scholarly journals Wetting hysteresis induced by nanodefects

2015 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. E262-E271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Giacomello ◽  
Lothar Schimmele ◽  
Siegfried Dietrich
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Energy Landscape ◽  
Free Energy Landscape ◽  
Pinning Force ◽  
Heterogeneous Surfaces ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Liquid Front ◽  
Wetting Hysteresis ◽  
Nanometric Size

Wetting of actual surfaces involves diverse hysteretic phenomena stemming from ever-present imperfections. Here, we clarify the origin of wetting hysteresis for a liquid front advancing or receding across an isolated defect of nanometric size. Various kinds of chemical and topographical nanodefects, which represent salient features of actual heterogeneous surfaces, are investigated. The most probable wetting path across surface heterogeneities is identified by combining, within an innovative approach, microscopic classical density functional theory and the string method devised for the study of rare events. The computed rugged free-energy landscape demonstrates that hysteresis emerges as a consequence of metastable pinning of the liquid front at the defects; the barriers for thermally activated defect crossing, the pinning force, and hysteresis are quantified and related to the geometry and chemistry of the defects allowing for the occurrence of nanoscopic effects. The main result of our calculations is that even weak nanoscale defects, which are difficult to characterize in generic microfluidic experiments, can be the source of a plethora of hysteretical phenomena, including the pinning of nanobubbles.

scholarly journals Mapping free energy regimes in electrocatalytic reductions to screen transition metal-based catalysts

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (32) ◽  
pp. 7649-7658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivasan Ramakrishnan ◽  
Ross A. Moretti ◽  
Christopher E. D. Chidsey
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Energy Landscape ◽  
Free Energy Landscape ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Catalytic Intermediates ◽  
Proton Donors ◽  
Electron Reduction

The free energy landscape of catalytic intermediates in the two-electron reduction of CO2 and proton donors is mapped with density functional theory to screen catalyst candidates from a library of transition metals and ligands.

scholarly journals Solution-Processed OLEDs Based on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Copper(I) Complexes with Intraligand Charge-Transfer Excited State

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1125
Author(s):  
Teng Teng ◽  
Jinfan Xiong ◽  
Gang Cheng ◽  
Changjiang Zhou ◽  
Xialei Lv ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Wide Range

A new series of tetrahedral heteroleptic copper(I) complexes exhibiting efficient thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) in green to orange electromagnetic spectral regions has been developed by using D-A type N^N ligand and P^P ligands. Their structures, electrochemical, photophysical, and electroluminescence properties have been characterized. The complexes exhibit high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) of up to 0.71 at room temperature in doped film and the lifetimes are in a wide range of 4.3–24.1 μs. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations on the complexes reveal the lowest-lying intraligand charge-transfer excited states that are localized on the N^N ligands. Solution-processed organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on one of the new emitters show a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 7.96%.

scholarly journals Decomposition of Formic Acid over Orthorhombic Molybdenum Carbide

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kushagra Agrawal ◽  
Alberto Roldan ◽  
Nanda Kishore ◽  
Andrew J Logsdail
Keyword(s):  
Formic Acid ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Molybdenum Carbide ◽  
Catalyst Surface ◽  
Energy Landscape ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Potential Energy Landscape ◽  
Temperature Programmed ◽  
Temperature Programmed Reaction ◽  
Dehydrogenation Mechanism

The decomposition of formic acid is investigated on the β-Mo<sub>2</sub>C (100) catalyst surface using density functional theory. The dehydration and dehydrogenation mechanism for the decomposition is simulated, and the thermochemistry and kinetics are discussed. The potential energy landscape of the reaction shows a thermodynamically favourable cleavage of H-COOH to form CO; however, the kinetics show that the dehydrogenation mechanism is faster and CO<sub>2</sub> is continuously formed. The effect of HCOOH adsorption on the surface is also analysed, in a temperature-programmed reaction, with the decomposition proceeding at under 350 K and desorption of CO<sub>2</sub> observed.

