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A reaction-based turn-on fluorescent sensor for the detection of Cu (II) with excellent sensitivity and selectivity: Synthesis, DFT calculations, kinetics and application in real water samples
摘要： A reaction-based turn-on fluorescent chemosensor RhB-Cu, starting from rhodamine B (RhB), for Cu2+ was easily synthesized in two steps. The sensor could selectively detect Cu2+ with a 100-fold fluorescence enhancement among the common metal ions, exhibiting an extremely low detection limit of 4.7 nM. To the best of our knowledge, this was the best record for the detection of Cu2+ with organic fluorescent sensors. There was a 1:1 binding stoichiometry between RhB-Cu and Cu2+ with an association constant of 6.42 × 104 M-1. Noteworthy, it could distinguish Cu2+ from Cu+, which was hard to realize in the previous studies. In addition, the detection mechanism was proposed based on mass spectrometric analysis and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Kinetic studies were conducted to obtain the activation energy, enthalpy and entropy, so as to elucidate the solvent effect. Interestingly, the kinetic compensation effect (KCE) was uncovered in this work. Finally, RhB-Cu was proved to have the capability to work in real water samples. It would highly contribute to the even better design of fluorescent sensor for Cu2+ in future.
关键词： fluorescent sensor,solvent effect,kinetic compensation effect (KCE),copper,density functional theory (DFT),PET mechanism
更新于2025-10-22 19:38:57
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Phase Transition in Two-dimensional Tellurene under Mechanical Strain Modulation
摘要： We carry out computational simulations based on density functional theory (DFT) to investigate different phases of two-dimensional (2-D) tellurene. These phases are classified by their characteristic space groups and symmetry elements. Correlations of these phases to the bulk crystalline tellurium structure are also illustrated. Our specific interests include mechanical property calculations for different phases and the possible phase transitions between them. Simulation results show that these 2-D Te phases have very different elastic moduli due to their different atomic bonding and relaxed structures. Moreover, compression along the in-plane directions facilitates the α → β phase transition, while in-plane tensile strains always make the α-phase more stable than the β-phase. However, the energy difference between the two phases is comparable to or even much smaller than the thermal energy kT, depending on the in-plane strain direction. We find that further increase of the tensile strain along the chain direction beyond a critical value, ca. 12%, may lead to a possible α → γ phase transition. As the tensile strain is above 15%, the γ-phase will be more stable than the α-phase, accompanied by a further reduced transition energy barrier.
关键词： phase transition,elastic modulus,Tellurene,strain engineering,density functional theory (DFT),2-D materials
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Synthesis of Pyridazine Derivatives by Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction and Evaluation of Their Optical and Electronic Properties through Experimental and Theoretical Studies
摘要： A series of π-conjugated molecules, based on pyridazine and thiophene heterocycles 3a–e, were synthesized using commercially, or readily available, coupling components, through a palladium catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. The electron-deficient pyridazine heterocycle was functionalized by a thiophene electron-rich heterocycle at position six, and different (hetero)aromatic moieties (phenyl, thienyl, furanyl) were functionalized with electron acceptor groups at position three. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to obtain information on the conformation, electronic structure, electron distribution, dipolar moment, and molecular nonlinear response of the synthesized push-pull pyridazine derivatives. Hyper-Rayleigh scattering in 1,4-dioxane solutions, using a fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm, was used to evaluate their second-order nonlinear optical properties. The thienylpyridazine functionalized with the cyano-phenyl moiety exhibited the largest first hyperpolarizability (β = 175 × 10?30 esu, using the T convention) indicating its potential as a second harmonic generation (SHG) chromophore.
