Theoretical uncertainties of(d,^(3)He)and(^(3)He,d)reactions owing to the uncertainties of optical model potentials

The theoretical uncertainties of single proton transfer cross sections of the(^(3)He,d)and(d,^(3)He)reactions,owing to the uncertainties of the entrance-and exit-channel optical model potentials,are examined with the^(30)Si(^(3)He,d)^(31)P,^(13)B(d,^(3)He)^(12)Be,and^(34)S(^(3)He,d)^(35)Cl reactions at incident energies of 25,46,and 25 MeV,respectively,within the framework of the distorted wave Born approximation.The differential cross sections at the first peaks in the angular distributions of these reactions are found to have uncertainties of approximately 5%,owing to the uncertainties in the optical model potentials from 20,000 calculations of randomly sampled parameters.This amount of uncertainty is found to be nearly independent of the angular momentum transfer and the target masses within the studied range of incident energies.Uncertainties in the single proton spectroscopic factors obtained by matching the theoretical and experimental cross sections at different scattering angles are also discussed.

How the Brain Process Stimulus-Response Conflict? New Insights from Lateralized Readiness Potentials Scalp Topography and Reaction Times

Stimulus-Response Compatibility (SRC) refers to the fact that some tasks are performed easier and better than others because of the way stimuli and responses are paired with each other. To assess the brain responses to stimulus-response conflicts, we investigated the behavioral (accuracy and Reaction Times: RTs) as well as the physiological response (Lateralized Readiness Potentials: LRP) modulations in a positional blocked and a conditional mixed design in twelve university students. Results revealed that the performance was less accurate and the RTs, as well as the LRP onset, were delayed under the mixed conditional design. A greater compatibility effect was also noted on accuracy, RTs and LRP onset latency in the mixed design. Consistent with these findings, smaller peak activation at fronto-central areas suggests that more selective inhibition is needed in a mixed design context. Despite a smaller activation, the topographical distribution is similar in both designs. These results indicate that the translation time between stimulus- and response codes are greater under the mixed instruction, while the similar LRP topography suggests that common neural structures underlie LRPs in response to both type of designs.

Quantum Dynamics of Oxyhydrogen Complex-Forming Reactions for the HO2 and HO3 Systems

Complex-forming reactions widely exist in gas-phase chemical reactions. Various complexforming bimolecular reactions have been investigated and interesting phenomena have been discovered. The complex-forming reactions usually have small or no barrier in the entrance channel, which leads to obvious differences in kinetic and dynamic characteristics compared with direct reactions. Theoretically, quantum state-resolved reaction dynamics can provide the most detailed microscopic dynamic mechanisms and is now feasible for a direct reaction with only one potential barrier. However, it is of great challenge to construct accurate potential energy surfaces and perform accurate quantum dynamics calculations for a complex polyatomic reaction involving deep potential wells and multi-channels. This paper reviews the most recent progress in two prototypical oxyhydrogen complex-forming reaction systems, HO2 and HO3, which are significant in combustion, atmospheric, and interstellar chemistry. We will present a brief survey of both computational and experimental work and emphasize on some unsolved problems existing in these systems.

Deciphering the linear relationship in the activity of the oxygen reduction reaction on Pt electrodes:A decisive role of adsorbates

Despite substantial efforts in developing high-performance catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR),the persistent challenge lies in the high onset overpotential of the ORR,and the effect of the elec-trolyte solution cannot be ignored.Consequently,we have systematically investigated the impact of adsorbate species and concentration,as well as solution pH,on the ORR activity on Pt(111)and Pt(poly)electrodes.The results all tend to establish a linear quantitative relationship between the onset potential for ORR and the adsorption equilibrium potential of the adsorbate.This finding indicates the decisive role of adsorbates in the onset potential for ORR,suggesting that the adsorption potential of adsorbates can serve as an intuitive criterion for ORR activity.Additional support for this conclusion is derived from experimental results obtained from the oxygen evolution reaction on Pt(poly)with different adsorbate species and from the hydrogen evolution reaction on Pt(111)with iodine adsorption.We further propose both an empirical equation for the onset potential for ORR and the concept of a potential-regulated adsor-bate shielding effect to elucidate the influence of adsorbates on ORR activity.This study provides new insights into the high onset overpotential of the ORR and offers potential strategies for predicting and enhancingORRactivity inthefuture.

