• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.26-33
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• 1984

The rate constants for the following vibration-to-vibration energy exchange reactions have been calculated theoretically for the temperature range from 300 to 800K and for n = 2 to 5. HF(v=n) + DF(v=0) ${\to}$ HF(v=n-l) + DF(v=l) + ${\Delta}E$(a) DF(v=n) + HF(v=0) ${\to}$ DF(v=n-l) + HF(v=l) + ${\Delta}E$(b) In calculation the loosely-held, non-rigid dimer collision model and semiclassical method have been employed. The results show that the rate constants for the processes (a) are much greater than those for the processes (b). Also, it is found that the rate constants for the processes (a) increase with decreasing temperature and with increasing quantum number, while those for the processes (b) show the opposite tendencies. These findings are explained in terms of the sign and magnitude of the energy mismatch, ${\Delta}E$.

• Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.355-363
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• 2023

In this study, we explore the nature of clumped isotopes of H₂O molecule using quantum chemical calculations. Particularly, we estimated the relative clumping strength between diverse isotopologues, consisting of oxygen (¹⁶O, ¹⁷O, and ¹⁸O) and hydrogen (hydrogen, deuterium, and tritium) isotopes and quantify the effect of temperature on the extent of isotope clumping. The optimized equilibrium bond lengths and the bond angles of the molecules are 0.9631-0.9633 Å and 104.59-104.62°, respectively, and show a negligible variation among the isotopologues. The calculated frequencies of the modes of H₂O molecules decrease as isotope mass number increases, and show a more prominent change with varying hydrogen isotopes over those with oxygen isotopes. The equilibrium constants of isotope substitution reactions involving these isotopologues reveal a greater effect of hydrogen mass number than oxygen mass number. The calculated equilibrium constants of clumping reaction for four heavy isotopologues showed a strong correlation; particularly, the relative clumping strength of three isotopologues was 1.86 times (HT¹⁸O), 1.16 times (HT¹⁷O), and 0.703 times (HD¹⁷O) relative to HD¹⁸O, respectively. The relative clumping strength decreases with increasing temperature, and therefore, has potential for a novel paleo-temperature proxy. The current calculation results highlight the first theoretical study to establish the nature of clumped isotope fractions in H₂O including ¹⁷O and tritium. The current results help to account for diverse geochemical processes in earth's surface environments. Future efforts include the calculations of isotope fractionations among various phases of H₂O isotopologues with a full consideration of the effect of anharmonicity in molecular vibration.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.248-258
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• 1986

The electronic structures and geometries of model substituted oxiranes, and carbonyl ylides containing cyano, methoxy and thiomethoxy substituents were investigated by MNDO-SCF-MO method. Stabilization and geometries caused by substituents, the ease of formation of carbonyl ylides from oxiranes and the reactivities of the cycloaddition of substituted carbonyl ylides were investigated.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.262-266
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• 1997

The CNDO/2 calculations have been applied on cluster models for the representative hydroxyls on silica surface to get Wiberg bond orders, total energies, LUMO energies, dipole moments, and formal charge densities. The Br${\ddot{o}}$nsted acidities of suggested models for the hydroxyls were explained in terms of Wiberg bond orders. The calculated bond orders of cluster models have been changed remarkably according to the hydrogen bond. However the Lewis acidities of terminal hydroxyls on silica surface were not related to the structure of hydroxyls.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.401-412
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• 2001

The geometrical parameters, vibrational frequencies, and dissociation energies for $H_{2n+1}^+$ (n=1~6) clusters have been investigated using high level ab initio quantum mechanical techniques with large basis sets. The equilibrium geometries have been optimized at the self-consistent field (SCF), the single and double excitation configuration interaction (CISD), the coupled cluster with single and double excitation (CCSD), and the CCSD with connected triple excitations [CCSD(T)] levels of theory. The highest levels of theory employed in this study are TZ2P+d CCSD(T) up to $H^+_g$ and TZ2P CCSD(T) for $H_{11}^+$ and $H_{13}^+$. Harmonic vibrational frequencies are also determined at the SCF level of theory with various basis sets and confirm that all the optimized geometries are true minima. The dissociation energies, $D_e$, for $H_{2n+1}^+$ (n=26) have been predicted using energy differences at each optimized geometry and zero-point vibrational energies(ZPVEs) have been considered to compare with experimental dissociation energies, $D_0$.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2017.03a
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• pp.172-174
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• 2017

