{"title":"Superconducting quantum crystallography","authors":"Lou Massa","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02651-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02651-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Clinton density matrix framework of quantum crystallography is extended to superconducting systems by formulating the Kohn–Sham–Bogoliubov–de Gennes (KS-BdG) equations in a two‑component Nambu representation. In this setting, the superconducting one‑body density matrix is an idempotent projector whose normal (ρ) and anomalous (χ) blocks are determined directly from experiment: X‑ray structure factors constrain ρ while phase‑sensitive Josephson measurements constrain χ. We derive iterative Nambu–Clinton equations that enforce both sets of constraints simultaneously, thereby reconstructing the superconducting projector at T = 0 without solving directly the KS-BdG eigen value problem. This provides a rigorous, experimentally grounded route to ‘quantum crystallography’ of Cooper pairing, enabling spatial maps of |χ(r, r)|² with resolution commensurate with crystallographic data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 4","pages":"1979 - 1984"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148613443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis of complexes of Mn(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) derived from N-morpholine-N′-benzoylthiourea as antibacterial agents: Structural analysis, quantum chemical calculations and molecular modeling investigations","authors":"Fatma Karipcin, Canan Avşar, Bülent Dede, Tareq Dbl, Bahar Tuba Findik","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02648-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02648-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Three new metal(II) complexes with the formula of Na[ML<sub>2</sub>(N<sub>3</sub>)X] [(HL = N-morpholine-N'-benzoylthiourea), M = Mn(II), Co(II), Cu(II) and X = H<sub>2</sub>O (<b>1</b> and <b>2</b>), X = 0 (<b>3</b>)] have been synthesized. The molecular structures of the mixed ligand metal(II) complexes were successfully resolved using elemental analysis, FT-IR, thermogravimetric analysis, and measurements of molar conductivity and magnetic susceptibility. The findings indicated that the ligand acts as a monobasic bidentate, binding to metal(II) ions via thiocarbonyl sulfur and carbonyl oxygen atoms. The antibacterial evaluation was performed by determining the MIC value of the ligand and its metal(II) complexes against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The complex 3 was found to be the most potent antibacterial agent against almost all strains and the best result was obtained against <i>L</i>. <i>monocytogenes</i> with a MIC value of 16 µg/mL. Quantum chemical calculations at the DFT/B3LYP level confirmed the molecular geometries of the metal(II) complexes and also revealed their HOMO/SOMO-LUMO energies and molecular electrostatic potential diagrams. Molecular docking simulations of Lipoteichoic acid synthase (PDB ID: 2W5T) and Beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (PDB ID: 1HNJ), key enzymes that play a central role in bacterial survival, were conducted to predict the binding efficiency of the synthesized molecules and the results revealed the interactions between the compounds and two selected enzymes. The complex 3 exhibited the highest binding affinity with 2W5T (-9.8 kcal/mol) and 1HNJ (-9.3 kcal/mol), outperforming the HL and its Mn(II) and Co(II) complexes. Molecular dynamics simulation of the 3-2W5T complex for 100 ns confirmed its structural stability under physiological conditions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 5","pages":"2405 - 2426"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148950518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Orbital effects in superconductivity involving correlated electron pairs oscillating in resonant quantum States","authors":"Raúl Riera Aroche, Esli Camila Sánchez Moreno, Yveth Marlene Ortiz García, Lizbeth Riera Leal, Andrea Carolina Machado Sulbarán, Annie Riera Leal","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02662-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02662-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>At the start of the twenty-first century, it was proven incorrect to assume that electron-phonon interaction is the only mechanism for superconductivity. At very low temperatures, where metals become superconductive, particle movements are mostly ‘frozen,’ except for their zero-point oscillations. Therefore, we should investigate the interaction of super-particles through the electromagnetic fields generated by these zero-point oscillations. The arrangement of zero-point oscillations occurs because paired electrons influence each other. During this interaction, their amplitudes, frequencies, and phases align and become synchronized. This work explores the orbital effects in superconductivity involving correlated electron pairs oscillating in resonant quantum states. The formation of molecular structures in solids reflects their specific chemistry. We emphasize that this non-classical analysis could serve as a generalized or universal model of correlated pair formation and superconductivity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 4","pages":"1985 - 1994"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11224-025-02662-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148613160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Parsa Saeed, Zobia Irshad, Riaz Hussain, Rao Aqil Shehzad, Hany W. Darwish, Muhammad Adnan
