A universal thermodynamic model of calculating mass action concentrations for structural units or ion couples in ternary and binary strong electrolyte aqueous solution was developed based on the ion and molecule coexi...A universal thermodynamic model of calculating mass action concentrations for structural units or ion couples in ternary and binary strong electrolyte aqueous solution was developed based on the ion and molecule coexistence theory and verified in four kinds of binary aqueous solutions and two kinds of ternary aqueous solutions. The calculated mass action concentrations of structural units or ion couples in four binary aqueous solutions and two ternary solutions at 298.15 K have good agreement with the reported activity data from literatures after shifting the standard state and concentration unit. Therefore, the calculated mass action concentrations of structural units or ion couples from the developed universal thermodynamic model for ternary and binary aqueous solutions can be applied to predict reaction ability of components in ternary and binary strong electrolyte aqueous solutions. It is also proved that the assumptions applied in the developed thermodynamic model are correct and reasonable, i.e., strong electrolyte aqueous solution is composed of cations and anions as simple ions, H2O as simple molecule and other hydrous salt compounds as complex molecules. The calculated mass action concentrations of structural units or ion couples in ternary and binary strong electrolyte aqueous solutions strictly follow the mass action law.展开更多
The molecular structure and radical scavenging activity of three novel antioxidants from Lespedeza Virgata, lespedezavirgatol, lespedezavirgatal, and lespedezacoumestan, have been studied using density functional theo...The molecular structure and radical scavenging activity of three novel antioxidants from Lespedeza Virgata, lespedezavirgatol, lespedezavirgatal, and lespedezacoumestan, have been studied using density functional theory with the B3LYP and BhandHLYP methods. The optimized geometries of neutral, radical cation, radical and anion forms were obtained at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level, in which it was found that all the most stable conformations contain intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The same results were obtained from the MP2 method. The homolytic O-H bond dissociation enthalpy and the adiabatic ionization potential of neutral and anion forms for the three new antioxidants and adiabatic electron affinity and H-atom affinity for hydroxyl radical, superoxide anion radical, and hydrogen peroxide radical were determined both in gas phase and in aqueous solution using IEF-PCM and CPCM model with UAHF or Bondi cavity. The antioxidant activities and reactive oxygen species scavenging mechanisms were then discussed, and the results obtained from different methods are consistent. Furthermore, the antioxidant activities are consistent with the experimental findings of the compounds under investigation.展开更多
We give here an overview of the orbital-flee density functional theory that is used for modeling atoms and molecules. We review typical approximations to the kinetic energy, exchange-correlation corrections to the k...We give here an overview of the orbital-flee density functional theory that is used for modeling atoms and molecules. We review typical approximations to the kinetic energy, exchange-correlation corrections to the kinetic and Hartree energies, and constructions of the pseudopotentials. We discuss numerical discretizations for the orbital-free methods and include several numerical results for illustrations.展开更多
Based on the decomposition theory of the U(1) gauge potential, the inner structure of the statistical gauge potential in the Chern-Simons-Ginzburg-Landau (CSGL) theory is studied. We give a new creation mechanism ...Based on the decomposition theory of the U(1) gauge potential, the inner structure of the statistical gauge potential in the Chern-Simons-Ginzburg-Landau (CSGL) theory is studied. We give a new creation mechanism of the statistical gauge potential, Furthermore, making use of the b-mapping topological current theory, we obtain the precise topological expression of the statistical magnetic field, which takes the topological information of the vortices.展开更多
In order to clarify the mechanism of optical transitions for cubic SrHfO_3, we have investigated the electronicstructure and optical properties of cubic SrHfO_3 using the plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential technique...In order to clarify the mechanism of optical transitions for cubic SrHfO_3, we have investigated the electronicstructure and optical properties of cubic SrHfO_3 using the plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential technique based on thefirst-principles density-functional theory (DFT).The ground-state properties, obtained by minimizing the total energy,are in favorable agreement with the previous work.From the band structure and charge densities as well as the theoryof crystal-field and molecular-orbital bonding, we have systematically studied how the optical transitions are affected bythe electronic structure and molecular orbitals.Our calculated complex dielectric function is in good agreement withthe experimental data and the optical transitions are in accord with the electronic structure.展开更多
Density functional theory calculations were carried out to study the thermal cracking for chrysene molecule to estimate the bond energies for breaking C 10b-C 11, C 11-H 11 and C4a-C 12a bonds as well as the activatio...Density functional theory calculations were carried out to study the thermal cracking for chrysene molecule to estimate the bond energies for breaking C 10b-C 11, C 11-H 11 and C4a-C 12a bonds as well as the activation energies. It was found that for C 10b-C 11 C11-HI 1 and C4a-C12a reactions, it is often possible to identify one pathway for bond breakage through the singlet or triplet states. Thus, the C 11-H11 and C11-C10b bonds ruptured in triplet state whilst the C12a-C4a in singlet state. Also, it was fond that the activation energy value for C4a-C12a bond breakage is lower than required for C10b-C11 and C11-H11 bonds that enquired the C4a-C12a bond "bridge bond" is a weaker and ruptured firstly in thermal cracking process. It seems that the characteristic planarity for polyaromatic hydrocarbons is an important factor to acquire the molecule structure the required stability along the reaction paths as well as the full octet rule and Clar's n-sextet structure, especially when chrysene molecular lose the property of planarity. The atomic charges supported the observation that the breaking bonds C10b-C11, CI1-H11 and C4a-C12a in triplet or singlet states. The configurations in transition state and the conformation for the end products reaction were explained and discussed.展开更多
