Energy Surfaces in Quantum Chemistry

Author(s):  
I. G. Csizmadia
Author(s):  
Arie Landau ◽  
Debarati Bhattacharya ◽  
Idan Haritan ◽  
Anael Ben-Asher ◽  
Nimrod Moiseyev

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S350) ◽  
pp. 61-64
Author(s):  
C. M. R. Rocha

AbstractAn exotic molecular inventory exists in space. While some species have well-known terrestrial analogs, others are very reactive and can hardly survive in the laboratory timely to allow for their characterization. With an eye toward these latter, we highlight in this contribution the role of quantum chemistry in providing astrochemically relevant data where experiment struggles. Special attention is given to the concept of molecular potential energy surfaces (PESs), a key aspect in theoretical chemical physics, and the possible dynamical attributes taken therefrom. As case studies, we outline our current efforts in obtaining global PESs of carbon clusters. It is thus hoped that, with such an active synergy between theoretical chemistry and state-of-the-art experimental/observational techniques (the pillars to the modern laboratory astrophysics), scientists may gather the required knowledge to explain the origins, abundances and the driving force toward molecular complexity in the Universe.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Pinheiro Jr ◽  
Fuchun Ge ◽  
Nicolas Ferré ◽  
Pavlo O. Dral ◽  
Mario Barbatti

Quantum-chemistry simulations based on potential energy surfaces of molecules provide invaluable insight into the physicochemical processes at the atomistic level and yield such important observables as reaction rates and spectra....


2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (20) ◽  
pp. 4486-4499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Amabilino ◽  
Lars A. Bratholm ◽  
Simon J. Bennie ◽  
Alain C. Vaucher ◽  
Markus Reiher ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Steven D. Toteda

Zirconia oxygen sensors, in such applications as power plants and automobiles, generally utilize platinum electrodes for the catalytic reaction of dissociating O2 at the surface. The microstructure of the platinum electrode defines the resulting electrical response. The electrode must be porous enough to allow the oxygen to reach the zirconia surface while still remaining electrically continuous. At low sintering temperatures, the platinum is highly porous and fine grained. The platinum particles sinter together as the firing temperatures are increased. As the sintering temperatures are raised even further, the surface of the platinum begins to facet with lower energy surfaces. These microstructural changes can be seen in Figures 1 and 2, but the goal of the work is to characterize the microstructure by its fractal dimension and then relate the fractal dimension to the electrical response. The sensors were fabricated from zirconia powder stabilized in the cubic phase with 8 mol% percent yttria. Each substrate was sintered for 14 hours at 1200°C. The resulting zirconia pellets, 13mm in diameter and 2mm in thickness, were roughly 97 to 98 percent of theoretical density. The Engelhard #6082 platinum paste was applied to the zirconia disks after they were mechanically polished ( diamond). The electrodes were then sintered at temperatures ranging from 600°C to 1000°C. Each sensor was tested to determine the impedance response from 1Hz to 5,000Hz. These frequencies correspond to the electrode at the test temperature of 600°C.


1958 ◽  
Vol 17 (3_4) ◽  
pp. 279-280
Author(s):  
Th. Förster
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