Computational Insights in DNA Methylation: Catalytic and Mechanistic Elucidations for Forming 3-Methyl Cytosine by Mansour H. Almatarneh, Ghada G. Kayed, Mohammednoor Altarawneh, Yuming Zhao, Amita Verma

“…To gain a deeper insight into the formation of 3 mC, we have performed density functional theory (DFT) modeling studies at different levels of theory to clearly map out the mechanistic details for this new methylation approach. …”
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A White-Light-Emitting Small Molecule: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Optical Properties by Sin-Kai Fang, Hsing-Yang Tsai, Jiun-Wei Hu, Kew-Yu Chen

“…Furthermore, the geometric structures, the frontier molecular orbitals (MOs), and the potential energy curves for 1 in the ground and the first singlet excited state were fully rationalized by density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT calculations. …”
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In Silico Study of Ceftaroline’s Molecular Properties by Elso Manuel Cruz Cruz, Eslhey Sánchez Domínguez

“…Molecular properties were calculated according to the Density Functional Theory. Densities of atomic charges and orbital borders were analyzed and compared to the ceftobiprole modeling. …”
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CO- and H2S-adsorbed one-dimensional AlSi structures for gas sensing applications by Hoang Van Ngoc

“…The electronic, magnetic and optical properties of these systems are calculated using density functional theory and the Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package. …”
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Molecular Modeling and Spectroscopic Studies of Benzothiazole by V. Sathyanarayanmoorthi, R. Karunathan, V. Kannappan

“…The equilibrium geometry, bonding features, and harmonic vibrational frequencies have been investigated by ab initio and density functional theory (DFT) methods. The assignments of the vibrational spectra have been carried out. …”
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The electronic band structure of hexagonal silicon polytypes by Chizhova Anastasia, Nikolskaya Alena, Zaitseva Ekaterina, Konakov Anton

“…The BS for the 9R polytype calculated by EPM was almost identical to that obtained by the density functional theory method. This result indicates the possibility of using EPM for constructing BSs of various polytypes. …”
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Study on the Electronic Structures and Optical Properties in Four Directions of Si-NWs Modified by Oxygen Atoms by Xue-Ke Wu, Song Zhang, Yan-Lin Tang

“…In this work, the first-principles study based on density functional theory was applied to investigate the geometries, electronic structures, and optical properties in four directions of the Si-NWs surface, which are modified by oxygen atoms. …”
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Adsorption of Trinitrotoluene on a MgO(001) Surface Including Surface Relaxation Effects by Thiago Guerra, Itamar Borges

“…A thorough investigation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) adsorption on a MgO(001) surface was carried out using density functional theory (DFT) combined with periodic boundary conditions. …”
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Exploring the electronic and magnetic properties of half-heusler alloy CoMnSb: implications for spintronics by Binay Limbu, Prem Sagar Dahal

“…In this study, we investigated the electronic and magnetic properties of CoMnSb by employing advanced computational methods rooted in Density functional theory and plane-wave pseudo potential approach. …”
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Density Functional Study of Electronic and Structural Properties of Gold-Cadmium Selenide/Telluride Nanoclusters by Shimeles T. Bulbula, Hagos W. Zeweldi

“…The simulations were carried out by using VASP (Vienna Ab-Initio Simulation Package) which utilizes the method of density functional theory (DFT) and plane wave basis set. Optimization was performed to obtain the minimum energy structure. …”
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Solvation Effects on the Static and Dynamic First-Order Electronic and Vibrational Hyperpolarizabilities of Uracil: A Polarized Continuum Model Investigation by Andrea Alparone

“…Electronic (βe) and vibrational (βv) first-order hyperpolarizabilities of uracil were determined in gas and water solution using the Coulomb-attenuating Density Functional Theory level with the Dunning’s correlation-consistent aug-cc-pVDZ basis set. …”
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Adsorption of Water Molecule in Graphene/MoS2 Heterostructure with Vacancy Defects in Mo Sites by Hari Krishna Neupane, Narayan Prasad Adhikari