Based on the empirical electronic theory of solids and molecules (EET), the actual model for unit cell of cementite (0-FeaC) was built and the valence electron structures (VES) of cementite with specified site a...Based on the empirical electronic theory of solids and molecules (EET), the actual model for unit cell of cementite (0-FeaC) was built and the valence electron structures (VES) of cementite with specified site and a number of Fe atoms substituted by alloying atoms of M ( M=Cr, V, W, Mo, Mn ) were computed by statistical method. By defining P as the stability factor, the stability of alloyed cementite with different numbers and sites of Fe atoms substituted by M was calculated. Calculation results show that the density of lattice electrons, the symmetry of distribution of covalent electron pairs and bond energy have huge influence on the stability of alloyed cementite. It is more stable as M substitutes for FeE than for Fe1. The alloyed cementite is the most stable when Cr, Mo, W and V substitute for 2 atoms of Fe2 at the sites of Nos. 2 and 3 (or No. 6 and No. 7). The stability of alloyed cementite decreases gradually as being substitutional doped by W, Cr, V, Mo and Mn.展开更多
Symmetric covalent organic framework(COF)photocatalysts generally suffer from inefficient charge separation and short-lived photoexcited states.By performing density functional theory(DFT)and time-dependent density fu...Symmetric covalent organic framework(COF)photocatalysts generally suffer from inefficient charge separation and short-lived photoexcited states.By performing density functional theory(DFT)and time-dependent density functional theory(TDDFT)calculations,we find that partial substitution with one or two substituents(N or NH_(2))in the linkage of the representative symmetric COF(N_(0)-COF)gives rise to the separation of charge carriers in the resulting COFs(i.e.,N_(1)-COF,N_(2)-COF,(NH_(2))1-N_(0)-COF,and(NH_(2))2-N_(0)-COF).Moreover,we also find that the energy levels of the highest occupied crystal orbital(HOCO)and the lowest unoccupied crystal orbital(LUCO)of the N_(0)-COF can shift away from or toward the vacuum level,depending on the electron-withdrawing or electron-donating characters of the substituent.Therefore,we propose that partial substitution with carefully chosen electron-withdrawing or electron-donating substituents in the linkages of symmetric COFs can lead to efficient charge separation as well as appropriate HOCO and LUCO positions of the generated COFs for specific photocatalytic reactions.The proposed rule can be utilized to further boost the photocatalytic performance of many symmetric COFs.展开更多
The insensitive property of explosives containing pyfidine is combined with the high energy of nitramine explosives, and the concept of new nitramine explosives containing pyridine is proposed, into which nitramine gr...The insensitive property of explosives containing pyfidine is combined with the high energy of nitramine explosives, and the concept of new nitramine explosives containing pyridine is proposed, into which nitramine group with N-N bonds is intro- duced as much as possible. Based on molecular structures of nitramine compounds containing pyridine, density functional the- ory (DFT) calculation method was applied to study designed molecules at B3LYP/6-31+G(d) level. The geometric and elec- tronic structures, density, heats of formation (HOF), detonation performance and bond dissociation energies (BDE) were investigated and comparable to 1,3,5-trinitro-l,3,5-triazinane (RDX) and 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane (HMX). The simulation results reveal that molecules B and D perform similarly to traditionally used RDX. Molecule E outperform RDX, with performance that approach that of HMX and may be considered as potential candidate of high energy density compound (HEDC). These results provide basic information for molecular design of novel high energetic density compounds.展开更多
A recently developed B-spline algorithm is extended and utilized to calculate excited states of He atoms in the presence of strong magnetic fields.Binding energies are presented for He in the five excited atomic state...A recently developed B-spline algorithm is extended and utilized to calculate excited states of He atoms in the presence of strong magnetic fields.Binding energies are presented for He in the five excited atomic states 210-+,110-,210-,11(-1)+,and 2 1(1) + with magnetic field strength ranging from 0.0001 to 10 a.u.The obtained energies are compared with available theoretical data,and found to be in good agreement.We investigate influence of magnetic fields on atomic structures of multielectron atoms,and illustrate that how electron probability density distributions change with increasing magnetic field strength.The current approach is directly applicable to simulations of discrete spectra for He atoms in the atmospheres of magnetized white dwarf stars.展开更多
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文摘A universal thermodynamic model of calculating mass action concentrations for structural units or ion couples in ternary and binary strong electrolyte aqueous solution was developed based on the ion and molecule coexistence theory and verified in four kinds of binary aqueous solutions and two kinds of ternary aqueous solutions. The calculated mass action concentrations of structural units or ion couples in four binary aqueous solutions and two ternary solutions at 298.15 K have good agreement with the reported activity data from literatures after shifting the standard state and concentration unit. Therefore, the calculated mass action concentrations of structural units or ion couples from the developed universal thermodynamic model for ternary and binary aqueous solutions can be applied to predict reaction ability of components in ternary and binary strong electrolyte aqueous solutions. It is also proved that the assumptions applied in the developed thermodynamic model are correct and reasonable, i.e., strong electrolyte aqueous solution is composed of cations and anions as simple ions, H2O as simple molecule and other hydrous salt compounds as complex molecules. The calculated mass action concentrations of structural units or ion couples in ternary and binary strong electrolyte aqueous solutions strictly follow the mass action law.