关键词： pyridazine,Density Functional Theory (DFT),Nonlinear optics (NLO),Second Harmonic Generators (SHG),Suzuki-Miyaura coupling
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Enhancement in Photovoltaic Properties of <i>N</i> , <i>N</i> a??diethylaniline based Donor Materials by Bridging Core Modifications for Efficient Solar Cells
摘要： The increasing demand of energy expedited the development of efficient photovoltaic materials.Herein, five push-pull donor materials (D1-D5) having N,N-diethylaniline as donor moiety and rhodanine-3-acetic as acceptor group are designed to be used as donor molecules in organic solar cells (OSCs). The bridging core modification of recently synthesized MR3 molecule (reference R) has been made with different π-spacers namely thiazole (B1), thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (B2), thiazolo[5,4-d] thiazole (B3), 2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiophene (B4) and 5-(thiazol-5yl)thiazole (B5). The structure–property relationship is studied and influence of bridging core modifications on photovoltaic, photophysical and electronic properties of D1-D5 are calculated and compared with reference R.The DFT and TDDFT calculations have been performed for the estimation of frontier molecular orbital (FMO) analysis, density of states (DOS) graphs, reorganization energies of electron and hole, open circuit voltage, photophysical characteristics, transition density matrix (TDM) surfaces and charge transfer analysis.Designed molecules exhibit better and comparable optoelectronic properties than synthesized reference molecules. Among all investigated molecules, D5 is proven as best candidate for OSCs application due to its promising photovoltaic properties including lowest band gap (2.24 eV), small electron mobility (λe = 0.0056 eV), small hole mobility (λh = 0.0046 eV), low binding energy (Eb = 0.21 eV), highest λmax values 610.76 nm (in gas) 670.22 nm (in acetonitrile) and high open circuit voltage (Voc = 1.17 V) with respect to HOMOdonor–LUMOPC61BM. This theoretical framework demonstrates that bridging core modification is a simple and effective alternative strategy to achieve the desirable optoelectronic properties. Furthermore, conceptualized molecules are superior and thus are recommended to experimentalist for out-looking future developments of highly efficient solar cells.
关键词： Rhodanine-3-acetic acid,Solar cells,Photovoltaic properties,Bridging core modifications,Density functional theory (DFT),N,N-diethylaniline
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Designing indenothiophene-based acceptor materials with efficient photovoltaic parameters for fullerene-free organic solar cells
摘要： Non-fullerene small molecular acceptors (NFSMAs) exhibit promising photovoltaic performance which promoted the rapid progress of organic solar cells (OSCs). In this study, an attempt is done to explore indenothiophene-based high-performance small molecular electron acceptors for organic solar cells. We have designed five acceptor molecules (M1–M5) with strong donor moiety indenothiophene linked to five different end-capped group acceptor moieties: diflouro-2-methylene-3-oxo-2,3-dihydroindene-1-ylidene)malononitrile (A1), 1-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methylene-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-5,6-dicarbonitrile (A2), methyl-6-cyano-3-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methylene-1-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-5-carboylate (A3), 2-(6-cyano-5-fluoro-2-methylene-3-oxo-2,3 dihydro-1H-indene-1-ylidene)malononitrile (A4), and (Z)-methyl 3-(benzo [c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl)-2-cyanoacrylate (A5) respectively. The structure–property relationship was studied and effects of structural modification on the optoelectronic properties of these acceptors (M1–M5) were determined systematically by comparing it with reference molecule R, which is recently reported as excellent non-fullerene-based small acceptor molecule. Among all designed molecules, M5 is proven as a suitable candidate for organic solar cell applications due to better photovoltaic properties including narrow HOMO-LUMO energy gap (2.11 eV), smallest electron mobility (λe = 0.0038 eV), highest λmax values (702.82 nm in gas) and (663.09 nm in chloroform solvent) and highest open-circuit voltage (Voc = 1.49 V) with respect to HOMOPTB7-Th–LUMOacceptor. Our results indicate that introducing more end-capped electron-accepting units is a simple and effective alternative strategy for the design of promising NFSMAs. This theoretical framework also proves that the conceptualized NFSMAs are superior and thus are recommended for the future construction of high-performance organic solar cell devices.
