• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.953-958
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• 2010

A laser ablation-molecular beam/reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometric technique was used to investigate the ion-molecule reactions that proceed within $Ti^+(CH_3COCH_3)_n$ heterocluster ions. The reactions of $Ti^+$ with $CH_3COCH_3$ clusters were found to be dominated exclusively by an oxidation reaction, which produced $TiO^+(CH_3COCH_3)_n$ clusters. These ions were attributed to the insertion of a $Ti^+$ ion into the C=O bond of the acetone molecule within the heteroclusters, followed by $C_3H_6$ elimination. The mass spectra also indicated the formation of minor sequences of heterocluster ions with the formulas $Ti^+(C_3H_4O)(CH_3COCH_3)_n$ and $TiO^+(OH)(CH_3COCH_3)_n$, which could be attributed to C-H bond insertion followed by $H_2$ elimination and to the sequential OH abstraction by the $TiO^+$ ion, respectively. Density functional theory calculations were carried out to model the structures and binding energies of both the association complexes and the relevant reaction products. The reaction pathways and energetics of the $TiO^+\;+\;CH_2CHCH_3$ product channel are presented.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.1373-1380
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• 2019

Besides promising implications as fertile nuclear materials, thorium carbonitrides are of great interest owing to their peculiar physical and chemical properties, such as high density, high melting point, good thermal conductivity. This paper reports first-principles simulation results on the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of cubic thorium carbonitrides $ThC_xN_{(1-x)}$ (X = 0.03125, 0.0625, 0.09375, 0.125, 0.15625) employing formalism of density-functional-theory. For the simulation of physical properties, we incorporated full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave (FPLAPW) method while the exchange-correlation potential terms in Kohn-Sham Equation (KSE) are treated within Generalized-Gradient-Approximation (GGA) in conjunction with Perdew-Bruke-Ernzerhof (PBE) correction. The structural parameters were calculated by fitting total energy into the Murnaghan's equation of state. The lattice constants, bulk moduli, total energy, electronic band structure and spin magnetic moments of the compounds show dependence on the C/N concentration ratio. The electronic and magnetic properties have revealed non-magnetic but metallic character of the compounds. The main contribution to density of states at the Fermi level stems from the comparable spectral intensity of Th (6d+5f) and (C+N) 2p states. In comparison with spin magnetic moments of ThSb and ThBi calculated earlier with LDA+U approach, we observed an enhancement in the spin magnetic moments after carbon-doping into ThN monopnictide.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.142.2-142.2
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• 2016

The metal intercalation to an organic semiconductor is of importance since the charge transfer between a metal and an organic semiconductor can induce the highly enhanced conductivity for achieving efficient organic electronic devices. In this regard, the changes of the electronic structure of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) caused by the intercalation of potassium are studied by ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Potassium intercalation leads to the appearance of an intercalation-induced peak between the highest molecular occupied orbital (HOMO) and the lowest molecular unoccupied orbital (LUMO) in the valence-band spectra obtained using UPS. The DFT calculations show that the new gap state is attributed to filling the LUMO+1, unlike a common belief of filling the LUMO. However, the LUMO+1 is not conductive because the ${\pi}$-conjugated macrocyclic isoindole rings on the molecule do not make a contribution to the LUMO+1. This is the origin of a metal-insulator transition through heavily potassium doped CuPc.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.4195-4198
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• 2011

Intramolecular ${\pi}-{\pi}$ and ${\sigma}-{\pi}$ interactions are omnipresent for numerous energetic and structural phenomena in nature, and the exact description of these nonbonding interactions plays an important role in the accurate prediction of the three-dimensional structures for numerous interesting molecular systems such as protein folding and polymer shaping. We have selected two prototype molecular systems for benchmarking calculations of intramolecular ${\pi}-{\pi}$ and ${\sigma}-{\pi}$ interactions. Accurately describing conformational energy of such systems requires highly elaborate but very expensive ab initio methods such as coupled cluster singles, doubles, and (triples) (CCSD(T)). Our calculations reveal a double hybrid density functional incorporating dispersion correction (B2PLYP-D) that agrees excellently with the CCSD(T) results, indicating that B2PLYP-D can serve as a practical method of choice.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제12권S1호
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• pp.60-62
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• 2003

In this study we report the results of ab initio first-principles calculations to investigate the possibility of metamagnetic behavior in Fe$_3$Al alloy. We used the WIEN2k package of full-potential linearized-augmented- plane-wave method within the local-spin-density approximation to the density-functional theory. The exchange-correlation functional is the generalized-gradient approximation of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof. The theoretical lattice constant, which is about 0.5% smaller than the experimental one, is obtained by minimizing the total energy. If the volume decreases about 9 % from the equilibrium, the total magnetic moment decreases abruptly from 4.6 $\mu_{B}$/f.u. to 4.0 $\mu_{B}$/f.u. Since this change is considerably large (∼14%), it is possible to measure by a simple high-pressure experiment at about 180 kbar.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.605-610
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• 2001