{"title":"Structural engineering of fluorene-based fused-ring containing molecular acceptors for efficient organic photovoltaics","authors":"Parsa Saeed, Zobia Irshad, Riaz Hussain, Rao Aqil Shehzad, Hany W. Darwish, Muhammad Adnan","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02654-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02654-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tilde-shaped non-fullerene acceptors based on 9-dioctylfluorene[2,3-b]benzo[d]thiophene (BTF) fused-ring backbones and 1,1-dicyano-methylene-3-indanone (IC) end groups were designed and investigated for organic solar cells (OSCs). A series of BTFIC derivatives (GM1-GM8) was characterized using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT to explore their structural, electronic, and optical properties. The designed molecules exhibit deeper HOMO levels, higher extinction coefficients, and favorable charge transport parameters compared to the reference molecule. Among them, GM4 exhibits the smallest optical gap (2.05 eV) and strong absorption, resulting in efficient charge transfer in the GM4/PTB7-Th blend. These results demonstrate that rational modification of BTFIC acceptors can effectively tune optoelectronic properties, providing promising strategies for the development of high-performance OSC materials.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 5","pages":"2379 - 2404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148950489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adsorption and sensing performances of the greenhouse gas molecules (HCOH, CO, H2S, CH4 and SO2) by the pristine and metal(M)-doped germanene (M = Rh, Cr and Mo) monolayers: A DFT investigation","authors":"Abdel-Ghani Boudjahem, Meryem Derdare, Nedjoua Cheghib","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02612-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02612-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The structural stability and electronic properties of pristine germanene (Ge55) and metal(M)-doped germanene nanosheets (M = Mo, Rh, and Cr) were systematically investigated using the PBE functional with Grimme’s dispersion correction. In addition, their gas sensing performances towards greenhouse gas molecules, including HCHO, CO, H<sub>2</sub>S, CH<sub>4</sub>, and SO<sub>2</sub>, were evaluated. The results demonstrate that metal doping significantly enhances the adsorption capability of germanene. The calculated adsorption energies range from – 0.671 eV to – 2.191 eV, confirming a chemisorption mechanism. Moreover, Mo- and Cr-doped Ge55 monolayers exhibit high sensitivities (88.7–802.1%) toward most target molecules, except for the relatively low response of CrGe55 to HCHO (33.6%). In contrast, Rh-doped Ge55 shows moderate sensitivities, with notable improvements for H<sub>2</sub>S and HCHO detection. The recovery times of adsorbed molecules on Mo/CrGe55 monolayers are extremely short (4.1 × 10<sup>–3</sup> – 3.3 × 10<sup>–9</sup> s), facilitating rapid regeneration of the adsorption sites, except in the case of CO adsorption on MoGe55, where a significantly longer recovery time (4.9 × 10<sup>5</sup> s) was observed. These findings highlight Mo- and Cr-doped germanene monolayers as promising candidates for high-performance and reusable nanosensors for toxic gas detection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 5","pages":"2361 - 2378"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11224-025-02612-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148950516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crystal structure and computational analysis of 1,3-dioxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinoline 5-oxide, a caspase-3 inhibitor","authors":"Subbiah Thamotharan, Subramaniyan Prasanna Kumari, Subramaniapillai Selva Ganesan, Olivier Blacque, Perumal Venkatesan, M. Judith Percino","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02658-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02658-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The crystal structure and noncovalent interaction profile of 1,3-dioxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1<i>H</i>-pyrrolo[3,4-<i>c</i>]quinoline 5-oxide were investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and computational methods. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group <i>P</i>-1 with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. Hirshfeld surface analysis and 2D fingerprint plots highlight the dominance of C–H···O, π–π stacking, and charge-assisted C–H···O⁻ interactions in the supramolecular assembly. CLP-PIXEL and generalized Kohn–Sham energy decomposition analysis (GKS-EDA) show that dispersion and electrostatic are the primary stabilizing forces, with excellent correlation (<i>R</i>²=0.986) between both methods. Topological analysis (QTAIM) confirms the closed-shell nature of the dominant contacts, including short H···H, C–H···O = C, and C = O···π interactions. The supramolecular organization is further characterized by columnar arrangements sustained through alternating dimeric motifs. Molecular docking indicates favourable binding of the title compound within the caspase-3 active site, mediated by hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions, and π- π stacking with critical residues. Quantum chemical descriptors were computed and correlated with the predicted caspase-3 inhibition potential.