[PDF][PDF] Dynamical refinement with multipolar electron scattering factors

B Olech, P Brázda, L Palatinus, PM Dominiak - IUCrJ, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
Dynamical refinement is a well established method for refining crystal structures against 3D
electron diffraction (ED) data and its benefits have been discussed in the literature …

Evaluating the Neuroprotective Potential of Novel Benzodioxole Derivatives in Parkinson's Disease via AMPA Receptor Modulation

M Hawash, M Qneibi, H Natsheh… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a significant health issue because it gradually damages the
nervous system. α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors …

[PDF][PDF] Aspherical atom refinements on X-ray data of diverse structures including disordered and covalent organic framework systems: a time–accuracy trade-off

KK Jha, F Kleemiss, ML Chodkiewicz… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.iucr.org
Aspherical atom refinement is the key to achieving accurate structure models, displacement
parameters, hydrogen-bond lengths and analysis of weak interactions, amongst other …

[HTML][HTML] Electron density is not spherical: the many applications of the transferable aspherical atom model

M Kulik, PM Dominiak - Computational and Structural Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the simplest approach and at low resolution, the electron density of an atom can be
approximated by a sphere. However, the resolutions currently achieved in X-ray …

Characterization and Investigation of Novel Benzodioxol Derivatives as Antidiabetic Agents: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study in an Animal Model

M Hawash, D Al-Smadi, A Kumar, B Olech… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we synthesized benzodioxol carboxamide derivatives and investigated their
antidiabetic potential. The synthesized compounds (Ia-Ic and IIa-IId) underwent …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering the driving forces in crystal packing by analysis of electrostatic energies and contact enrichment ratios

C Jelsch, Y Bibila Mayaya Bisseyou - IUCrJ, 2023 - scripts.iucr.org
Hirshfeld surface analysis is a widely used tool for identifying the types of intermolecular
contacts that contribute most significantly to crystal packing stabilization. One useful metric …

Ionisation of atoms determined by kappa refinement against 3D electron diffraction data

A Suresh, E Yörük, MK Cabaj, P Brázda… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Conventional refinement strategies used for three-dimensional electron diffraction (3D ED)
data disregard the bonding effects between the atoms in a molecule by assuming a pure …

[PDF][PDF] Transferable Hirshfeld atom model for rapid evaluation of aspherical atomic form factors

M Chodkiewicz, L Patrikeev, S Pawlędzio, K Woźniak - IUCrJ, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
Form factors based on aspherical models of atomic electron density have brought great
improvement in the accuracies of hydrogen atom parameters derived from X-ray crystal …

Multipolar Atom Types from Theory and Statistical Clustering (MATTS) Data Bank: Impact of Surrounding Atoms on Electron Density from Cluster Analysis

PM Rybicka, M Kulik, ML Chodkiewicz… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The multipole model (MM) uses an aspherical approach to describe electron density and
can be used to interpret data from X-ray diffraction in a more accurate manner than using the …

Tracking anharmonic oscillations in the structure of β-1, 3-diacetylpyrene

A Zwolenik, A Makal - IUCrJ, 2025 - journals.iucr.org
A recently discovered β polymorph of 1, 3-diacetylpyrene has turned out to be a prominent
negative thermal expansion material, with a linear thermal expansion coefficient of− 199 (6) …