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    Research highlights 2012 Avoided crossings, conical intersections, and low-lying excited states with a single reference method: The restricted active space spin-flip configuration interaction approach. D. Casanova. J. Chem. Phys., 137 (2012) 084105. The Variational Structure of Gradient Extremals. J.M. Bofill, W. Quapp, M. Caballero.  J. Chem. Theory Comput., 8 (2012) 927.  Coherent transport through spin-croosover […]

    Hydrogen confined in single-wall carbon nanotubes: Anisotropy effects on ro-vibrational quantum levels.

    Hydrogen confined in single-wall carbon nanotubes: Anisotropy effects on ro-vibrational quantum levels   J. Suárez, F. Huarte-Larrañaga. J. Chem. Phys. 137 (2012) 064320. Energy spectrum pf the H2 molecule in the ground vibrational state and confined in a carbon nanotube of chirality (8,0). Different colored lines correspond to different rotational states.   This article presents […]

    Competitive Role of CH4-CH4 and CH-π interactions in the C6H6–(CH4)n aggregates: The transition from dimmers to cluster features.

    Competitive  Role of CH4-CH4 and CH-π  interactions in the C6H6–(CH4)n aggregates: The transition from dimmers to cluster features   M. Albertí, A. Aguilar, J.M. Lucas, F. Pirani. J. Phys. Chem. A, 116 (2012) 5480. Two-dimensional maps of the probability density of the CH4 molecules around benzene. The formulation of both the CH4-CH4 and the CH4-Benzene […]

    The Large Scale Conformational Change of the Human DPP III−Substrate Prefers the “Closed” Form.

    The Large Scale Conformational Change of the Human DPP III−Substrate Prefers the “Closed” Form   A. Tomic, M. González, S. Tomic. J. Chem. Inf. Model., 52 (2012) 1583.   Initial structure of DPP III (left) and structure obtained after 101 ns of MD simulation (right).   The wide space available between the two domains and […]

    Dynamics of the oxygen molecules scattered from graphite (0001) surface and comparison with experimental data.

    Dynamics of the oxygen molecules scattered from graphite (0001) surface and comparison with experimental data   V. Morón, L. Martin-Gondre, P. Gamallo, R. Sayós. J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (2012) 21482.         A quasiclassical trajectory dynamics study of molecular oxygen colliding over a free of defects and clean graphite (0001) surface has […]

    Effects of Dymethyl Sulfoxide in Cholesterol-Containing Lipid Membranes: A Comparative Study of Exeriments In Silico and with Cells.

    Effects of Dymethyl Sulfoxide in Cholesterol-Containing Lipid Membranes: A Comparative Study of Exeriments In Silico and with Cells   M-A. de Ménorval, LL.M. Mir, M.L. Fernández, R. Reigada.PLoS One, 7 (2012) e41733. We use Molecular Dynamics simulations and in vivo experiments to study the effect of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in lipid membranes. Three modes of […]

    The reaction coordinate of a bacterial GH47 α-mannosidase: a combined quantum mechanical and structural approach.

    The reaction coordinate of a bacterial GH47 α-mannosidase: a combined quantum mechanical and structural approach   A. J. Thompson, J. Dabin, J. Iglesias-Fernández, A. Ardèvol, Z. Dinev, S. J. Williams, O. Bande, A. Siriwardena, C. Moreland, T.-C. Hu, D. K. Smith, H. J. Gilbert, C. Rovira*, G. J. Davies*.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 (2012) 10997-11001. […]

    Molecular Determinants of Bim(BH3) Peptide Binding to Pro-Survival Proteins.

    Molecular Determinants of Bim(BH3) Peptide Binding to Pro-Survival Proteins   L. Delgado-Soler, M. Pinto, K. Tanaka-Gil , J. Rubio-Martinez. J. Chem. Inf. Model., 52 (2012) 2107. The Bcl-2 family proteins are well-characterized regulators of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. Proteins within this family can be classified as either prosurvival or prodeath members. The balance between them […]

    Molecular dynamics simulation of the spherical electrical double layer of a soft nanoparticle. Effect of the surface and counterion valence.

    Molecular dynamics simulation of the spherical electrical double layer of a soft nanoparticle. Effect of the surface and counterion valence   M. Nedyalkova, S. Madurga, S. Pisov, I. Pastor, E. Vilaseca, F. Mas. J. Chem. Phys., 137 (2012) 174701. Snapshot of a simulation of the −100e charged nanoparticle in 1 M NaCl solution. Only water […]

    Disruption of the Chemical Environment and Electronic Structure in p-Type Cu2O Films by Alkaline Doping.

    Disruption of the Chemical Environment and Electronic Structure in p-Type Cu2O Films by Alkaline Doping    F. Caballero-Briones, A. Palacios-Padros, O. Calzadilla, I. de P. R. Moreira, F. Sanz, J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (2012) 13524 Left: topographic AFM images (2 × 2 mm2) showing the surface morphology of Cu2O films doped with (a) Li, […]