Electronic Structure of Long Polyenes: States and Transition Dipoles

1989 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan E. Kohler

ABSTRACTElectronic excitation energies and transition dipoles measured for symmetrically substituted linear polyenes (R-(CH=CH)N-R) with chain lengths n ranging from 2 to 8 are well fit by the functional form A+B/N. Extrapolation to the long chain limit correlates the band gap transition of polyacetylene with the polyene 11Ag to 11Bu transition. The amount by which the highly correlated polyene 21Ag state is lower than the 11Bu state increases with increasing chain length, extrapolating to roughly half of the 11Bu excitation energy. The 11Ag to 11Bu transition dipole magnitude per chain repeat unit attains a maximum value of 3.0 Debye at an effective conjugation length 5 double bonds.Careful studies on linear polyenes provides insight into the electronic structure of polyacetylene.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (36) ◽  
pp. 20653-20663
Author(s):  
Johanna Eichhorn ◽  
Simon P. Lechner ◽  
Chang-Ming Jiang ◽  
Giulia Folchi Heunecke ◽  
Frans Munnik ◽  
...  

The (opto)electronic properties of Ta3N5 photoelectrodes are often dominated by defects, but precise control of these defects provides new insight into the electronic structure, photocarrier transport, and photoelectrochemical function.


Pharmaceutics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Padula ◽  
Silvia Pescina ◽  
Sara Nicoli ◽  
Patrizia Santi

Buccal mucosa has recently received much attention as a potential route for systemic delivery of drugs, including biologics and vaccines. The aim of this work was to gain insight into the mechanism of fatty acids as buccal permeation enhancers, by studying the effect of a series of medium and long chain fatty acids on the permeation of a model high molecular weight and hydrophilic molecule, fluorescein isothiocyanate labelled dextran (FD-4, m.w. 4 kDa) across porcine esophageal epithelium. A parabolic relationship between fatty acid lipophilicity and enhancement was obtained, regardless of the presence and number of double bonds. The relationship, which resembles the well-known relationship between permeability and lipophilicity of transdermal delivery, presents a maximum value in correspondence of C10 (logP approx. 4). This is probably the ideal lipophilicity for the fatty acid to interact with the lipid domains of the mucosa. When the same analysis was performed on skin data, the same trend was observed, although the maximum value was reached for C12 (logP approx. 5), in agreement with the higher lipophilicity of the skin. The results obtained in the present work represent a significant advancement in the understanding of the mechanisms of action of fatty acids as buccal penetration enhancers.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (01n04) ◽  
pp. 337-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derrick R. Anderson ◽  
Pavlo V. Solntsev ◽  
Hannah M. Rhoda ◽  
Victor N. Nemykin

A presence of bulky 2,6-di-iso-propylphenoxy groups in bis-tert-butylisocyano adduct of 2(3),9(10),16(17),23(24)-tetrachloro-3(2),10(9),17(16),24(23)-tetra(2,6-di-iso-propylphenoxy)-phthalocyaninato iron(II) complex allows separation of two individual positional isomers and a mixture of the remaining two isomers using conventional chromatography. X-ray structures of “[Formula: see text]” and “[Formula: see text]” isomers were confimed by X-ray crystallography. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) calculations of each individual positional isomer allowed insight into their electronic structures and vertical excitation energies, which were correlated with the experimental UV-vis and MCD spectra.


Author(s):  
Zachary Jordan ◽  
Shahriar N. Khan ◽  
Benjamin A. Jackson ◽  
Evangelos Miliordos

Abstract Density functional theory and ab initio multi-reference calculations are performed to examine the stability and electronic structure of boron complexes that host diffuse electrons in their periphery. Such complexes (solvated electron precursors or SEPs) have been experimentally identified and studied theoretically for several s- and d-block metals. For the first time, we demonstrate that a p-block metalloid element can form a stable SEP when appropriate ligands are chosen. We show that three ammonia and one methyl ligands can displace two of the three boron valence electrons to a peripheral 1s-type orbital. The shell model for these outer electrons is identical to previous SEP systems (1s, 1p, 1d, 2s). Further, we preformed the first examination of a molecular system consisting of two SEPs bridged by a hydrocarbon chain. The electronic structure of these dimers is very similar to that of traditional diatomic molecules forming bonding and anti-bonding σ and π orbitals. Their ground state electronic structure resembles that of two He atoms, and our results indicate that the excitation energies are nearly independent of the chain length for four carbon atoms or longer. These findings pave the way for the development of novel materials similar to expanded metals and electrides.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olha Zhak ◽  
Oksana Karychort ◽  
Volodymyr Babizhetskyy ◽  
Chong Zheng

Abstract The title compound was prepared from the pure elements by sintering. The crystal structure was investigated by means of powder X-ray diffraction data. Ho5Pd19P12 exhibits the hexagonal Ho5Ni19P12-type structure with space group P 6 ‾ 2 m $P‾{6}2m$ , a = 13.1342(2), c = 3.9839(1) Å, R I = 0.060, R p = 0.080. The crystal structure can be described as a combination of two types of the structural units, [HoPd6P3] and [Ho3Pd10P6], respectively, mutually displaced by 1/2 along the crystallographic c axis. Quantum chemical calculations have been performed to analyze the electronic structure and provide deeper insight into the structure-property relationships. The results of the quantum chemical calculations indicate that the material features metallic bonding between Ho and Pd and covalent bonding between Pd and P.


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