The local vibrational mode theory and its place in the vibrational spectroscopy arena

E Kraka, M Quintano, HW La Force… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Feature Article starts highlighting some recent experimental and theoretical advances
in the field of IR and Raman spectroscopy, giving a taste of the breadth and dynamics of this …

Decoding chemical information from vibrational spectroscopy data: Local vibrational mode theory

E Kraka, W Zou, Y Tao - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Modern vibrational spectroscopy is more than just an analytical tool. Information about the
electronic structure of a molecule, the strength of its bonds, and its conformational flexibility …

Uranium: The nuclear fuel cycle and beyond

BMT Costa Peluzo, E Kraka - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the recent developments regarding the use of uranium as nuclear
fuel, including recycling and health aspects, elucidated from a chemical point of view, ie …

The pKa rule in light of local mode force constants

M Quintano, RT Moura Jr, E Kraka - Chemical Physics Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The prediction of cocrystal or molecular salt formation from organic acid and base
constituents in solution usually relies on the pK a rule, an empirical protocol based on the …

[HTML][HTML] Green and regulable synthesis of CdNCN on CdS semiconductor: Atomic-level heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

T Huang, Z Huang, X Yang, S Yang, Q Gao… - Advanced Powder …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the realm of photoenergy conversion, the scarcity of efficient light-driven semiconductors
poses a significant obstacle to the advancement of photocatalysis, highlighting the critical …

LModeA-nano: A pymol plugin for calculating bond strength in solids, surfaces, and molecules via local vibrational mode analysis

Y Tao, W Zou, S Nanayakkara… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The analysis of chemical bonding in crystal structures and surfaces is an important research
topic in theoretical chemistry. In this work, we present a PyMOL plugin, named LModeA …

On the nature of inter-anion coinage bonds

J Li, Q Feng, C Wang, Y Mo - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
To explore the binding energy profiles and elucidate the bonding nature in counter-intuitive
anion⋯ anion coinage bonds (CiBs), thirty-one complexes were constructed, and the inter …

Local mode analysis of characteristic vibrational coupling in nucleobases and Watson–Crick base pairs of DNA

M Quintano, AAA Delgado, RT Moura Jr… - Electronic …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy has reported highly delocalized in-plane base
vibrations in the fingerprint region of nucleotide monophosphates, suggesting the …

A critical evaluation of vibrational stark effect (VSE) probes with the local vibrational mode theory

N Verma, Y Tao, W Zou, X Chen, X Chen, M Freindorf… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the past two decades, the vibrational Stark effect has become an important tool to
measure and analyze the in situ electric field strength in various chemical environments with …

CO bonding in hexa‐and pentacoordinate carboxy‐neuroglobin: A quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics and local vibrational mode study

M Freindorf, AAA Delgado… - Journal of Computational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present a comprehensive investigation on the different role of CO in carboxyneuroglobin
(1) as ligand of the heme group in the active site forming a bond with the heme iron and (2) …