Research Highlights

Spectral variability in phycocyanin cryptophyte antenna complexes is controlled by changes in the α polypeptide chains

M. Corbella, L. Cupellini, F. Lipparini, G. D. Scholes, C. Curutchet. ChemPhotoChem, 3 (2019) 945. Multiscale simulations indicate that differences in the light harvesting properties of the PC577, PC612, PC630 and PC645 cryptophyte […]

[UF6]2-: A molecular hexafluorido actinide(IV) complex with compensating spin and orbital magnetic moments

K. S. Pedersen, K. R. Meihaus, A. Rogalev, F. Wilhelm, D. Aravena, M. Amoza, E. Ruiz, J. R. Long, J. Bendix, R. Clérac.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58 (2019) 15650. Cartoon that symbolizes […]

Effects of temperature on the shape and symmetry of molecules and solids

A. Carreras, E. Bernuz, X. Marugan, M. Llunell, P. Alemany.Chem. Eur. J. 25 (2019) 673-691. How does temperature change the shape of molècules? Bridging the gaps between Plato and Boltzman using continuous […]

Structure and properties of nanosilicates with olivine (Mg2SiO4)N and pyroxene (MgSiO3)N compositions

A. Macia Escatllar, T. Lazaukas, S. M. Woodley, S. T. Bromley.ACS Earth Space Chem., 3 (2019) 2390-2403. Magnesium-rich silicates are ubiquitous both terrestrially and astronomically, where they are often present as small […]

Reorganization of intermolecular interactions in the polymorphic phase transition of a prototypical dithiazolyl-based bistable material

T. Francese, F. Mota, M. Deumal, J. J. Novoa, R. W. A. Havenith, R. Broer, J. Ribas- Arino.Cryst. Growth Des., 19 (2019) 2329. The spin transitions undergone by several molecularcrystals of dithiazolyl […]

Deactivation of excited states in transition metal complexes: Insight from computational chemistry

C. Sousa, M. Alías, A. Domingo, C. de Graaf.Chem. Eur. J. 25 (2019) 1152-1164. State of the art computational methodologies to study the excited-state decay dynamics in transition metal materials. Investigation […]

Interplay between the gentlest ascent dynamics method and conjugate directions to locate transition states

J. M. Bofill, J. Ribas-Ariño, R. Valero, G. Albareda, I. de P. R. Moreira, W. Quapp. J. Chem. Theory Comp., 15 (2019) 5426. Behaviour of the curve GAD-CD (blue) on a PES. The […]

Grazynes: carbon-based two-dimensional composites with anisotropic properties

S. Kamalinahad, F. Viñes, P. Gamallo.J. Phys. Chem. C 123 (2019) 27140. 2D grazynes structures where electronic and elàstic properties are highly dependent on the direction. A new family of two-dimensional carbon […]

Rotational energy relaxation quantum dynamics of a diatomic molecule in a superfluid helium nanodroplet and study of the hydrogen isotopes case

M. Blancafort-Jorquera, A. Vila, M. González. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21 (2019) 21007. Populations of the (j=0, mj=0) (solid lines) and (j=2, mj=0) (dashed lines) rotational states of molecules, as a function of […]

The gas phase oxidation of HCOOH by Cl and NH2 radicals. Proton coupled electron transfer versus hydrogen atom transfer

J. M. Anglada, R. Crehuet, A. Solé.Mol. Phys., 117 (2019) 1430. Examples of hat and pcet reaction mechanisms. The reaction of formic acid (HCOOH) with chlorine atom and amidogen radical (NH2) have been […]