Self-Consistent-Charge Density-Functional Tight-Binding Parameters for Cd–X (X = S, Se, Te) Compounds and Their Interaction with H, O, C, and N

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 2262-2276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunandan Sarkar ◽  
Sougata Pal ◽  
Pranab Sarkar ◽  
A. L. Rosa ◽  
Th. Frauenheim
2005 ◽  
Vol 04 (spec01) ◽  
pp. 639-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
HENRYK A. WITEK ◽  
KEIJI MOROKUMA ◽  
ANNA STRADOMSKA

We present an extended self-consistent charge density-functional tight-binding (SCC-DFTB) method that allows for computing vibrational infrared spectra. The extension is based on introducing an additional term in the SCC-DFTB energy formula that describes effectively the interaction of external electric field with molecular electron density distribution. The extended SCC-DFTB method is employed to model vibrational infrared spectra of 16 organic molecules. The calculated spectra are compared to experiment and to spectra obtained with density functional theory. For most of the molecules, the SCC-DFTB method reproduces the experimental spectra in a very satisfactory manner. We discuss the drawbacks and possible applications of this new scheme.


Author(s):  
M. Elstner ◽  
Th. Frauenheim ◽  
E. Kaxiras ◽  
G. Seifert ◽  
S. Suhai

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. ZHAI ◽  
Y. L. ZHAO

A zwitterionic glycine (zGLY) is adopted as an example to study the impact of water environment (310 H2O molecules) on the molecular structure and energetics using a self-consistent-charge density-functional tight-binding theory based molecular dynamics (SCC-DFTB/MD) method. It is found that maximal eight hydrogen bonds could be formed simultaneously between eight water molecules and the zGLY. The ability of the COO- terminal to adsorb water molecules is stronger than the [Formula: see text] terminal with respect to hydrogen bonding with more water molecules and exhibits lower adiabatic adsorption energies. The zGLY's intramolecular hydrogen bond appeared unpredictably, without involving any proton transfer and generally helpful for enhancing the system stability. Water molecules play an important role to stabilize the zwitterionic amino acids and restrain the proton migration from the [Formula: see text] to the COO− group. Our results show that the SCC-DFTB/MD method could successfully describe geometry dynamical evolutions and energetics of biomolecules in a nanoscale simulation with the presence of a large number of water molecules. Our study not only verified the feasibility of a QM level methodology for describing the aqueous states of biochemical molecules, but also gave a clear evidence for the impact of water environment on amino acids.


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