{"title":"Molecular Determinants of Optical Modulation in ssDNA-Carbon Nanotube Biosensors: Insights from Experimental and Computational Approaches","authors":"Abraham, Beyene, Andrew, Krasley, Sayantani, Chakraborty, Lela, Vukovic","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-8k2q2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-8k2q2","url":null,"abstract":"Most traditional optical biosensors operate through molecular recognition, where ligand binding causes conformational changes that lead to optical perturbations in the emitting motif. Optical sensors developed from single-strand DNA functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (ssDNA-SWCNT) have started to make useful contributions to biological research. However, the mechanisms underlying their function have remained poorly understood. In this study, we used a combination of experimental and computational approaches to show that ligand binding alone is not sufficient for optical modulation in this class of synthetic biosensors. Instead, the optical response that occurs after ligand binding is highly dependent on the chemical properties of the ligands, resembling mechanisms seen in activity-based biosensors. Specifically, we show that in ssDNA-SWCNT catecholamine sensors, the optical response correlates positively with electron density on the aryl motif, even when ligand binding affinities are similar. These findings could serve as a foundation for tuning the performance of existing sensors and guiding the development of new biosensors of this class.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Semi-Analytical Solution for a Lumped Model of a Co-Current Moving Bed Reactor","authors":"Natan, Padoin, Cíntia, Soares, Sávio , Bertoli, Jesús, Apolinar-Hernández, Carolina, Krebs de Souza, Marcel, Jeferson Gonçalves","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-t30tv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-t30tv","url":null,"abstract":"Several industrial processes are carried out on moving bed reactors (MBRs), and the development of mathematical models plays a fundamental role in designing, optimizing, and controlling these processes. Thus, this work initially develops a local solution for a linearized vertical MBR model to lumped parameters in the solid and fluid phases. Then, a semi-analytical solution (SAS) of the original nonlinear problem is obtained from the local solution. The SAS is easy to implement, stable, accurate, and performs fast, making it an efficient tool for MBR simulations. Excellent agreement was found comparing the SAS results with those of traditional numerical methods. SAS is capable of fast integration of model equations for systems with stiffness ratio SR=10^33. A numerical analysis was also carried out, indicating optimal refining parameters in relation to linearization error and machine error. The developments carried out can be easily extended to systems with multiple first-order reactions.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemRxivPub Date : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-sfn8p
Mátyás, Pápai
{"title":"Simulation of Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics in Fe(II) Complexes: Assessment of Electronic Structure Descriptions","authors":"Mátyás, Pápai","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-sfn8p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-sfn8p","url":null,"abstract":"The assessment of electronic structure descriptions utilized in the simulation of ultrafast excited-state dynamics of Fe(II) complexes is presented. Herein, we evaluate the performance of the RPBE, OPBE, BLYP, B3LYP, B3LYP*, CAM-B3LYP, and LC-BLYP (time-dependent) density functional theory (DFT/TD-DFT) methods in full-dimensional trajectory surface hopping (TSH) simulations carried out on linear vibronic coupling (LVC) potentials. We exploit the existence of time-resolved X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) data for the [Fe(bmip)2]2+ and [Fe(terpy)2]2+ prototypes for dynamics between metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) and metal-centered (MC) states, which serve as a reference to benchmark the calculations (bmip = 2,6-bis(3-methyl-imidazole-1-ylidine)-pyridine, terpy = 2,2’:6’,2''-terpyridine). The results show that the simulated ultrafast population dynamics between MLCT and MC states with various spin multiplicilities (singlet, triplet, quintet) highly depend on the utilized DFT/TD-DFT method with the percentage of exact (Hartree-Fock) exchange being the governing factor. Importantly, B3LYP* is the only DFT/TD-DFT method reproducing all important aspects of the experimentally resolved dynamics for both complexes, signalling an optimal balance in the description of MLCT-MC energetics. This work demonstrates the power of combining TSH/LVC dynamics simulations with time-resolved experimental reference data to benchmark full-dimensional potential energy surfaces.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemRxivPub Date : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-ng3ws
Pavlo O., Dral, Yuxinxin, Chen
