QM/MM methods for biomolecular systems

HM Senn, W Thiel - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Two are better than one: Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods are
the state‐of‐the‐art computational technique for treating reactive and other “electronic” …

Late-metal catalysts for ethylene homo-and copolymerization

SD Ittel, LK Johnson, M Brookhart - Chemical Reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
Polyolefins are a multibillion dollar a year industry with worldwide production in excess of
160 billion pounds and polyethylene alone in excess of 100 billion pounds. Despite this size …

Origin of selective production of hydrogen peroxide by electrochemical oxygen reduction

X Zhao, Y Liu - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is one of the most important electrochemical reactions.
Starting from a common reaction intermediate*–O–OH, the ORR splits into two pathways …

Cation-Coordinated Inner-Sphere CO2 Electroreduction at Au–Water Interfaces

X Qin, T Vegge, HA Hansen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising technology for the clean
energy economy. Numerous efforts have been devoted to enhancing the mechanistic …

Unveiling the active structure of single nickel atom catalysis: critical roles of charge capacity and hydrogen bonding

X Zhao, Y Liu - Journal of the American chemical society, 2020 - ACS Publications
A single nickel atom embedded in graphene is one of the most representative single-atom
catalysts, and it has a high activity and selectivity for electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) …

Molecular understanding of the critical role of alkali metal cations in initiating CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) surface

Z Zhang, H Li, Y Shao, L Gan, F Kang, W Duan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Molecular understanding of the solid–liquid interface is challenging but essential to
elucidate the role of the environment on the kinetics of electrochemical reactions. Alkali …

Cation-Induced Interfacial Hydrophobic Microenvironment Promotes the C–C Coupling in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

X Yang, H Ding, S Li, S Zheng, JF Li… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) toward C2 products is a
promising way for the clean energy economy. Modulating the structure of the electric double …

Chemistry with ADF

G Te Velde, FM Bickelhaupt… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We present the theoretical and technical foundations of the Amsterdam Density Functional
(ADF) program with a survey of the characteristics of the code (numerical integration, density …

Stable anchoring of single rhodium atoms by indium in zeolite alkane dehydrogenation catalysts

L Zeng, K Cheng, F Sun, Q Fan, L Li, Q Zhang, Y Wei… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Maintaining the stability of single-atom catalysts in high-temperature reactions remains
extremely challenging because of the migration of metal atoms under these conditions. We …

Electrochemical Reduction of N2 to Ammonia Promoted by Hydrated Cation Ions: Mechanistic Insights from a Combined Computational and Experimental Study

X Mao, X Bai, G Wu, Q Qin, AP O'Mullane… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alkali ions, major components at the electrode–electrolyte interface, are crucial to
modulating reaction activity and selectivity of catalyst materials. However, the underlying …