关键词： Photovoltaic properties,Indenothiophene,Density functional theory (DFT),Non-fullerene acceptor materials,Organic solar cells (OSCs)
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Chromophores in cellulosics, XVIII. Degradation of the cellulosic key chromophore 5,8-dihydroxy-[1,4]-naphthoquinone under conditions of chlorine dioxide pulp bleaching: a combined experimental and theoretical study
摘要： DHNQ is one of the key chromophores occurring in all types of aged cellulosics. This study investigates the degradation of DHNQ by chlorine dioxide at moderately acidic (pH 3) conditions, corresponding to the conditions of industrial bleaching ("D stage"). The degradation involves three major pathways. As initial reaction, a hydrogen transfer from DHNQ to chlorine dioxide via a PCET mechanism occurs to form a radical DHNQ(cid:2) and chlorous acid. DHNQ(cid:2) is then attacked by water to give a pentahydroxynaphthalene radical PHN(cid:2) that is stabilized by strong delocalization of the non-paired electron into its aromatic ring. PHN(cid:2) immediately disproportionates to give the observable intermediate 1,2,4,5,8-pentahydroxynapththalene (I), which was comprehensively con?rmed by NMR and MS (path A). In the presence of excess ClO2, I is immediately further oxidized into acetic acid, glycolic acid, oxalic acid and CO2 as the ?nal, stable, and non-colored products (path C). In the absence of excess ClO2, elimination of water from I regenerates DHNQ (path B), so that at roughly equimolar DHNQ/ClO2 ratios ClO2 is fully consumed while a major part of DHNQ is recovered. To avoid such DHNQ "recycling" under ClO2 consumption—and to completely degrade DHNQ to colorless degradation products instead—ClO2 must be applied in at least ?vefold molar excess relative to DHNQ.
关键词： Density functional theory (DFT),Ab initio calculations,Yellowing,Cellulose,Brightness,Chromophores,5,8-dihydroxy-[1,4]-naphthoquinone,Chlorine dioxide,Brightness reversion,Pulp bleaching
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Cyclic versus straight chain oligofuran as sensor: A detailed DFT study
摘要： This study is a novel approach for exploring the sensitivity and selectivity of cyclic oligofuran (5/6/7CF) toward gaseous analytes and their comparison with straight chain analogues (5/6/7SF). The work is not only vital to understand the superior sensitivity but also for rational design of new sensors based on cyclic ring structures of oligofuran. Interaction of cyclic and straight chain oligofuran with NH3, CO, CO2, N2H4, HCN, H2O2, H2S, CH4, CH3OH, SO2, SO3 and H2O analytes is studied via DFT calculation at B3LYP-D3/6-31++G (d, p) level of theory. The sensitivity and selectivity are illustrated by the energetic parameters (Ebind, SAPT0 energies, NCI analysis) electronic properties (H-L gap, percentage of average energy gap, CHELPG charge transfer, DOS spectra) and UV-Vis analysis. All these properties are simulated at B3LYP/6-31G (d) level of theory while UV-Vis is calculated at TD-DFT method. Cyclic oligofuran has high binding energy with analytes compared to 5/6/7SF which corresponds the higher sensitivity of 5/6/7CF. Furthermore, the cyclization of oligofuran significantly improve the sensitivity and selectivity of the system. Alteration in electronic properties of 5/6/7CF and 5/6/7SF is remarkably high upon complexation with SO2 and SO3. Further the stability of rings (5, 6 and 7 membered cyclic oligofurans) and their SO3 complexes is also confirmed by molecular dynamics calculations. The finding of the work clearly suggests that the cyclic geometry enhances not only sensitivity but also selectivity of conducting polymers (oligofuran).
关键词： Oligofuran,Noncovalent interaction index (NCI),Density Functional Theory (DFT),CHELPG charge transfer,Symmetry adopted perturbation theory (SAPT)
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Layer-dependent signatures for exciton dynamics in monolayer and multilayer WSe2 revealed by fluorescence lifetime imaging measurement
摘要： Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials have aroused noticeable interest due to their distinguished electronic and optical properties. However, little is known about their complex exciton properties together with the exciton dynamics process which have been expected to influence the performance of optoelectronic devices. The process of fluorescence can well reveal the process of exciton transition after excitation. In this work, the room-temperature layer-dependent exciton dynamics properties in layered WSe2 are investigated by the fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) for the first time. This paper focuses on two mainly kinds of excitons including the direct transition neutral excitons and trions. Compared with the lifetime of neutral excitons (< 0.3 ns within four-layer), trions possess a longer lifetime (~ 6.6 ns within four-layer) which increases with the number of layers. We attribute the longer-lived lifetime to the increasing number of trions as well as the varieties of trion configurations in thicker WSe2. Besides, the whole average lifetime increases over 10% when WSe2 flakes added up from monolayer to four-layer. This paper provides a novel tuneable layer-dependent method to control the exciton dynamics process and finds a relatively longer transition lifetime of trions at room temperature, enabling to investigate in the charge transport in TMD-based optoelectronics devices in the future.
