A Spontaneously Electrical State of Matter

A Cassidy, MRS McCoustra, D Field - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Molecular deposition on solid surfaces forms crystalline or amorphous/glassy
thin solid films. Intermolecular interactions govern the packing and dynamics of these films …

Hydrogen bond networks of ammonia clusters: What we know and what we don't know

A Malloum, J Conradie - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the behaviour of liquid ammonia is subjected to understanding the hydrogen
bond networks in ammonia clusters as well as their interactions. In comparison to water …

Switch chemistry at cryogenic conditions: quantum tunnelling under electric fields

O Kirshenboim, A Frenklah, S Kozuch - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
While the influence of intramolecular electric fields is a known feature in enzymes, the use of
oriented external electric fields (EEF) to enhance or inhibit molecular reactivity is a …

Quantum Tunneling in Reactions Modulated by External Electric Fields: Reactivity and Selectivity

Z Ma, Z Yan, X Li, LW Chung - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Quantum tunneling and external electric fields (EEFs) can promote some reactions.
However, the synergetic effect of an EEF on a tunneling-involving reaction and its …

Hopping conductance in molecular wires exhibits a large heavy-atom kinetic isotope effect

QV Nguyen, CD Frisbie - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report a large kinetic isotope effect (KIE) for intramolecular charge transport in π-
conjugated oligophenyleneimine (OPI) molecules connected to Au electrodes. 13C and 15N …

Recent Progress in the Manipulation of Molecules with DC Electric Fields

Y Park, S Shin, H Kang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The structure and reactivity of a molecule in the condensed phase are governed
by its intermolecular interactions with the surrounding environment. The multipole expansion …

Fluxionality by quantum tunnelling: nonclassical 21-homododecahedryl cation rearrangement re-revisited

S Kozuch, A Karton, S Jalife, G Merino - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The 21-homododecahedryl cation is a unique system in terms of its complete fluxionality
based on two different rearrangements. In this work, we report the quantum tunneling effects …

Solid Ammonia Charging by Low-Energy Electrons

R Sagi, M Akerman, S Ramakrishnan… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The interaction of condensed matter with low-energy electrons is relevant to a broad range
of research fields as this interaction is directly associated with radiation chemistry. When …

An Introduction to Laser-field Effects on Chemical Reactivity

CF Matta, AD Bandrauk - 2021 - books.rsc.org
the wavelength of the radiation is taken as infinite. The fields considered here are
homogenous and, hence, there will be no terms in the energy expansion that are functions …

Manipulation of Molecules by Combined Permanent and Induced Dipole Forces

B Friedrich - 2021 - books.rsc.org
All molecules possess a handle that can be used to manipulate their rotation and/or
translation. This metaphorical handle is the molecular electric dipole moment, either …