Theoretical Study on Mechanism of Cycloadditional Reaction Between Dichloro-Germylidene and Formaldehyde

Mechanism of the cycloadditional formaldehyde has been investigated reaction between singlet with MP2/6-31G^＊ method, dichloro-germylidene and including geometry optimization, vibrational analysis and energies for the involved stationary points on the potential energy surface. From the potential energy profile, we predict that the cyeloaddition reaction between singlet dichloro-germylidene and formaldehyde has two competitive dominant reaction pathways, going with the formation of two side products （INT3 and INT4）, simultaneously. Both of the two competitive reactions consist of two steps, two reactants firstly form a three-membered ring intermediate INT1 and a twisted four-membered ring intermediate INT2, respectively, both of which are barrier-free exothermic reactions of 41.5 and 72.3 kJ/mol; then INT1 isomerizes to a four-membered ring product P1 via transition state TS1, and INT2 isomerizes to a chlorine-traasfer product P2 via transition state TS2, with the barriers of 2.9 and 0.3 kJ/mol, respectively. Simultaneously, P1 and INT2 further react with formaldehyde to form INT3 and INT4, respectively, which are also barrier-free exothermic reaction of 74.9 and 88.1 kJ/mol.

DFT Study of Mechanism of Extraction Reaction Between Germylene Carbene （H2Ge=C：） and Its Derivatives and Ethylene Oxide

The mechanism of the oxide extraction reaction between singlet germylene carbene and its derivatives X2Ge=C： （X=H, F, Cl, CH3） and ethylene oxide has been investigated with B3LYP/6-311G（d,p） method. The results show that this kind of reaction has similar mechanism, the shift of 2p lone electron pair of O in ethylene oxide to the 2p unoccupied orbital of C in X2Ge=C： gives a p→p donor-acceptor bond, thereby leading to the formation of intermediate. As the p→p donor-acceptor bond continues to strengthen, that is the C-O bond continues to shorten, the intermediate generates product （P＋C2H4） via transition state. It is the substituent electronegativity that mainly affect the extraction reactions. When the substituent electronegativity is greater, the energy barrier is lower, and the reaction rate is greater.

Density Functional Theory Study of Mechanism of Cycloaddition Reaction Between Dimethyl-Silylene Carbene and Acetone

The mechanism of the cycloaddition reaction between singlet dimethyl-silylene carbene and acetone has been investigated with density functional theory, From the potential energy profile, it can be predicted that the reaction has two competitive dominant reaction pathways. The presented rule of this reaction： the [2＋2] cycloaddition effect between the πorbital of dimethyl-silylene carbene and the π orbital of π-bonded compounds leads to the formation of a twisty four-membered ring intermediate and a planar four-membered ring product; The unsaturated property of C atom from carbene in the planar four-membered ring product,resulting in the generation of CH3-transfer product and silicic bis-heterocyclic compound.

Systematic investigation of nucleon optical model potentials in(p,d)transfer reactions