“…First-principle calculations based on the spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) with vdW corrections by DFT-D2 approach have been carried out to study structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of water-adsorbed graphene/MoS2 heterostructures (system-I), and water-adsorbed graphene/MoS2 heterostructures with vacancy defects in Mo sites (systems-II). …”
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On the Nature of Interplay among Major Flexibility Channels in Molecular Rotors by M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb

“…As a part of our interest in the excited-state dynamics of flexible materials, we have undertaken a theoretical investigation to the photo-induced reactions of 2-[4-(dimethylamino)benzylidene]malononitrile (BMN) by a combination of the density functional theory, its extended time-dependent (TD-DFT) single reference, and ab initio molecular dynamic (MD) simulations. …”
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Theoretical Investigation of Amantadine Adsorption on Sc-, Ti-, and Zn-Boron Nitride Nanosheets: DFT, NBO, and QTAIM by Ebrahim Saedi khosroshahi, Ladan Edjlali, Farnaz Behmagham, Mirzaagha Babazadeh, Elnaz Ghasemi

“…In this work, the potentials of Sc-, Ti-, and Zn-doped BN nanosheets for adsorbing and detecting the amantadine drug were studied by using density functional theory (DFT), natural bond orbital (NBO), and quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM). …”
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Doping Induced Structural Stability and Electronic Properties of GaN Nanotubes by Anurag Srivastava, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Neha Tyagi, Purnima Swaroop Khare

“…The present paper discusses the effect of manganese doping on the structural stability and electronic band gap of chiral (2, 1), armchair (3, 3), and zigzag ((6, 0) and (10, 0)) single walled GaN nanotube by using density functional theory based Atomistix Toolkit (ATK) Virtual NanoLab (VNL). …”
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Effect of Vacancy Defects on the Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of GaN by Lili Cai, Cuiju Feng

“…The effect of gallium vacancy (VGa) and nitrogen vacancy (VN) defects on the electronic structure and optical properties of GaN using the generalized gradient approximation method within the density functional theory were investigated. The results show that the band gap increases in GaN with vacancy defects. …”
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Computational Prediction of Electronic and Photovoltaic Properties of Anthracene-Based Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Hongbo Wang, Qian Liu, Dejiang Liu, Runzhou Su, Jinglin Liu, Yuanzuo Li

“…The photoelectric properties of the three dyes were investigated using density functional theory (DFT). The simulations indicate that the improvement of anthracene-based dyes (the addition of BTZ and the change of alkyl groups to alkoxy chains) can reduce the energy gap and produce a red shift. …”
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The optoelectronic properties of boron nitride nanotubes of armchair (7, 7) and zigzag (12, 0) types: A theoretical study by El Ouardi Oumaima, Boutahir Mourad, Fakrach Brahim, Chadli Hassan

“…In this article, the electronic and optical properties of single-walled boron nitride nanotubes (SWBNNTs) in zigzag (12, 0) and armchair (7, 7) configurations were examined using density functional theory (DFT) with the Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package (VASP). …”
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Influence of oxygen on electronic correlation and transport in iron in the Earth’s outer core by Germán G. Blesio, Leonid V. Pourovskii, Markus Aichhorn, Monica Pozzo, Dario Alfè, Jernej Mravlje

“…We used a combination of molecular dynamics, density functional theory, and dynamical mean-field theory methods to examine the impact of oxygen impurities on the electronic correlations and transport in the Earth’s liquid outer core. …”
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Electronic Structure of Hydrogenated and Surface-Modified GaAs Nanocrystals: Ab Initio Calculations by Hamsa Naji Nasir, Mudar A. Abdulsattar, Hayder M. Abduljalil

“…The two methods use ab initio Hartree-Fock and density functional theory, respectively. The results show that both energy gap and lattice constant decrease in their value as the nanocrystals grow in size. …”
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