关键词： two-dimensional (2D) WSe2,fluorescence lifetime,fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM),exciton dynamics,density functional theory (DFT)
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Investigation on the photophysical properties of a series of promising phosphorescent iridium (III) complexes with modified cyclometalating ligands
摘要： Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) were applied to investigate the electronic structures and photophysical properties of a series of phosphorescent iridium (III) complexes, [(C^N)2Ir(N^N)]+(PF6)(cid:2), in which C^N = 4-aryl-1-benzyl-1H-1, 2, 3-triazoles. Herein, aryl = phenyl, biphenyl, three-phenyl aromatic for complexes 1a, 2a, 3a (N^N = 2, 20-bipyridine) and aryl = 40, 60-di?uorophenyl, 60-?uoro-biphenyl, 60-?uoro-three-phenyl aromatic for complexes 1b, 2b, 3b (N^N = 4, 40-di-tert-butyl-2, 20-bipyridine), respectively. The geometric/electronic con?gurations, absorption/emission properties and phosphorescent performances have been outlined for each of the complexes. Based on the two simpli?cations presented in this paper and the available experimental data, the phosphorescent radiative rates for complexes 1a-3b were approximately obtained to be: 1.20 (cid:3) 106 s(cid:2)1, 1.68 (cid:3) 105 s(cid:2)1, 2.19 (cid:3) 107 s(cid:2)1, 3.85 (cid:3) 106 s(cid:2)1, 1.85 (cid:3) 107 s(cid:2)1 and 1.50 (cid:3) 107 s(cid:2)1, respectively. In view of the electroluminescent applications in OLED, our present research work is of great importance for the design and synthesis of organo-transition metal complexes with improved phosphorescent performances.
关键词： Phosphorescence,Photophysical properties,Time-dependent DFT,Iridium (III) complexes,Density functional theory (DFT)
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Influence of the support on stabilizing local defects in strained monolayer oxide films
摘要： Two-dimensional materials with a honeycomb lattice, such as graphene and hexagonal boron nitride, often contain local defects in which the hexagonal elements are replaced by four, five, seven, and eight-membered rings. An example is the Stone-Wales (S-W) defect, where a bond rotation causes four hexagons to be transformed into a cluster of two pentagons and two heptagons. A further series of similar defects incorporating divacancies results in larger structures of non-hexagonal elements. In this paper, we use scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) modeling to investigate the structure and energetics of S-W and divacancy defects in a honeycomb (2 × 2) Ti2O3 monolayer grown on an Au(111) substrate. The epitaxial rumpled Ti2O3 monolayer is pseudomorphic and in a state of elastic compression. As a consequence, divacancy defects, which induce tension in freestanding films, relieve the compression in the epitaxial Ti2O3 monolayer and therefore have significantly lower energies when compared with their freestanding counterparts. We find that at the divacancy defect sites there is a local reduction of the charge transfer between the film and the substrate, the rumpling is reduced, and the film has an increased separation from the substrate. Our results demonstrate the capacity of the substrate to significantly influence the energetics, and hence favor vacancy-type defects, in compressively strained 2D materials. This approach could be applied more broadly, for example to tensile monolayers, where vacancy-type defects would be rare and interstitial-type defects might be favored.
关键词： elastic strain,local structural defects,monolayers,scanning tunneling microscopy (STM),density functional theory (DFT),two-dimensional materials,ultrathin oxide films
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36