메탄올 용매 내에서 1,2-dichloroethane ($C_2H_4Cl_2$)의 photo-induced halogen elimination 과정을 계산화학적 방법으로 분석하였다. 특히 실험적 방법으로 분석이 까다로운 중간체 및 반응 메커니즘 분석에 집중하였다. DFT(${\omega}B97XD$ / aug-cc-pVTZ) 계산을 기반으로 진행하였으며, 추가적인 분석을 위해 중간체 샘플링 프로그램이 사용되었다. 그 결과 $C_2H_4Cl_2$ 반응계와 유사하게 bridged 형태의 중간체가 생성되는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 반응물, 생성물, 중간체 2개 및 transition states 2개로 구성된 반응 메커니즘을 밝혀내었다.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.161-171
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• 1998

The geometrical parameters, vibrational frequencies, and IR intensities for primary ozonide (POZ), secondary ozonide (SOZ) and carbonyl oxide as the intermediates of alkene-ozone reaction have been predicted using high level ab initio quantum mechanical method with various basis sets. In general, the polarization function decreases bond lengths and bond angles, while the electron correlation effect increases bond lengths slightly. The electronic structure of carbonyl oxide has been predicted to be zwitterionic structure and energy difference between zwitterionic and diradical structure is evaluated to be 22.4 kcal/mol at TZ2P CISD level of theory. The experimental vibrational frequencies and IR intensities of POZ and SOZ will be compared and discussed with our high level theoretical predictions.

• Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.121-131
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• 2021

Magnesium (Mg) present in carbonate minerals as impurities has been used as a geochemical proxy to infer the environmental conditions where the minerals precipitated. The reliability of Mg geochemical proxies requires fundamental understanding of Mg incorporation into minerals based on accurate speciation of Mg ²⁺ in the crystal structure, which is determined mainly by application of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). However, high uncertainties are involved in interpreting the XAS spectra of minerals containing trace amount of Mg ²⁺. Because density function theory (DFT) can predict an XAS spectrum for a crystal structure, DFT calculations can reduce the uncertainties in the interpretation of the XAS spectrum. In this study, we calculated ab initio Mg K-edge absorption spectra of Mg silicates and (hydr)oxides based on DFT and analyzed the correlation between the calculated spectra and Mg structural parameters. Our ab initio Mg K-edge absorption spectra well reproduced the key features of the experimental spectra. The absorption-edge positions of the calculated spectra showed the weak positive correlation with the average Mg-O bond distance or Mg effective coordination number. The current study shows that DFT-based core-level spectroscopy method is a powerful tool in providing standard Mg K-edge spectra of diverse Mg minerals and determining the Mg chemical species within carbonate minerals.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.151-151
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 배위자로 공액계 벤젠고리로 연결된 중심금속이 이리듐인 착물화합물과 합성하여 인광재료로서의 가능성을 실험하였다. 새로운 이리듐착물화합물의 화학적 구조를 알아보기 위해 $^1H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR, UV-vis, spectrophotometer를 사용하였으며, 광 물리학적, 전기화학적 특성에 대한 측정은 spectrofluorometer, cyclic voltammetry를 통하여 측정하였다. 이리듐 단핵 및 이핵착체는 589~598nm의 영역에서 발광파장이 확인되었으며, DMSO[$5{\times}10^{-5}$]용액에서 양자효율이 단핵 착물화합물의 경우 0.1, 이핵착물화합물의 경우 0.13으로 나타났다. 이핵 이리듐착물화합물의 전기화학적 특성은 energy gap은 2.45eV, optical band gap은 2.58eV로 계산되었다.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.271-281
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• 2014

The physicochemical properties of clay minerals have been investigated at the atomistic to nano scale. The microscopic studies are often challenging to perform by using experimental approaches alone. In particular, hydroxyl groups of octahedral sheets in 2:1 clay minerals have been hypothesized to impact the sorption process of metal cations; however, X-ray based techniques alone, a common tool for mineral structure examination, cannot properly test the hypothesis. The current study has examined whether computational mineralogy techniques can be applied to examine the hydroxyl structures of clay minerals. Based on quantum-mechanics and molecular-mechanics computational methods, geometry optimizations were carried out for representative dioctahedral and trioctahedral phyllosilicate minerals. Both methods well reproduced the experimental lattice parameters; however, for structural distortion occurring in the tetrahedral or octahedral sheets, molecular mechanics showed significant deviations from experimental data. The orientation angle of the hydroxyl with respect to (001) basal plane is determined by the balance of repulsion between the hydroxyl proton and Si cations of tetrahedral sites; the quantum-mechanics method predicted $25-26^{\circ}$ for the angle, whereas the angle predicted by the molecular-mechanics method was much higher by $10^{\circ}$ (i.e., $35^{\circ}$). These results demonstrate that computational mineralogy techniques are a reliable tool for clay mineral studies and can be used to further elucidate the roles of hydroxyls in metal sorption process.