基金ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20902056 and No.20973108), the Innovation Foundation of Shanghai University, and the Leading Academic Discipline Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No.J50101).
文摘The molecular structure and radical scavenging activity of three novel antioxidants from Lespedeza Virgata, lespedezavirgatol, lespedezavirgatal, and lespedezacoumestan, have been studied using density functional theory with the B3LYP and BhandHLYP methods. The optimized geometries of neutral, radical cation, radical and anion forms were obtained at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level, in which it was found that all the most stable conformations contain intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The same results were obtained from the MP2 method. The homolytic O-H bond dissociation enthalpy and the adiabatic ionization potential of neutral and anion forms for the three new antioxidants and adiabatic electron affinity and H-atom affinity for hydroxyl radical, superoxide anion radical, and hydrogen peroxide radical were determined both in gas phase and in aqueous solution using IEF-PCM and CPCM model with UAHF or Bondi cavity. The antioxidant activities and reactive oxygen species scavenging mechanisms were then discussed, and the results obtained from different methods are consistent. Furthermore, the antioxidant activities are consistent with the experimental findings of the compounds under investigation.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China under the grant 10425105the National Basic Research Program under the grant 2005CB321704.
文摘We give here an overview of the orbital-flee density functional theory that is used for modeling atoms and molecules. We review typical approximations to the kinetic energy, exchange-correlation corrections to the kinetic and Hartree energies, and constructions of the pseudopotentials. We discuss numerical discretizations for the orbital-free methods and include several numerical results for illustrations.
文摘Based on the decomposition theory of the U(1) gauge potential, the inner structure of the statistical gauge potential in the Chern-Simons-Ginzburg-Landau (CSGL) theory is studied. We give a new creation mechanism of the statistical gauge potential, Furthermore, making use of the b-mapping topological current theory, we obtain the precise topological expression of the statistical magnetic field, which takes the topological information of the vortices.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.50902110the National Aerospace Science Foundation of China under Grant No.2008ZF53058+3 种基金 the Specialized Research Foundation for Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China under Grant No.200806991032 the Doctorate Foundation of Northwestern Polytechnical University under Grant No.cx201005 the Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) Foundation for Fundamental Research under Grant No.NPU-FFR-W018108the 111 Project under Grant No.B08040
文摘In order to clarify the mechanism of optical transitions for cubic SrHfO_3, we have investigated the electronicstructure and optical properties of cubic SrHfO_3 using the plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential technique based on thefirst-principles density-functional theory (DFT).The ground-state properties, obtained by minimizing the total energy,are in favorable agreement with the previous work.From the band structure and charge densities as well as the theoryof crystal-field and molecular-orbital bonding, we have systematically studied how the optical transitions are affected bythe electronic structure and molecular orbitals.Our calculated complex dielectric function is in good agreement withthe experimental data and the optical transitions are in accord with the electronic structure.
