooctanoic Acid

LJ Musegades, OP Curtin, JD Cyran - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is an environmentally prevalent and persistent organic
pollutant with toxic and bioaccumulative properties. Despite the known importance of …

Retinal photoisomerization versus counterion protonation in light and dark-adapted bacteriorhodopsin and its primary photoproduct

P Malakar, S Gholami, M Aarabi, I Rivalta… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Discovered over 50 years ago, bacteriorhodopsin is the first recognized and most widely
studied microbial retinal protein. Serving as a light-activated proton pump, it represents the …