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Computer-Aided Conformation-Dependent Design of Copolymer Sequences
A survey is given of the simulation methods as applied to the design of nontrivial sequences in synthetic copolymers aimed at achieving desired... -
After-Action of the Ideas of I.M. Lifshitz in Polymer and Biopolymer Physics
We review the development of ideas in polymer physics initially formulated by I.M. Lifshitz. We start with general issues in polymer statistics,... -
Role of Physical Factors in the Process of Obtaining Copolymers
A brief introduction into the principles of the statistical description of the chemical structure of linear heteropolymers is given.... -
Crystallographic Studies of Native and Mutant Orotidine 5′phosphate Decarboxylases
This review aims to use the results of an approach combining crystallographic structure analysis with mutational studies as a framework for the... -
Application of Evolutionary Algorithms to Global Cluster Geometry Optimization
This contribution focuses upon the application of evolutionary algorithms to the nondeterministic polynomial hard problem of global cluster geometry... -
Angular momentum and spectral decomposition of ring currents: aromaticity and the annulene model
By a widely accepted criterion, an aromatic (anti-aromatic) π-conjugated system is one that sustains a global diatropic (paratropic) ring current... -
Prediction of Crystal Structures Using Evolutionary Algorithms and Related Techniques
Methods, evolutionary and systematic search approaches, and applications of crystal structure prediction of closest-packed and framework materials... -
Survey of Enzymological Data on ODCase
OMP decarboxylase (ODCase) has been the subject of enzymological, structural, and theoretical studies for several decades, yet its highly proficient... -
Triplet Emitters for OLED Applications. Mechanisms of Exciton Trap** and Control of Emission Properties
Triplet emitter materials present attractive possibilities for optimizations of organic/organometallic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). This is due to... -
Intermolecular Interactions via Perturbation Theory: From Diatoms to Biomolecules
This article is devoted to the most recent, i.e. taking place within the last few years, theoretical developments in the field of intermolecular... -
n-Body Decomposition Approach to the Calculation of Interaction Energies of Water Clusters
A new methodology is proposed in which large basis set MP2-level calculations can be extended to water clusters with as many as 50 monomers. The... -
Interaction Potentials for Water from Accurate Cluster Calculations
Recent advances in the area of ab initio theory combined with the development of efficient electronic structure software suites that take... -
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Co-Oligomerization of 1,3-Butadiene and Ethylene Promoted by Zerovalent ‘Bare’ Nickel Complexes
The transition-metal-catalyzed cyclooligomerization of 1,3-dienes and the co-oligomerization of 1,3-dienes and alkenes, that involve the... -
What Has Theory and Crystallography Revealed About the Mechanism of Catalysis by Orotidine Monophosphate Decarboxylase?
In 1995, Wolfenden and Radzicka showed that orotidine 5′-monophosphate decarboxylase (ODCase) was the most proficient enzyme. Since then, the... -
Theoretical Studies of C-H σ-Bond Activation and Related Reactions by Transition-Metal Complexes
Many σ-bond activation reactions are classified into two main categories, oxidative addition and metathesis, except for several examples. Important... -
Late Transition Metals as Homo- and Co-Polymerization Catalysts
In the present account we address two aspects of the polymerization processes catalyzed by the late-transition-metal complexes: (i) influence of the... -
Modelling Intermolecular Forces for Organic Crystal Structure Prediction
Computational prediction of the crystal structures of an organic molecule requires sufficiently accurate models for the forces between the... -
Interactions with Aromatic Rings
Intermolecular interactions of aromatic molecules (π/π, OH/π, NH/π and cation/π interactions) are important in many fields of chemistry and... -
Catalysis by Enzyme Conformational Change
An energy decomposition scheme is presented to elucidate the importance of the change of protein conformation substates to the reduction of...