Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) is a plant compound derived from glucosinolates, found in cruciferous vegetables. Researchers have indicated that I3C shows great promise as a cancer preventative and hormone-balancing agent. HyperChem 7.5 software was used for quantum mechanical calculations. The geometry optimization was carried out using Ab Initio method. QSAR parameters were generated with semi empir...

Density functional theory calculations on the Co(2)(NO)(4)(SR)(2) compounds (R = CH(3), CF(3) and C(4)H(9)) predict butterfly and open isomeric structures with and without a direct Co-Co bond. The open Co(2)(NO)(4)(SR)(2) structures are favored over the butterfly isomers, in terms of relative energy. Furthermore the open structures are predicted to have approximately twice as large HOMO-LUMO ga...

A series of [26]hexaphyrins(1.1.1.1.1.1) bearing two α-oligothienyl substituents at 5,20-positions have been synthesised and are shown to have a dumbbell hexaphyrin conformation, to which the α-oligothienyl groups are linked with small dihedral angles to form an acyclic helix-like conjugated network. While their distinct diatropic ring currents and four reversible reduction waves characteristic...

Small molecule organic semiconductors have well-defined structures and can be used in place of polymers which often show batch-to-batch variation. Many different electron-rich donor and electrondeficient acceptor units have been used to design materials with reduced HOMO-LUMO gaps and improved mobilities. Here we introduce a novel acceptor unit, 1-dodecyl-6-dodecoxynaphthyridine-2one. This acce...

By making use of Janak’s interpolation in the Kohn-Sham method, together with an explicit and differentiable functional of the density for the exchange-correlation energy, like LDA or GGA, the second derivative of the energy with respect to the number of electrons, N, is evaluated from the derivative of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) with respect to N (left derivative), or from t...

A dyad (PI0-PIa) made of a linear (PI0) and an angular (PIa) perylene biscarboximide is synthesized and its spectroscopic, electrochemical and photophysical properties investigated in solvents of various polarity. PIa is characterized by a high intersystem crossing. The spectroscopy and electrochemistry data point to a modest electronic coupling. LUMO-LUMO electron transfer from the singlet exc...

We attempt to detect the possibility to modify the catalytic property of Pt/graphene using small organic molecule. Results of density functional theory calculations show that ssDNA segment and L-leucine modify the electron transfer at the interface, changing the electronic property and redox property of Pt/graphene catalyst system. L-leucine promotes electron transfer from Pt and increases the ...

Tuning the electronic band structures such as band-edge position and bandgap of organic semiconductors is crucial to maximize the performance of organic photovoltaic devices. We present a simple yet effective electron irradiation approach to tune the band structure of [6, 6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) that is the most widely used organic acceptor material. We have found that th...

In this work, the effects of As-doped on the adsorption of oxygen gas on the outer and inner surface ofboron nitride nanotube (BNNTs) is investigated. The structural parameters, quantum properties involving:bond length, bond angle, HOMO-LUMO orbital, gapenergy, electron affinity, electronegativity, chemicalpotential, global hardness, global softness and NMR parameters of BNNTs are calculated at...