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I am using Koopmans theorem trying to estimate excitation energy so I have calculated the homo/lumo for molecule A as well as for A- and A+(adding and removing an electron respectively). Then I would use the formula
Egap = min[(E(n+1)-E(n)]-[E(n)-E(n-1)]]
I get a energy gap...
if you write up Heisenbergs uncertainty principle and plug in the numbers from the exercise you should see that the uncertainty principle is not so relevant for the bacteria.
Try to write up the equation and put in the numbers...
Yes - that is my question.
I would presume that in a QM/MM one would converge to structure when the QM part would converge due to some gradient tolerance but I am not quite sure about the QM/MD.
Any advise appreciated - thanks
Hi all,
I have a general questions on which is the difference between these two methods QM/MM and QM/MD?
Any hints appreciated - thanks in advance
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I am looking at the product of two spin function (a_1,a_2) where I would like to apply the spin operator S² to them.
1. To express the S² operator I have seen different expressions either expressed as linear combinations of Pauli matrices or expressed as follows
S²=S_1² +...
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I have to determine the spring constant for a diatomic molecule. I have the frequency in cm^-1 which is 1395.
I know the relation between the angular frequency and spring constant so I use the following relation:
omega = 2*pi*c*v = sqrt(k/mu)
so I isolate for k = mu*(2*pi*c*v)^2
mu...
yes it is this difference. Is there a way to determine if one is going to use DFT which functionals to use and the size of the basis set in order to optimise the calculation?
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I am calculating the spectra of a small molecule - benzen with nitrogen group attach. I have some experimental data of the molecule IR and raman.
I use DFT B3LYP with TVZ as basis set when I compare the modes and are a lot of differences between the two.
1. Would it help to increase...
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I am reading about protons and their transfer mechanisms and often the words nonadiabatic and excited state are used in a way which confuses me.
If I have a proton in a higher vibrating state (E1) I would called that an excited state for the proton - is this also a non-adiabatic state...
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I am not an expert on thermodynamics but does the enthalpy not increase as well with temperature - the values you get from a table is at 298 K so ...
By just raising the temperature your system is no longer in equilibrium this might be an approximation for certain temperature ranges -...
thanks - I am a little puzzled how to interpret to values when they are imaginary - if you have a C-H bond with frequency of 1300 cm^-1 you can say something about the energy of the bond or mode but when you have -1300 cm^-1 what to say about it than? I mean the bond/stretch should have the same...
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In the transition state of a chemical reaction defined as one imaginary eigenvalue of the hessian matrix - the size of my frequency is 1000i what can one say about the size of the imaginary frequency - is it related to energy in some way ? I have not been able to find any documents...
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I am looking for table or something that gives a tumb of rule for van der Waals distances - I have some C C spatial interactions which I would like to determine if their interaction contributes to the total energy or should I calculate it with a Lennard-Jones potential to get an...
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It is stated that changing the medium - water to ethanol f.ex - the experimentally measured rate enhancement is 10^6 fold which leads to a lowering of the activation barrier of \approx 9 kcal/mol.
I don't quite understand which parameters I am missing in order to calculate that? Any help...
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I guess that centers are often atom coordinates when using gaussian functions but it is not necessary atomic coordinates when using Slater functions?
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I am looking at the integrals in HF - I am a little puzzled about the use of the word center.
F.ex. two electron integrals on different center - it that electron belonging to different atom A and B?
Than it mentions three- and four center - how to interpreted center?
Thanks in...
(1/4)^6 gives you the probability that your enzyme will read the string(tag) correctly and you know the length of your string so combine these number will give you an average length of a cut given that it consists of only this sequence - this is how I understand you.
I pressume that you want to know how many NH_3 molecules that coordinates to Cu - so assume that you are able to experimentally get the mass of the complex than you can determine X - so calculate the mass of the complex by using X = 1,2...
(Or at least that is how I understand your exercise.)
I think I have it here; the electrostatic potential \phi can be written as the reduced potential u. If one again assumes that q*u / kT << 1 than the hyperbolic function can be approximated as
sinh(q*u/kT) \approx q*u/kT
which than reduces to the equation.
The problem is going from the Poisson-Boltzmann equation
\nabla (e(r)*\nabla \phi(r)) - \kappa^2(kT/q)*sinh(q*\phi(r)/kT) = -4*\pi \rho(r)
The equation is than rewritten in terms of a reduced potential u
\nabla (e(r)*\nabla u(r)) - \kappa^2 sinh(u(r)) = -4\pi*\rho(r)
The reduced...
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I want to generate the dipole vector for a water molecule. I start by generating the dipole moment of the molecule by the formula
\mu = \sum Q_a * R_ab
but I don't know how to generate the dipole vector? Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance
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Sorry if it is bit unclear.
I should calculate the pressure difference with a nanotube and on water on both sides. So I will use the formula \Delta P = n*f/A where f = 0.4 kcal/mol/Å and the unit cell of the system is 23Å*19.9Å*30.4Å and the number of water is in the 5.4 Å thick layer...
so this should be okay
0.4 kcal/mol/Å*1.37*10^-19 mol /(23*10^-10*19.9*10¯10)m² = 1.1988e-08 kcal/Å /m^2
and than convert this to Pa? Thanks in advance
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I am to calculate the hydrostatic pressure difference - given by the
\Delta P = n*f/A
where f = 0.4 kcal/mol/Å. The unit cell has the dimension 23Å x 19.9Å x 30.4 Å and the number of water molecules are 5.4 Å in the z-direction with a molar volume of 55.5 mol/l.
I start by...
Thanks could there be a situation where an electronic excited state could be "ground state" for a molecule - having lower energy than a none excited state?
I draw the molecule and determine the different groups;
E - the identity
C2 rotation of 180 degrees
C2 horizontal 180 degrees
I know the molecule should have D5h but I have some trouble finding the rest of the symmetri axis.
Any help appreciated thanks in advance
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I have to determine the symmetry group of cyclopentadienyl(assumed to be planar and symmetrical) and I should use Huckel theory. Is there a systematic way to determine the symmetry group and is it possible to use software to determine the symmetry group.
Thanks in advance
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First I hope it is okay to post the problem here(?). I have some general questions regarding the use of software for chemistry simulations - my questions are more fundamental than software specific.
I would like to simulate a chemical reaction - so I should be searching for the saddle...
I am looking at a diatomic molecule where the Hamiltonian is given as
H = l²/2I + F*d*cos theta
where d is the dipole moment. The term F*d*cos theta is small. I write the energy of ground state as
E_0 = \hbar*l*(l+1)/ 2I
Than I have to determine how much the ground-state energy...
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I am trying to understand the variational principle
(E_n - E_0) >= 0
E_0 is the ground state of the system? E_n is nonground and will the nonground state than always have a higher energy than the ground state?
Thanks in advance
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The Fock operator for a closed system is given by
f = H(core) + sum (2*f - k)
where f is the Coulomb operator and k is the exchange operator. The summation goes from 1 to N/2. My questions is why is the summation to N/2 and why does one have to multiply the Coulomb operator by 2...