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Surface enhanced Raman spectra of Phenylalanine (Phe) in Ag colloidal solution have been recorded for Phe solutions of different pH. Spectral line-shape analyses of the enhanced modes, at 1005, 1380 and 1582 cm-1, between pH 4.5 and 10.5,…
Contamination of water by heavy metal ions represents a significant environmental concern. Among various remediation methods, chelation has proven to be an effective technique in water treatment processes. This study investigates the…
A new method allowing calculation of the stability of chelate complexes with Mg2+ ion in water have been developed. The method is based on two-stage scheme for the complex formation. The first stage is the ligand transfer from an arbitrary…
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We performed simulations for solid molecular hydrogen at high pressures (250GPa$\leq$P$\leq$500GPa) along two isotherms at T=200 K (phases III and VI) and at T=414 K (phase IV). At T=200K we considered likely candidates for phase III, the…
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The ground-state spin arrangement and the bipartite entanglement within Cu$^{2+}$-Cu$^{2+}$ dimers across the magnetization process of the 4f-3d heterometallic coordination polymer [{Dy(hfac)$_2$(CH$_3$OH)}$_2${Cu(dmg)(Hdmg)}$_2$]$_n$…
Molecular dynamics simulations combined with periodic electronic structure calculations are performed to decipher structural, thermodynamical and dynamical properties of the interfaced vs. confined water adsorbed in hexagonal 1D channels of…
Metal coordination is ubiquitous in Nature and central in many applications ranging from nanotechnology to catalysis and environmental chemistry. Complex formation results from the subtle interplay between different thermodynamic, kinetic,…
We study the relaxation dynamics of photoexcited Fe-II complexes dissolved in water and identify the relaxation pathway which the molecular complex follows in presence of a hydration shell of bound water at the interface between the complex…
A combined theoretical and experimental study of the natural Cu(2+)-mineral callaghanite is presented. Its crystal structure features well separated Cu$_2$(OH)$_6$ structural dimers with weakly bonded carbonate groups and water molecules in…
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Within a first principles framework, we study the electronic structure of the recently synthesized polymeric coordination compound Cu(II)-2,5-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)-1,4-dihydroxybenzene (CuCCP), which has been suggested to be a good realization…
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