Biomedical subjects

Tunna Baruah

Publications and source records attributed to Tunna Baruah.

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PubMed2006

Density functional study on a light-harvesting carotenoid-porphyrin-C60 molecular triad.

We present a study on the electronic structure of a biology-inspired molecular triad which shows promises in replicating photosynthesis process in the laboratory. The triad contains three different units--C60, porphyrin, and beta-carotenoid. We present its geometrical and electronic structure, dipole moments, optical absorption spectrum, and polarizability calculated with an all-electron density functional approach. Such a study will be useful for further understanding of its photoconversion properties.

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PubMed2006

Toward the control of the magnetic anisotropy of Fe(II) cubes: a DFT study.

We present the results of our all-electron density-functional calculations on the magnetic anisotropy of the [Fe4(sap)4(MeOH)4] and [Fe4(sae)4(MeOH)4] polynuclear complexes. Our calculations, which predict that only the second complex is a single-molecule magnet (with a magnetic anisotropy energy barrier of 5.6 K), are in qualitative agreement with the experimental data. The analysis of the projected anisotropies of each Fe(II) ion, together with a study of the variation of the D value as a function of several geometrical parameters, allows us to qualitatively understand the different magnetic behaviors of both complexes. In addition to this, we also present a simple rule based on the analysis of the molecular orbitals of the system that allows us to predict how to enhance (by a factor of 6, approximately) the magnetic anisotropy barrier of these systems. Specifically, we will show that, for high-spin Fe(II) ions, the local easy axis of magnetization is perpendicular to the plane defined by the Fe(II)-d orbital which is doubly occupied. If similar rules were found for other metal ions, rational synthetic strategies to control magnetic anisotropy could be established.

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PubMed2005

Density-functional study of two Fe4-based single-molecule magnets.

We present the results of our all-electron density-functional calculations on the electronic structure and magnetic anisotropy energy of the [Fe4(OMe)6(dpm)6] and [Fe4(thme)2(dpm)6] molecular clusters, which are experimentally found to behave as single-molecule magnets. The calculated magnetic anisotropy energy barriers are 2.65 and 15.8 K, respectively, which agree with the experimental data. We also present a density-functional study on the effect of the structure distortions on the magnetic anisotropy of the [Fe(H2O)6]3+ complex. This study, together with an analysis of the projected anisotropies of each iron ion in both molecular clusters, allows us to qualitatively understand why the magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) barrier of the second single-molecule magnet (SMM) is larger than the MAE of the first SMM.

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PubMed2004

Electronic structure, vibrational stability, and predicted infrared-Raman spectra of the As20, As @ Ni12, and As @ Ni12 @ As20 clusters.

Recently an inorganic fullerine-like [As@Ni(12)@As(20)](3-) onion with near-perfect icosahedral symmetry in the crystalline phase was reported [M. J. Moses, J. C. Fettinger, and B. W. Eichhorn, Science 300, 778 (2003)]. This paper presents a detailed computational study in the framework of density functional theory on various aspects of this molecule. The electronic structure of the As@Ni(12)@As(20) is investigated in its neutral as well as -3 charged state together with its subunits As(20) and As@Ni(12) by the all electron linear combination of Gaussian-type orbitals method. The bonding is studied by examining the integrated charge within atomic sphere, the electron localization function, changes in the electron density distribution, and from vibrational modes. We find that strong covalent As-As bonds seen in isolated As(20) become weaker in the As@Ni(12)@As(20) and strong covalent As-Ni bonds are formed. The structural stability of all four clusters is examined by analyzing the energetics and by calculating the vibrational frequencies. Further, the infrared and Raman spectra is predicted for both the neutral and charged As@Ni(12)@As(20) clusters. Finally, the energy barrier for removal of a single arsenic atom is calculated for the neutral As@Ni(12)@As(20) cluster.

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