文摘Density functional theory calculations were carried out to study the thermal cracking for chrysene molecule to estimate the bond energies for breaking C 10b-C 11, C 11-H 11 and C4a-C 12a bonds as well as the activation energies. It was found that for C 10b-C 11 C11-HI 1 and C4a-C12a reactions, it is often possible to identify one pathway for bond breakage through the singlet or triplet states. Thus, the C 11-H11 and C11-C10b bonds ruptured in triplet state whilst the C12a-C4a in singlet state. Also, it was fond that the activation energy value for C4a-C12a bond breakage is lower than required for C10b-C11 and C11-H11 bonds that enquired the C4a-C12a bond "bridge bond" is a weaker and ruptured firstly in thermal cracking process. It seems that the characteristic planarity for polyaromatic hydrocarbons is an important factor to acquire the molecule structure the required stability along the reaction paths as well as the full octet rule and Clar's n-sextet structure, especially when chrysene molecular lose the property of planarity. The atomic charges supported the observation that the breaking bonds C10b-C11, CI1-H11 and C4a-C12a in triplet or singlet states. The configurations in transition state and the conformation for the end products reaction were explained and discussed.
基金Project(2014CFB801)supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of ChinaProject(11304236)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Based on the empirical electronic theory of solids and molecules (EET), the actual model for unit cell of cementite (0-FeaC) was built and the valence electron structures (VES) of cementite with specified site and a number of Fe atoms substituted by alloying atoms of M ( M=Cr, V, W, Mo, Mn ) were computed by statistical method. By defining P as the stability factor, the stability of alloyed cementite with different numbers and sites of Fe atoms substituted by M was calculated. Calculation results show that the density of lattice electrons, the symmetry of distribution of covalent electron pairs and bond energy have huge influence on the stability of alloyed cementite. It is more stable as M substitutes for FeE than for Fe1. The alloyed cementite is the most stable when Cr, Mo, W and V substitute for 2 atoms of Fe2 at the sites of Nos. 2 and 3 (or No. 6 and No. 7). The stability of alloyed cementite decreases gradually as being substitutional doped by W, Cr, V, Mo and Mn.
基金This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFA0208602)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21825301 and No.22003016)+2 种基金Shanghai Sailing Program(No.20YF1410000)Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(No.2018SHZDZX03)Shanghai Science and Technology Committee(No.17520750100).
文摘Symmetric covalent organic framework(COF)photocatalysts generally suffer from inefficient charge separation and short-lived photoexcited states.By performing density functional theory(DFT)and time-dependent density functional theory(TDDFT)calculations,we find that partial substitution with one or two substituents(N or NH_(2))in the linkage of the representative symmetric COF(N_(0)-COF)gives rise to the separation of charge carriers in the resulting COFs(i.e.,N_(1)-COF,N_(2)-COF,(NH_(2))1-N_(0)-COF,and(NH_(2))2-N_(0)-COF).Moreover,we also find that the energy levels of the highest occupied crystal orbital(HOCO)and the lowest unoccupied crystal orbital(LUCO)of the N_(0)-COF can shift away from or toward the vacuum level,depending on the electron-withdrawing or electron-donating characters of the substituent.Therefore,we propose that partial substitution with carefully chosen electron-withdrawing or electron-donating substituents in the linkages of symmetric COFs can lead to efficient charge separation as well as appropriate HOCO and LUCO positions of the generated COFs for specific photocatalytic reactions.The proposed rule can be utilized to further boost the photocatalytic performance of many symmetric COFs.
基金supported by the NSAF Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China and China Academy of Engineering Physics(11076017)
文摘The insensitive property of explosives containing pyfidine is combined with the high energy of nitramine explosives, and the concept of new nitramine explosives containing pyridine is proposed, into which nitramine group with N-N bonds is intro- duced as much as possible. Based on molecular structures of nitramine compounds containing pyridine, density functional the- ory (DFT) calculation method was applied to study designed molecules at B3LYP/6-31+G(d) level. The geometric and elec- tronic structures, density, heats of formation (HOF), detonation performance and bond dissociation energies (BDE) were investigated and comparable to 1,3,5-trinitro-l,3,5-triazinane (RDX) and 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane (HMX). The simulation results reveal that molecules B and D perform similarly to traditionally used RDX. Molecule E outperform RDX, with performance that approach that of HMX and may be considered as potential candidate of high energy density compound (HEDC). These results provide basic information for molecular design of novel high energetic density compounds.
基金Supported by the National Science Foundation of USA under Grant No. 0630370National Natural Science Foundation of Chinaunder Grant Nos. 90403028 and 11074260
文摘A recently developed B-spline algorithm is extended and utilized to calculate excited states of He atoms in the presence of strong magnetic fields.Binding energies are presented for He in the five excited atomic states 210-+,110-,210-,11(-1)+,and 2 1(1) + with magnetic field strength ranging from 0.0001 to 10 a.u.The obtained energies are compared with available theoretical data,and found to be in good agreement.We investigate influence of magnetic fields on atomic structures of multielectron atoms,and illustrate that how electron probability density distributions change with increasing magnetic field strength.The current approach is directly applicable to simulations of discrete spectra for He atoms in the atmospheres of magnetized white dwarf stars.