The consistent three-body model reaction methodology(TBMRM)proposed by J.Lee et al.[Phys.Rev.C 69,064313(2004);Phys.Rev.C 73,044608(2006);Phys.Rev.C 75,064320(2007)],which includes adopting the simple zero-range adiabatic wave approximation,constraining the single-particle potentials using modern Hartree-Fock calculations,and using global nucleon optical model potential(OMP)geometries,are widely applied in systematic studies of transfer reactions.In this study,we investigate the influence of different nucleon OMPs in extracting spectroscopic factors(SFs)from(p,d)reactions.Our study covers 32 sets of angular distribution data of(p,d)reactions on four targets and a large range of incident energies(20-200 MeV/nucleon).This study uses two semi-microscopic nucleon OMPs,i.e.,Jeukenne,Lejeune,and Mahaux(JLM)[Phys.Rev.C 16,80(1977);Phys.Rev.C 58,1118(1998)]and CTOM[Phys.Rev.C 94,034606(2016)],and a pure microscopic nucleon potential,i.e.,WLH[Phys.Rev.Lett.127,182502(2021)].The results are compared with those using the phenomenological global optical potential KD02[Nucl.Phys.A 713,231(2003)].We find that the incident energy dependence of spectroscopic factors extracted from(p,d)reactions is evidently suppressed when microscopic OMPs are employed for ^(12)C,^(28)Si,and 40Ca.In addition,spectroscopic factors extracted using the systematic microscopic optical potential CTOM based on the Dirac-Brueckner-Hartree-Fock theory are more in line with the results obtained from(e,e′p)measurements,except for 16O and ^(40)Ca at high energies(>100 MeV),necessitating an exact treatment of double-magic nuclei.The results obtained by using the pure microscopic optical potential,WLH,based on the EFT theory show the same trend as those of CTOM but are generally higher.The JLM potential,which relies on simplified nuclear matter calculations with old-fashioned bare interactions,produces results that are very similar to those of the phenomenological potential KD02.Our results indicate that modern microscopic OMPs are reliable tools for probing the nuclear structure using transfer reactions across a wide energy range.

Quantum Dynamics Study on D＋OD＋ Reaction： Competition between Exchange and Abstraction Channels

Quantum dynamics for the D＋OD＋ reaction at the collision energy range of 0.0-1.0 eV was studied on an accurate ab initio potential energy surface. Both of the endothermic abstraction （D＋OD＋-→O＋＋D2） and thermoneutral exchange （D＋OD＋--＊D＋OD＋） channels were investigated from the same set of time-dependent quantum wave packets method under cen- trifugal sudden approximation. The reaction probability dependence with collision energy, the integral cross sections, and the thermal rate constant of the both channels are calculated. It is found that there is a convex structure in the reaction path of the exchange reaction. The calculated time evolution of the wave packet distribution at J=0 clearly indicates that the convex structure significantly influences the dynamics of the exchange and abstraction channels of title reaction.

Ab Initio Study on the Mechanism of Cycloaddition Reaction between Silylene Carbene (H_2Si=C:) and Acetone

The mechanism of cycloaddition reaction between singlet silylene carbene and acetone has been investigated with CCSD（T）//MP2/6-31G method. From the potential energy profile, it can be predicted that the reaction has two competitive dominant reaction pathways. One consists of two steps： （1） the two reactants （R1, R2） firstly form a four-membered ring intermediate （INT4） through a barrier-free exothermic reaction of 585.9 kJ/mol; （2） Then intermediate （INT4） isomerizes to CH3-transfer product （P4.1） via a transition state （TS4.1） with energy barrier of 5.3 kJ/mol. The other is as follows： on the basis of intermediate （INT4） created between R1 and R2, intermediate （INT4） further reacts with acetone （R2） to form the intermediate （INT5） through a barrier-free exothermic reaction of 166.3 kJ/mol; Then, intermediate （INT5） isomerizes to a silicic bis-heterocyclic product （P5） via a transition state （TS5）, for which the barrier is 54.9 kJ/mol. The presented rule of this reaction： the [2＋2] cycloaddition effect between the π orbital of silylene carbene and the π orbital of π-bonded compounds leads to the formation of a four-membered ring intermediate （INT4）; The unsaturated property of C atom from carbene in the four-membered ring intermediate （INT4） results in the generation of CH3-transfer product （P4.1） and silicic bis-heterocyclic compound （P5）.