The molecular geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies of dibenzofuran in the ground and lowest triplet state have been calculated using the Hartree-Fock and Becke-3-Lee-Yang-Parr(B3LYP)density functional methods with the 6-31G basis set. Upon the excitation to the lowest triplet state, the molecular structure retains the planar form but distorts from a benzene-like to a quinone-like form in skeleton. Scaled vibrational frequencies for the ground and lowest triplet state obtained from the B3LYP calculation show excellent agreement with the available experimental data. A few vibrational fundamentals for both states are newly assigned based on the B3LYP results.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2018

알루미늄 규산염($Al_2SiO_5$) 광물은 온도와 압력 환경에 따라 남정석, 홍주석, 규선석으로 상전이가 일어나는 동질이상(polymorph)으로 변성암의 변성정도를 유추하는 데 사용되는 중요한 광물이다. 이번 연구에서는 고전분자동력학 시뮬레이션(classical molecular dynamic simulations)과 양자역학 계산방법인 밀도범함수이론(density functional theory)을 이용하여 압력에 따른 알루미늄 규산염 광물의 결정구조와 엔탈피를 계산하고, 상대적인 안정성을 평가하였다. 격자상수 계산결과, 분자동력학과 밀도범함수이론 계산 모두 압력에 따라 부피가 줄어드는 기존의 실험결과와 동일한 경향을 보였다. 특히, 밀도범함수이론으로 얻어진 격자상수는 실험과 약 1% 이내의 오차로 매우 정확한 결과를 보였다. 그러나 엔탈피 계산 결과, 분자동력학에서는 압력에 따른 엔탈피의 변화가 거의 없어 광물 간 안정성이 역전되는 상전이 압력을 구할 수 없었다. 밀도범함수이론 계산 결과는 실험과 동일한 경향을 보여주었지만, 전자의 교환-상관 관계를 나타내는 범함수에 따라 상전이 압력이 크게 다른 결과를 보여주었다. 밀도범함수이론 계산 결과는 결정구조와 엔탈피에 대해서 모두 높은 수준의 정확도를 보여주지만, 동질이상의 상도표 작성에는 정량적으로 큰 오차를 보여주었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.3022-3026
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• 2013

The adsorption of carbon dioxide on graphene sheets was theoretically investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and MP2 calculations. Geometric parameters and adsorption energies were computed at various levels of theory. The $CO_2$ chemisorption energies on graphene-$C_{40}$ assuming high pressure are predicted to be 71.2-72.1 kcal/mol for the lactone systems depending on various C-O orientations at the UCAM-B3LYP level of theory. Physisorption energies of $CO_2$ on graphene were predicted to be 2.1 and 3.3 kcal/mol, respectively, at the single-point $UMP2/6-31G^{**}$ level of theory for perpendicular and parallel orientations.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.3634-3640
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• 2011

We have performed quantum mechanical calculations to study the geometries and binding energies of biologically important, cyclic hydrogen-bonded complexes, such as formic acid + $H_2O$, formamidine + $H_2O$, formamide + $H_2O$, formic acid dimer, formamidine dimer, formamide dimer, formic acid + formamide, formic acid + formamidine, formamide + formamidine, and barrier heights for the double proton transfer in these complexes. Various ab initio, density functional theory, multilevel methods have been used. Geometries and energies depend very much on the level of theory. In particular, the transition state symmetry of the proton transfer in formamidine dimer varies greatly depending on the level of theory, so very high level of theory must be used to get any reasonable results.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2012년도 자성 및 자성재료 국제학술대회
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• pp.172-172
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• 2012

A Pt-skin $Pt_3Ni$(111) surface was reported to show high catalytic activity. In this study, we investigated the magnetic properties and electronic structures of the various oriented surfaces of bulk-terminated and Pt-segregated $Pt_3Ni$ by using a first-principles calculation method. The magnetic moments of Pt and Ni are appreciably enhanced at the bulk-terminated surfaces compared to the corresponding bulk values, whereas the magnetic moment of Pt on the Pt-segregated $Pt_3Ni$(111) surface is just slightly enhanced because of the reduced number of Ni neighboring atoms. Spin-decomposed density of states shows that the dz2 orbital plays a dominant role in determining the magnetic moments of Pt atoms in the different orientations. The lowering of the d-band center energy (-2.22 eV to -2.46 eV to -2.51 eV to -2.65 eV) in the sequence of bulk-terminated (100), (110), (111), and Pt-segregated (111) may explain the observed dependence of catalytic activity on surface orientation. Our d-band center calculation suggests that an observed enhanced catalytic activity of a $Pt_3Ni$(111) surface originates from the Pt-segregation.