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Hydrogen-bonding effects on electronic g -tensors of semiquinone anion radicals: Relativistic density functional investigation

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, Issue 4-5 2002
Konstantin M. Neyman
Abstract We report results of systematic g -tensor calculations of hydrogen-bonded complexes of two benchmark semiquinone anion radicals, 1,4 -benzoquinone and tetramethyl- 1,4 -benzoquinone (duroquinone), with water and methanol molecules. The calculations have been carried out with the help of a recently developed g -tensor module that is based on a relativistic density functional method that takes spin,orbit interaction self-consistently into account. We demonstrate the applicability of this new computational scheme to describe quantitatively delicate effects of hydrogen bonding on electronic g -tensor values. Also, we explored general trends of how g -tensors depend on the structure and stoichiometry of hydrogen-bonded semiquinone complexes. Complexes exhibiting one hydrogen bond per oxygen atom of the quinones with a linear arrangement of the CO , H moieties were shown to feature g-shifts induced by these hydrogen bonds that are in close agreement with measured electron paramagnetic resonance data. Based on deviations of calculated and measured g-components, we classify all other model complexes studied as less probable under the experimental conditions. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2002 [source]

OCTN3: A Na+ -independent L -carnitine transporter in enterocytes basolateral membrane

JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY, Issue 3 2005
J.M. Durán
L -carnitine transport has been measured in enterocytes and basolateral membrane vesicles (BLMV) isolated from chicken intestinal epithelia. In the nominally Na+ -free conditions chicken enterocytes take up L -carnitine until the cell to medium L -carnitine ratio is 1. This uptake was inhibited by L -carnitine, D -carnitine, ,-butyrobetaine, acetylcarnitine, tetraethylammonium (TEA), and betaine. L - 3H-carnitine uptake into BLMV showed no overshoot, and it was (i) Na+ -independent, (ii) trans-stimulated by intravesicular L -carnitine, and (iii) cis-inhibited by TEA and cold L -carnitine. L - 3H-carnitine efflux from L - 3H-carnitine preloaded enterocytes was also Na+ -independent, and trans-stimulated by L -carnitine, D -carnitine, ,-butyrobetaine, acetylcarnitine, TEA, and betaine. Both, uptake and efflux of L -carnitine were inhibited by verapamil and unaffected by either extracellular pH or palmitoyl- L -carnitine. RT-PCR with specific primers for the mouse OCTN3 transporter revealed the existence of OCTN3 mRNA in mouse intestine, which was confirmed by in situ hybridization studies. Immunohystochemical analysis showed that OCTN3 protein was mainly associated with the basolateral membrane of rat and chicken enterocytes, whereas OCTN2 was detected at the apical membrane. In conclusion, the results demonstrate for the first time that (i) mammalian small intestine expresses OCTN3 mRNA along the villus and (ii) that OCTN3 protein is located in the basolateral membrane. They also suggest that OCTN3 could mediate the passive, Na+ and pH-independent L -carnitine transport activity measured in the three experimental conditions. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]

Molecular dynamics simulations of fluid methane properties using ab initio intermolecular interaction potentials

JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY, Issue 12 2009
Shih-Wei Chao
Abstract Intermolecular interaction energy data for the methane dimer have been calculated at a spectroscopic accuracy and employed to construct an ab initio potential energy surface (PES) for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of fluid methane properties. The full potential curves of the methane dimer at 12 symmetric conformations were calculated by the supermolecule counterpoise-corrected second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) perturbation theory. Single-point coupled cluster with single and double and perturbative triple excitations [CCSD(T)] calculations were also carried out to calibrate the MP2 potentials. We employed Pople's medium size basis sets [up to 6-311++G(3df, 3pd)] and Dunning's correlation consistent basis sets (cc-pVXZ and aug-cc-pVXZ, X = D, T, Q). For each conformer, the intermolecular carbon,carbon separation was sampled in a step 0.1 Å for a range of 3,9 Å, resulting in a total of 732 configuration points calculated. The MP2 binding curves display significant anisotropy with respect to the relative orientations of the dimer. The potential curves at the complete basis set (CBS) limit were estimated using well-established analytical extrapolation schemes. A 4-site potential model with sites located at the hydrogen atoms was used to fit the ab initio potential data. This model stems from a hydrogen,hydrogen repulsion mechanism to explain the stability of the dimer structure. MD simulations using the ab initio PES show quantitative agreements on both the atom-wise radial distribution functions and the self-diffusion coefficients over a wide range of experimental conditions. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem 2009 [source]

Outbound supply chain network design with mode selection and lead time considerations

NAVAL RESEARCH LOGISTICS: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, Issue 3 2007
Erdem Eskigun
Abstract We present a large-scale network design model for the outbound supply chain of an automotive company that considers transportation mode selection (road vs. rail) and explicitly models the relationship between lead times and the volume of flow through the nodes of the network. We formulate the problem as a nonlinear zero-one integer program, reformulate it to obtain a linear integer model, and develop a Lagrangian heuristic for its solution that gives near-optimal results in reasonable time. We also present scenario analyses that examine the behavior of the supply chain under different parameter settings and the performance of the solution procedures under different experimental conditions. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007 [source]