Theoretical Studies on the Mechanism of Mannich Reaction Involving Iminium Salt as Potential Mannich Reagent(1)--Use Acetaldehyde as Pseudo-acid Component

This paper is one of a series of reports of theoretical researches on the mechanism of the Mannich reaction using the iminium salt as the potential Mannich reagent. According to the results of AM1 dynamic calculations, the activation energies of key steps in conventional Mannich reactions between ammonia, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in neutral and acidic media are 438 8 kJ/mol and 393 9 kJ/mol respectively. The activation energy of the rate controlling step of the Mannich reaction which contains the potential Mannich reagent is 274 7 kJ/mol. Therefore, it can be derived that the potential Mannich reagent can increase the rate of the reaction remarkably. The reasons for this have been discussed in terms of the orbital match and electrostatic interaction between the atoms of reactant complexes. In this paper another different conjectured mechanism of the potential Mannich reagent which can reduce the activation energy is considerably studied.

Scattering Resonance States and Partial Potential Energy Surface of Reaction I+HI(v=0)→IH(v′=0) +I

The partial potential energy surface of the I ＋ HI →IH ＋ I reaction involving the translational and vibrational motions has been constructed at the QCISD（ T ）//MP4SDQ level with the pseudo potential method that is helpful to interpreting the scattering resonance states. The lifetimes of the scattering resonance states in the title reaction obtained from the partial potential energy surface are about 90-120 fs, which agrees with the result of high-resolved threshold photodetachment spectroscopy of anion IHI^- measured by Neumark.

Orbital symmetry matching:Achieving superior nitrogen reduction reaction over single-atom catalysts anchored on Mxene substrates

The nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR)under ambient conditions is still challenging due to the inertness of N2.Herein,we report a series of superior NRR catalysts identified by examining Ti2NO2 MXenes embedded with 28 different single-atom catalysts using first-principles calculations.The stability of this system was first verified using formation energies,and it is discovered that N2 can be effectively adsorbed due to the synergistic effect between single atom catalysis and the Ti atoms.Examination of the electronic structure demonstrated that this design satisfies orbital symmetry matching where“acceptor-donor”interaction scenario can be realized.A new“enzymatic-distal”reaction mechanism that is a mixture of the enzymatic and distal pathways was also discovered.Among all of the candidates,Ni anchored on MXene system achieves an onset potential as low as–0.13 V,which to the best of our knowledge is the lowest onset potential value reported to date.This work elucidates the significance of orbital symmetry matching and provides theoretical guidance for future studies.

A Study of Visual Event-Related Potential and Reaction Time in Elderly People: Comparative Analysis of the Scores of Intelligence Test in 30 Subjects

The results of visual event-related potential(ERP)examinations and reactiontime(RT)tests were reported in 30 elders and compared with their performanceintellegence quotient(PIQ)scores.The subjects consisted of 18 males and 12 femalesaged 50-71(mean 61.4)years old.No history of central nervous system disease wasfound.The visual stimuli were randomly presented to the subject,including three sym-bols:E as target stimulus with 0.15 probability,and H and E as nontarget stimuliwith 0.15 and 0.70 probability respectively.The recording electrodes were placed on Fzand Pz.The duration from the subject seeing the target to touching a button immediatelywas considered as reaction time(RT).It was shown that the P3 latency at Pz was longer than that at Fz and the P3amplitude at Pz was larger than that at Fz,and that the RT was longer than P3 latencywith obvious effect of distribution(P【0.05 at Fz and P】0.05 at Pz)as well .The higherthe PIQ scores,the longer the RT and the P3 latency.It is suggested that the ERPmight reflect the differences of PIQ scores,and the P3 is an objective index.We considerthat the research of ERP is of great interest in the neuropsychological and neurological sci-ences.