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 3","pages":"1249 - 1264"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147938194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Great chemistry – reflections on the 2025 Nobel Prize","authors":"Istvan Hargittai, Balazs Hargittai","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02659-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02659-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We celebrate the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of metal–organic frameworks and recall prior related discoveries in supramolecular chemistry and Nadrian Seeman’s oeuvre who built extended structures of DNA molecules with large cavities. </p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 1","pages":"5 - 8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146043387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"De tessere quinquangula: five hundred years of pentagonal tilings from Dürer to Mackay via Kepler, Escher, and Penrose","authors":"Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Diego L. González","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02652-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02652-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Albrecht Dürer began the mathematical study of pentagonal tilings five hundred years ago with the publication in 1525 of his textbook of mathematics <i>Underweysung der Messung</i>. A century later Johannes Kepler produced more elaborate and intricate pentagonal tilings. In the 20th century Maurits Escher made pentagonal tilings into art. Escher’s art–science interactions with Roger Penrose made the latter keep thinking about tilings; he made pentagonal tilings tile the plane aperiodically in 1974. And Alan Mackay built on and extended Penrose’s work to predict the existence of quasicrystals in 1981.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"36 6","pages":"1953 - 1958"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11224-025-02652-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145665983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shaimaa H. Mallah, Azal S. Waheeb, Afaf M. Kadhum, Hussein A.K. Kyhoiesh, Hassan E. Abd Elsalam, Islam H. El Azab
{"title":"Designing low gas-phase enthalpy of formation based energetic molecules in python for high energy density materials chemical space","authors":"Shaimaa H. Mallah, Azal S. Waheeb, Afaf M. Kadhum, Hussein A.K. Kyhoiesh, Hassan E. Abd Elsalam, Islam H. El Azab","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02657-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02657-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The development of high energy density materials relies on the discovery of molecules with low gas-phase enthalpy of formation (<i>ΔH</i><sub><i>f</i></sub><i>°</i>). In this study, a machine learning (<i>ML</i>) approach using Python has been applied to predict the <i>ΔH</i><sub><i>f</i></sub><i>°</i> of energetic molecules. Various models, including Ridge, Elastic, Lasso, and Historical Gradient Boosting regressors, accurately predicted the enthalpy of formation for 300 energetic molecules, achieving a coefficient of determination (R<sup>2</sup>) of 0.68. SHapley impact analysis reveals that AATSC0pe and AMID_O features exhibit the highest correlations with the predicted enthalpy of formation. The results are further validated by using five fingerprint methods, including Morgan Fingerprints, and demonstrated an increase in model performance with training size. Using the Breaking Retro Synthetically Interesting Chemical Species (<i>BRICS</i>) approach, 1561 new energetic compounds with <i>ΔH</i><sub><i>f</i></sub><i>°</i> as low as -1542 <i>kJ/mol</i> has been designed. Notably, the results show that molecules with a <i>SMILES</i> length of less than 1000 can exhibit low <i>ΔH</i><sub><i>f</i></sub><i>°</i>, expanding the chemical space for high energy density materials design. This work demonstrates the potential of <i>ML</i> and computational chemistry for the rapid discovery of novel energetic molecules with tailored properties.</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 5","pages":"2343 - 2359"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148950514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of pyrrole core dopant‑free hole transporting materials for high efficiency perovskite solar cells","authors":"Samira Motehaver, Shahram Moradi Dehaghi, Saeed Taghvaei Ganjali","doi":"10.1007/s11224-025-02641-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11224-025-02641-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper explores the development of dopant-free small-molecule hole-transporting materials (HTMs) aimed at improving the efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We introduce a design strategy based on a pyrrole-centered donor–acceptor–donor architecture with triphenylamine as the electron-donating unit. Using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations, the proposed HTMs were geometry-optimized and evaluated for their electronic structure. Among the designed molecules, the NO<sub>2</sub> and CN substituted derivatives have the lowest band gaps, favorable energy-level alignment and low hole reorganization energies, making them the most promising candidates in the series. The results indicate that these molecules have strong absorption in the visible spectrum, suggesting they could complement the perovskite layer’s light harvesting. Overall, HTM-NO₂ (and HTM-CN) emerge as particularly promising candidates for further study, and these computational results provide guidance for future synthesis and device testing of pyrrole-based dopant-free HTMs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":780,"journal":{"name":"Structural Chemistry","volume":"37 3","pages":"1599 - 1608"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147938910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}