Photocatalytic activity of TiO 2 nanoparticles: a theoretical aspect

Y Nam, JH Lim, KC Ko, JY Lee - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
TiO2 photocatalysts have been widely used in the field of renewable energy and
environmental clean-up. However, the large band gap of TiO2, along with the fast …

Big data in a nano world: a review on computational, data-driven design of nanomaterials structures, properties, and synthesis

RX Yang, CA McCandler, O Andriuc, M Siron… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The recent rise of computational, data-driven research has significant potential to accelerate
materials discovery. Automated workflows and materials databases are being rapidly …

Predicting size-dependent emergence of crystallinity in nanomaterials: titania nanoclusters versus nanocrystals

O Lamiel-Garcia, A Cuko, M Calatayud, F Illas… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Bottom-up and top-down derived nanoparticle structures refined by accurate ab initio
calculations are used to investigate the size dependent emergence of crystallinity in titania …

Ni/V-MgnHm nanoclusters: Recent advances toward improving the dehydrogenation thermodynamics for efficient hydrogen storage

MEL Kassaoui, J Labrousse, M Loulidi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the properties of solid-state materials at the nanoscale is a crucial scientific
endeavor in the pursuit of a sustainable energy future. Since magnesium hydride is the most …

Effect of Size and Structure on the Ground-State and Excited-State Electronic Structure of TiO2 Nanoparticles

D Cho, KC Ko, O Lamiel-García… - Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We investigated the influence of size and structure on the electronic structure of TiO2
nanoparticles 0.5–3.2 nm in diameter, in both vacuum and water, using density functional …

Stability and Metastability of Clusters in a Reactive Atmosphere: <?format ?>Theoretical Evidence for Unexpected Stoichiometries of

S Bhattacharya, SV Levchenko, LM Ghiringhelli… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
By applying a genetic algorithm and ab initio atomistic thermodynamics, we identify the
stable and metastable compositions and structures of Mg MO x clusters at realistic …

Modeling Excited States in TiO2 Nanoparticles: On the Accuracy of a TD-DFT Based Description

E Berardo, HS Hu, SA Shevlin… - Journal of Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We have investigated the suitability of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT)
to describe vertical low-energy excitations in naked and hydrated titanium dioxide …

MgH2 Dehydrogenation Thermodynamics: Nanostructuring and Transition Metal Doping

SA Shevlin, ZX Guo - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013 - ACS Publications
Controversy currently exists as to the true effects of nanostructuring and transition-metal
doping on the dehydrogenation of MgH2. Following extensive data mining of structurally …

Oscillation in Excited State Lifetimes with Size of Sub-nanometer Neutral (TiO2)n Clusters Observed with Ultrafast Pump–Probe Spectroscopy

JM Garcia, LF Heald, RE Shaffer… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Neutral titanium oxide clusters of up to 1 nm in diameter (TiO2) n, with n< 10, are produced
in a laser vaporization source and subsequently ionized by a sequence of femtosecond …

Under what conditions does (SiO) N nucleation occur? A bottom-up kinetic modelling evaluation

ST Bromley, JCG Martin, JMC Plane - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon monoxide (SiO) is a structurally complex compound exhibiting differentiated oxide-
rich and silicon-rich nano-phases at length scales covering nanoclusters to the bulk …