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Biomolecules have complex structures, and noncovalent interactions are crucial to determine their conformations and functionalities. It is therefore critical to be able to describe them in an accurate but efficient manner in these systems. In this context density functional theory (DFT) could provide a powerful tool to simulate biological matter either directly for relatively simple systems or coupled with classical simulations like the QM/MM (quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics) approach. Additionally, DFT could play a fundamental role to fit the parameters of classical force fields or to train machine learning potentials to perform large scale molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems. Yet, local or semi-local approximations used in DFT cannot describe van der Waals (vdW) interactions, one of the essential noncovalent interactions in biomolecules, since they lack a proper description of long range correlation effects. However, many efficient and reasonably accurate methods are now available for the description of van der Waals interactions within DFT. In this work, we establish the accuracy of several state-of-the-art vdW-aware functionals by considering 275 biomolecules including interacting DNA and RNA bases, peptides and biological inhibitors and compare our results for the energy with highly accurate wavefunction based calculations. Most methods considered here can achieve close to predictive accuracy. In particular, the non-local vdW-DF2 functional is revealed to be the best performer for biomolecules, while among the vdW-corrected DFT methods, uMBD is also recommended as a less accurate but faster alternative.Gas-phase reactions in the interstellar medium (ISM) are a source of molecules in this environment. The knowledge of the rate coefficient for neutral-neutral reactions as a function of temperature, k(T), is essential to improve astrochemical models. In this work, we have experimentally measured k(T) for the reaction between the OH radical and acetaldehyde, both present in many sources of the ISM. Laser techniques coupled to a CRESU system were used to perform the kinetic measurements. The obtained modified Arrhenius equation is k(T = 11.7-177.5 K) = (1.2 ± 0.2) × 10-11 (T/300 K)-(1.8±0.1) exp-(28.7 ± 2.5)/T cm3 molecule-1 s-1. The k(T) value of the title reaction has been measured for the first time below 60 K. No pressure dependence of k(T) was observed at ca. 21, 50, 64 and 106 K. Finally, a pure gas-phase model indicates that the title reaction could become the main CH3CO formation pathway in dark molecular clouds, assuming that CH3CO is the main reaction product at 10 K.The size-dependent behavior of nanofilms and nanodroplets of homologous polymer blends was explored by many-body dissipative particle dynamics. Although a homologous blend can be regarded as a completely miscible and athermal system, enrichment of the surface in short polymers always takes place. First, liquid-gas and solid-liquid interfacial tensions of polymer melts were acquired. It is found that they increase and approach asymptotes with increasing chain lengths. The molecular weight dependence can be depicted using two semi-empirical expressions. Selnoflast cell line Second, the variation of surface tension and surface excess of polymer blend nanofilms with the thickness was observed. Surface tension of the blend is observed to increase but the extent of surface segregation decreases upon increasing the film thickness. Finally, the wetting phenomenon of nanodroplets of homologous blends was examined. The contact angle is found to increase as the droplet size is reduced. Our simulation results indicate that the size-dependence of nanofilms and nanodroplets is closely related to surface segregation in homologous blends.We present electronic spectra containing the Qx and Qy absorption bands of singly and doubly deprotonated protoporphyrin IX, prepared as mass selected ions in vacuo at cryogenic temperatures, revealing vibronic structure in both bands. We assign the vibronic progression of the Qx band using a Frank-Condon-Herzberg-Teller simulation based on time-dependent density functional theory, comparing the observed bands with those calculated for porphine. A comparison of the electronic spectra of the two charge states allows investigation of the electronic Stark effect with an electric field strength beyond the capabilities of typical laboratory setups. We analyze the differences in the electronic spectra of the two charge states using n-electron valence perturbation theory (NEVPT2) and simulated charge distributions.The torsional barriers along the Caryl-Caryl axis of a pair of isosteric disubstituted biphenyls were determined by variable temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy in three solvents with contrasted hydrogen bond accepting abilities (1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane-d2, nitrobenzene-d5 and dimethyl sulfoxide-d6). One of the biphenyl scaffolds was substituted at its ortho and ortho' positions with N'-acylcarbohydrazide groups that could engage in a pair of intramolecular N-HO=C hydrogen bonding interactions at the ground state, but not at the transition state of the torsional isomerization pathway. The torsional barrier of this biphenyl was exceedingly low despite the presence of the hydrogen bonds (16.1, 15.6 and 13.4 kcal mol-1 in the three aforementioned solvents), compared to the barrier of the reference biphenyl (15.3 ± 0.1 kcal mol-1 on average). Density functional theory and the solvation model developed by Hunter were used to decipher the various forces at play. They highlighted the strong stabilization of hydrogen bond donating solutes not only by hydrogen bond accepting solvents, but also by weakly polar, yet polarizable solvents. As fast exchanges on the NMR time scale were observed above the melting point of dimethyl sulfoxide-d6, a simple but accurate model was also proposed to extrapolate low free activation energies in a pure solvent (dimethyl sulfoxide-d6) from higher ones determined in mixtures of solvents (dimethyl sulfoxide-d6 in nitrobenzene-d5).For many years, experimental and theoretical studies have investigated the solubility of CO2 in a variety of ionic liquids (ILs), but the overarching absorption mechanism is still unclear. Currently, two different factors are believed to dominate the absorption performance (a) the fractional free volume (FFV) accessible for absorption; and (b) the nature of the CO2 interactions with the anion species. The FFV is often more influential than the specific choice of the anion, but neither mechanism provides a complete picture. Herein, we have attempted to decouple these mechanisms in order to provide a more definitive molecular-level perspective of CO2 absorption in IL solvents. We simulate a series of nine different multivalent ILs comprised of imidazolium cations and sulfonate/sulfonimide anions tethered to benzene rings, along with a comprehensive analysis of the CO2 absorption and underlying molecular-level features. We find that the CO2 solubility has a very strong, linear correlation with respect to FFV, but only when comparisons are constrained to a common anion species.
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