Decoding chemical information from vibrational spectroscopy data: Local vibrational mode theory

E Kraka, W Zou, Y Tao - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Modern vibrational spectroscopy is more than just an analytical tool. Information about the
electronic structure of a molecule, the strength of its bonds, and its conformational flexibility …

The local vibrational mode theory and its place in the vibrational spectroscopy arena

E Kraka, M Quintano, HW La Force… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Feature Article starts highlighting some recent experimental and theoretical advances
in the field of IR and Raman spectroscopy, giving a taste of the breadth and dynamics of this …

Uranium: the nuclear fuel cycle and beyond

BMT Costa Peluzo, E Kraka - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the recent developments regarding the use of uranium as nuclear
fuel, including recycling and health aspects, elucidated from a chemical point of view, ie …

LModeA-nano: A pymol plugin for calculating bond strength in solids, surfaces, and molecules via local vibrational mode analysis

Y Tao, W Zou, S Nanayakkara… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The analysis of chemical bonding in crystal structures and surfaces is an important research
topic in theoretical chemistry. In this work, we present a PyMOL plugin, named LModeA …

Capturing individual hydrogen bond strengths in ices via periodic local vibrational mode theory: Beyond the lattice energy picture

S Nanayakkara, Y Tao, E Kraka - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Local stretching force constants derived from periodic local vibrational modes at the vdW-
DF2 density functional level have been employed to quantify the intrinsic hydrogen bond …

Chemical bonding in Uranium‐based materials: A local vibrational mode case study of CsUOCl and UCl crystals

F Bodo, A Erba, E Kraka… - Journal of Computational …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Local Vibrational Mode Analysis, initially applied to diverse molecular systems,
was extended to periodic systems in 2019. This work introduces an enhanced version of the …

CO bonding in hexa‐and pentacoordinate carboxy‐neuroglobin: A quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics and local vibrational mode study

M Freindorf, AAA Delgado… - Journal of Computational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present a comprehensive investigation on the different role of CO in carboxyneuroglobin
(1) as ligand of the heme group in the active site forming a bond with the heme iron and (2) …

A critical evaluation of vibrational Stark effect (VSE) probes with the local vibrational mode theory

N Verma, Y Tao, W Zou, X Chen, X Chen, M Freindorf… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the past two decades, the vibrational Stark effect has become an important tool to
measure and analyze the in situ electric field strength in various chemical environments with …

The pKa rule in light of local mode force constants

M Quintano, RT Moura Jr, E Kraka - Chemical Physics Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The prediction of cocrystal or molecular salt formation from organic acid and base
constituents in solution usually relies on the pK a rule, an empirical protocol based on the …

Local mode analysis of characteristic vibrational coupling in nucleobases and Watson–Crick base pairs of DNA

M Quintano, AAA Delgado, RT Moura Jr… - Electronic …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy has reported highly delocalized in-plane base
vibrations in the fingerprint region of nucleotide monophosphates, suggesting the …