Intramolecular London Dispersion Interactions Do Not Cancel in Solution

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan M. Schümann ◽  
J. Philipp Wagner ◽  
André K. Eckhardt ◽  
Henrik Quanz ◽  
Peter R. Schreiner
Keyword(s):  
Dispersion Interactions ◽  
London Dispersion

scholarly journals Impact of Van der Waals interactions on structural and nonlinear optical properties of azobenzene switches

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
carmelo Naim ◽  
Frédéric Castet ◽  
Eduard Matito
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Van Der Waals Interactions ◽  
Dispersion Interactions ◽  
Geometrical Structures ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Meta Position ◽  
Good Account ◽  
London Dispersion ◽  
Azobenzene Derivatives

<div> <div> <div> <p>The geometrical structures, relative Z-E energies, and second-order nonlinear responses of a collection of azobenzene molecules symmetrically substituted in meta- position with functional groups of different bulkiness are investigated using various ab initio and DFT levels of approximation. We show that RI-MP2 and RI-CC2 approximations provide very similar geometries and relative energies and evidence that London dispersion interactions existing between bulky meta-substituents stabilize the Z con- former. The !B97-X-D exchange-correlation functional provides an accurate description of these effects and gives a good account of the nonlinear optical response of the molecules. We show that density functional approximations should include no less than 50% of Hartree-Fock exchange to provide accurate hyperpolarizabilities. A property-structure analysis of the azobenzene derivatives reveals that the main contribution to the first hyperpolarizability comes from the azo bond, but phenyl meso-substituents can enhance it.</p> </div> </div> </div>

scholarly journals Optical Properties and van der Waals-London Dispersion Interactions in Inorganic and Biomolecular Assemblies

2014 ◽  
Vol 1619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Dryden ◽  
Yingfang Ma ◽  
Jacob Schimelman ◽  
Diana Acosta ◽  
Lijia Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Type I Collagen ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Van Der Waals ◽  
Fundamental Absorption Edge ◽  
Type I ◽  
Dispersion Interactions ◽  
London Dispersion

ABSTRACTThe optical properties and electronic structure of AlPO4, SiO2, Type I collagen, and DNA were examined to gain insight into the van der Waals-London dispersion behavior of these materials. Interband optical properties of AlPO4 and SiO2 were derived from vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry, and showed a strong dependence on the crystals’ constituent tetrahedral units, with strong implications for the role of phosphate groups in biological materials. The UV-Vis decadic molar absorption of four DNA oligonucleotides was measured, and showed a strong dependence on composition and stacking sequence. A film of Type I collagen was studied using spectroscopic ellipsometry, and showed a characteristic shoulder in the fundamental absorption edge at 6.05 eV. Ab initio calculations based on density functional theory corroborated the experimental results and provided further insights into the electronic structures, interband transitions and vdW-Ld interaction potentials for these materials.

Deuterium isotope effects in liquid-liquid phase diagrams: Water + phenol and water + 2-methylpropanoic acid systems

1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
DV Fenby ◽  
JR Khurma ◽  
ZS Kooner ◽  
RF Smith
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Phase Diagrams ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Dispersion Interactions ◽  
Exchange Reactions ◽  
Molar Excess ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effects ◽  
London Dispersion ◽  
Molar Excess Volumes ◽  
System Water

Phase-separation temperatures Tp have been measured for the systems H2O+C6H5OH, H2O+ C6H5OD, H20+ CsD5OD, D20+ C6H50H, D2O+ C6H5OD, D2O+ C6DsOD, H2O+ (CH3)2CHCO2H and D2O+ (CH3)2CHCO2H. For water+ 2-methylpropanoic acid, the differences in the Tp-x curves for the exchange and no-exchange systems are striking. For water + phenol, on the other hand, the effect of deuterium-exchange reactions on the Tp-x curves is very small. The results for all systems are in accord with the qualitative predictions of the Rabinovich theory, which accounts for deuterium isotope effects in liquid-liquid phase diagrams in terms of hydrogen bond and London dispersion interactions. Molar excess enthalpies and molar excess volumes at 300.15 K are reported for the system water + 2-methylpropanoic acid. The results are compared with those for water + acetic acid.

scholarly journals Optical Properties and van der Waals - London Dispersion Interactions of Polystyrene Determined by Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger H. French ◽  
Karen I. Winey ◽  
Min K. Yang ◽  
Weiming Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Surface Free Energy ◽  
Vacuum Ultraviolet ◽  
Van Der Waals ◽  
Interband Transitions ◽  
Dispersion Interactions ◽  
Dispersion Component ◽  
London Dispersion ◽  
Hamaker Constants

The interband optical properties of polystyrene in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region have been investigated using combined spectroscopic ellipsometry and VUV spectroscopy. Over the range 1.5–32 eV, the optical properties exhibit electronic transitions we assign to three groupings, E1, E2, and E3, corresponding to a hierarchy of interband transitions of aromatic (π → π*), non-bonding (n → π*, n → σ*), and saturated (σ → σ*) orbitals. In polystyrene there are strong features in the interband transitions arising from the side-chain π bonding of the aromatic ring consisting of a shoulder at 5.8 eV (E1′) and a peak at 6.3 eV (E1), and from the σ bonding of the C–C backbone at 12 eV (E3′) and 17.1 eV (E3). These E3 transitions have characteristic critical point line shapes associated with one-dimensionally delocalized electron states in the polymer backbone. A small shoulder at 9.9 eV (E2) is associated with excitations possibly from residual monomer or impurities. Knowledge of the valence electronic excitations of a material provides the necessary optical properties to calculate the van der Waals–London dispersion interactions using Lifshitz quantum electrodynamics theory and full spectral optical properties. Hamaker constants and the van der Waals–London dispersion component of the surface free energy for polystyrene were determined. These Lifshitz results were compared to the total surface free energy of polystyrene, polarity, and dispersive component of the surface free energy as determined from contact angle measurements with two liquids, and with literature values. The Lifshitz approach, using full spectral Hamaker constants, is a more direct determination of the van der Waals–London dispersion component of the surface free energy of polystyrene than other methods.

scholarly journals London Dispersion Governs the Interaction Mechanism of Small Polar and Non-Polar Molecules in Metal-Organic Frameworks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Melix ◽  
Thomas Heine
Keyword(s):  
Dipole Moments ◽  
Metal Organic Framework ◽  
Metal Organic Frameworks ◽  
Interaction Mechanism ◽  
Ligand Field ◽  
Dispersion Interactions ◽  
Guest Molecules ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
London Dispersion ◽  
Chlorinated Methanes

<div>In this work we investigate the adsorption of chlorinated methanes (CH<sub>x</sub>Cl<sub>4-x</sub>, x=0-4) in a representative layer-pillar Metal-Organic Framework (MOF), the flexible MOF Ni<sub>2</sub>(ndc)<sub>2</sub>(dabco) (ndc = 2,6-naphthalene-dicarboxylate, dabco = 1,4-diazabicyclo-[2.2.2]-octane), also known as DUT-8(Ni). The guest molecules show a systematic increase of polarizability with increasing number of chlorine atoms, while the dipole moment exceeds 2 Debye for x = 2 and 3. Our ligand field molecular mechanics (LFMM) simulations show that, counter-intuitively, the host-guest interactions are mainly characterized by London dispersion, despite the molecular dipole moments reaching magnitudes as large as water. This highlights the importance of London dispersion interactions in the description of host-guest interactions.<br></div>

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