A global optimization perspective on molecular clusters

JMC Marques, FB Pereira… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although there is a long history behind the idea of chemical structure, this is a key concept
that continues to challenge chemists. Chemical structure is fundamental to understanding …

A journey toward the heaven of chemical fidelity of intermolecular force fields

A James, C John, A Melekamburath… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Alongside the evolution of density functional theory into a new era led by the dispersion‐
corrected hybrid density functional theory approaches, formulation of a new generation of …

Graphene as Nanocarrier for Gold (I)-Monocarbene Complexes: Strength and Nature of Physisorption

C Orek, M Bartolomei, C Coletti, N Bulut - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gold (I) metal complexes are finding increasing applications as therapeutic agents against a
variety of diseases. As their potential use as effective metallodrugs is continuously …

vdW‐TSSCDS—An automated and global procedure for the computation of stationary points on intermolecular potential energy surfaces

S Kopec, E Martínez‐Núñez, J Soto… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present a generalization of the transition state search using chemical dynamics
simulations (TSSCDS) methodology (discussed in a previous study) which allows the …

Modeling coronene nanostructures: analytical potential, stable configurations and ab initio energies

M Bartolomei, F Pirani… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Coronene is one of the basic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) used to test the
reliabilty of a multidimensional potential energy surface (PES) and to assess its influence on …

Adsorption of molecular hydrogen on coronene with a new potential energy surface

M Bartolomei, RP de Tudela, K Arteaga… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Benchmark interaction energies between coronene, C24H12, and molecular hydrogen, H2,
have been computed by means of high level electronic structure calculations. Binding …

Predicting miscibility of binary liquids from small cluster QCE calculations

J Ingenmey, M von Domaros, B Kirchner - The Journal of Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The quantum cluster equilibrium method is applied to model binary systems of molecular
solvents. We minimize the computational effort as well as the experimental input and present …

Modeling the adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on graphynes: An improved lennard-jones formulation

A James, RS Swathi - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2022 - ACS Publications
Research on the development of theoretical methodologies for modeling noncovalent
interactions governing the adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on …

Application of optimization algorithms in clusters

R Srivastava - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The structural characterization of clusters or nanoparticles is essential to rationalize their
size and composition-dependent properties. As experiments alone could not provide …

Aggregation enhancement of coronene molecules by seeding with alkali-metal ions

M Bartolomei, F Pirani, JMC Marques - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Microsolvation constitutes the first step in the formation of cluster structures of molecules that
surround a solute in the bulk and it allows for a deep insight into the relationship between …