Fast-ion conduction and local environments in BIMEVOX

2021 ◽  
Vol 379 (2211) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry J. Stroud ◽  
Chris E. Mohn ◽  
Jean-Alexis Hernandez ◽  
Neil L. Allan
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Energy Landscape ◽  
Diffusion Mechanism ◽  
Ion Conduction ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Ion Conductor ◽  
Local Environments ◽  
Fast Ion Conductor ◽  
Fast Ion ◽  
Oxide Ions

The energy landscape of the fast-ion conductor Bi 4 V 2 O 11 is studied using density functional theory. There are a large number of energy minima, dominated by low-lying thermally accessible configurations in which there are equal numbers of oxygen vacancies in each vanadium–oxygen layer, a range of vanadium coordinations and a large variation in Bi–O and V–O distances. By dividing local minima in the energy landscape into sets of configurations, we then examine diffusion in each different layer using ab initio molecular dynamics. These simulations show that the diffusion mechanism mainly takes place in the 〈110〉 directions in the vanadium layers, involving the cooperative motion of the oxide ions between the O(2) and O(3) sites in these layers, but not O(1) in the Bi–O layers, in agreement with experiment. O(1) vacancies in the Bi–O layers are readily filled by the migration of oxygens from the V–O layers. The calculated ionic conductivity is in reasonable agreement with the experiment. We compare ion conduction in δ-Bi 4 V 2 O 11 with that in δ-Bi 2 O 3 . This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Understanding fast-ion conduction in solid electrolytes’.

Potential thermally activated delayed fluorescence properties of a series of 2,3-dicyanopyrazine based compounds

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayşegül Gümüş ◽  
Selçuk Gümüş
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Structural And Electronic Properties ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Almost All

Abstract 2,3-Dicyanopyrazine based acceptor was combined with a series of well studied donors to obtain donor-acceptor type potential thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters. Their structural and electronic properties were computed theoretically at the level of density functional theory and time dependent density functional theory with the application of two different hybrid functionals and various basis sets. Almost all of the designed structures were computed to have the potential of being TADF compounds since they possess very narrow singlet-triplet gaps. Indeed, acridine-pyrazine (9) derivative was calculated to be the best candidate for the purpose among them.

scholarly journals Decomposition of Formic Acid over Orthorhombic Molybdenum Carbide

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kushagra Agrawal ◽  
Alberto Roldan ◽  
Nanda Kishore ◽  
Andrew J Logsdail
Keyword(s):  
Formic Acid ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Molybdenum Carbide ◽  
Catalyst Surface ◽  
Energy Landscape ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Potential Energy Landscape ◽  
Temperature Programmed ◽  
Temperature Programmed Reaction ◽  
Dehydrogenation Mechanism

The decomposition of formic acid is investigated on the β-Mo<sub>2</sub>C (100) catalyst surface using density functional theory. The dehydration and dehydrogenation mechanism for the decomposition is simulated, and the thermochemistry and kinetics are discussed. The potential energy landscape of the reaction shows a thermodynamically favourable cleavage of H-COOH to form CO; however, the kinetics show that the dehydrogenation mechanism is faster and CO<sub>2</sub> is continuously formed. The effect of HCOOH adsorption on the surface is also analysed, in a temperature-programmed reaction, with the decomposition proceeding at under 350 K and desorption of CO<sub>2</sub> observed.

Computational study on thermally activated delayed fluorescence of donor–linker–acceptor network molecules

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (43) ◽  
pp. 37203-37211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talapunur Vikramaditya ◽  
Mukka Saisudhakar ◽  
Kanakamma Sumithra
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Organic Molecules ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Structure Property Relationships

Using density functional theory we have investigated the structure–property relationships of organic molecules with a donor–linker–acceptor (DLA) framework, which can be used as precursors of OLED materials.

Theoretical Study on Benzazole Derivatives for Use in Blue Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 7819-7822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Yuel Kwon ◽  
Geon Hyeong Lee ◽  
Young Sik Kim
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Energy Difference ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Organic Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Thermally Activated

Four novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials with 9,10-dihydro-9,9- dimethylacridine (DMAC) and phenylindolo(2,3-a)carbazole (PIC) as electron donors and benzazole derivatives (BO, and BT) as electron acceptors (DMAC-BO, DMAC-BT, PIC-BO, and PIC-BT) were designed and theoretically investigated for use as a blue organic light emitting diode (OLED) emitter. Using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations, we calculated the electron distribution of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), and the energy of the lowest singlet (S1) and the lowest triplet (T1) excited states. All the dyes had a small spatial overlap between the HOMO and LUMO because of the relatively large dihedral angle between the phenyl ring and the acceptor moiety. In terms of the energy difference (ΔEST) between the S1 state and the T1 state, DMAC-BO and DMAC-BT showed the small ΔEST (0.18 eV and 0.21 eV, respectively). However, PIC-BO and PIC-BT showed the large ΔEST (0.62 eV and 0.61 eV, respectively). Among the TADF materials, we showed that DMAC-BO would have the best TADF properties in terms of small ΔEST and blue OLED emitters

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