Theoretical Study on the Mechanism of a New Synthesis Reaction of 1,3,5-Substituted-1,2,4-triazoles by Carboxylic Acids,Amidines,and Hydrazines

The synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted-1,2,4-triazoles from α-imino-3-pyridine formic acid,acetamidine and anisole hydrazine as a model reaction in this paper and the synthesis mechanism of 1,3,5-substituted-1,2,4-triazole compounds from carboxylic acids,amidines and hydrazines have been first investigated with the B3 LYP/6-311＋＋G＊＊ method.According to the potential energy profile,it can be predicted that the course of the reaction consists of five reactions containing six elementary reactions.The α-imino-3-pyridine formic acid and acetamidine form first an intermediate product through a dehydration reaction; the intermediate product further combines with hydrogen ion to form a positive ion; the positive ion reacts with anisole hydrazine by a dehydration reaction to form another positive ion; then,followed by two isomerization reactions,the final reaction with the acetate ion（Ac-） produces the final product.The research results reveal the laws of synthesis reaction of 1,3,5-substituted-1,2,4-triazoles by the carboxylic acids,amidines,hydrazines and their derivatives on theoretical level.It provides the systemic theoretical basis for the synthesis,development and application of 1,3,5-substituted-1,2,4-triazole compounds.

INFLUENCE OF THE ALAS POTENTIAL CN TEE (α, P) REACTIONS

Different α-nucleus potentials for the anomalous large angle scattering have been tested by the 40Ca (α, P ) reaction. It seems that the WS ( squared Woods-Saxon ) , WS2.65 and WS5 potential can not provide a correct description of the behaviour of the incident α channel wave functions, but with the L-dependent potential a reasonable result can be obtained.

van der Waals Interactions in Bimolecular Reactions

The van der Waals (vdW) interaction is very important in fields of physics, biology and chemistry, and its role in reaction dynamics is an issue of great interest. In this review, we focus on the recent progresses in the theoretical and experimental studies on the vdW interaction in bimolecular reactions. In particular, we review those studies that have advanced our understanding of how the vdW interaction can strongly influence the dynamics in both direct activated and complex-forming reactions, and further extend the discussion to the polyatomic reactions involving more atoms and those occurring at cold and ultracold temperatures. We indicate that an accurate description of the delicate vdW structure and long-range potential remains a challenge nowadays in either ab initio calculations or the fitting of the potential energy surfaces. We also present an explanation on the concept of vdW saddle proposed by us recently which may have general importance.

The characteristics of O+HD(v = 0,j = 0) reaction dynamics

The analytical potential energy function of HDO is constructed at first using the many-body expansion method. The reaction dynamics of O＋HD （v = 0, j = 0） in five product channels are all studied by quasi-classical trajectory （QCT） method. The results show that the long-lived complex compound HDO is the dominant product at low collision energy. With increasing collision energy, O＋HD → OH＋D and O＋HD → OD＋H exchange reactions will occur with remarkable characteristics, such as near threshold energies, different reaction probabilities, and different reaction cross sections, implying the isotopic effect between H and D. With further increasing collision energy （e.g., up to 502.08 kJ/mol）, O＋HD → O＋H＋D will occur and induce the complete dissociation into single O, H, and D atoms.

Quasi-Classical Trajectory Investigation of H+SO_(2)→OH+SO Reaction on Full-Dimensional Accurate Potential Energy Surface

The reaction H+SO_(2)→OH+SO is important in the combustion and atmospheric chemistry,as well as the interstellar medium.It also represents a typical complex-forming reaction with deep complexes,serving as an ideal candidate for testing various kinetics theories and providing interesting reaction dynamical phenomena.In this work,we reported a quasiclassical trajectory study of this reaction on our previously developed accurate full-dimensional potential energy surface.The experimental thermal rate coefficients over the temperature range 1400 K≤T≤2200 K were well reproduced.For the reactant SO_(2)being sampled at the ground ro-vibrational state,the calculated integral cross sections increased slightly along the collision energy ranging from 31.0 kcal/mol to 40.0 kcal/mol,and then became essentially flat at the collision energy within 40.0−55.0 kcal/mol.The product angular distributions are almost symmetric with nearly identical backward-forward double peak structure.The products OH and SO vibrational state distributions were also analyzed.