{"title":"All-in-one foundational models learning across quantum chemical levels","authors":"Pavlo O., Dral, Yuxinxin, Chen","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-ng3ws","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-ng3ws","url":null,"abstract":"Machine learning (ML) potentials typically target a single quantum chemical (QC) level while the ML models developed for multi-fidelity learning have not been shown to provide scalable solutions for foundational models. Here we introduce the all-in-one (AIO) ANI model architecture based on multimodal learning which can learn an arbitrary number of QC levels. Our all-in-one learning approach offers a more general and easier-to-use alternative to transfer learning. We use it to train the AIO-ANI-UIP foundational model with the generalization capability comparable to semi-empirical GFN2-xTB and DFT with a double-zeta basis set for organic molecules. We show that the AIO-ANI model can learn across different QC levels ranging from semi-empirical to density functional theory to coupled cluster. We also use AIO models to design the foundational model Δ-AIO-ANI based on Δ-learning with increased accuracy and robustness compared to AIO-ANI-UIP. The code and the foundational models are available at https://github.com/dralgroup/aio-ani; they will be integrated into the universal and updatable AI-enhanced QM (UAIQM) library and made available in the MLatom package so that they can be used online at the XACS cloud computing platform (see https://github.com/dralgroup/mlatom for updates).","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compatibilization of polyolefin blends through acid–base interactions","authors":"Yucheng, Yuan, Jiawei, He, Jiangwei, Liu, Ming-Chi, Wang, Tuhin, Ganguly, John, Santoro, Junpeng, Wang, Jeffery, Byers, Jia, Niu, Mingjiang, Zhong, Dunwei, Wang","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-qhsj9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-qhsj9","url":null,"abstract":"Polyolefins are ubiquitous in consumer products but are notoriously difficult to recycle due to the inherent incompatibility of their common varieties. Existing approaches to addressing this challenge either require complex syntheses or compromise the properties of the parent materials. Here, a new method to compatibilize mixed polyolefins is developed. With a single-step photocatalysis, acid or base functionality can be readily installed onto polyolefins. The combination of acid- and base-modified polyolefins functions as compatibilizers. Incorporating them into polyolefin blends results in excellent mechanical strength, with up to an 82-fold increase in ductility. Importantly, compatibilization can be readily achieved on post-consumer polyolefin mixtures. Furthermore, direct functionalization and compatibilization of polyolefin blends is achieved. This strategy promises to transform polyolefin recycling and will likely find broad applications.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemRxivPub Date : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-vxdq4
Yatong, Wang, Geert, Brocks, Ceren, Tayran, Süleyman, Er
{"title":"2D TiNBr as photocatalyst for overall water splitting","authors":"Yatong, Wang, Geert, Brocks, Ceren, Tayran, Süleyman, Er","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-vxdq4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-vxdq4","url":null,"abstract":"Two-dimensional (2D) Janus materials gain increasing attention as water splitting photocatalysts for hydrogen production. We use first-principles calculations to predict a stable 2D Janus $T$-TiNBr structure, with strong near-ultraviolet sunlight absorption and band edges that align favorably with the water redox potentials for oxygen and hydrogen evolution. We show that the optical and electronic properties of $T$-TiNBr can be modulated to a certain extend by applying external uniaxial strain. Explicit calculations of the redox reactions reveal that solar-driven water splitting is viable at the N-side of $T$-TiNBr, while the Br-side requires modifications such as vacancy creation, the application of an external potential, or adjustment of the pH conditions.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemRxivPub Date : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mfpcn
Dhiman, Ray, Valerio, Rizzi
{"title":"Enhanced Sampling with Sub-optimal Collective Variables: Reconciling Accuracy and Convergence Speed","authors":"Dhiman, Ray, Valerio, Rizzi","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mfpcn","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mfpcn","url":null,"abstract":"We introduce an enhanced sampling algorithm to obtain converged free energy landscapes of molecular rare events, even when the collective variable (CV) used for biasing is not optimal. Our approach is a combination of the On-the-fly probability enhanced sampling (OPES) and its exploratory variant, OPES Explore (OPESe). We demonstrate the successful application of this combined algorithm on the two-dimensional Wolfe-Quapp potential, ligand-receptor binding in trypsin-benzamidine complex, and folding-unfolding of chignolin. Apart from computing accurate free energy profiles, we can discover additional metastable configurations not distinguished by the sub-optimal CV space. Moreover, we can control the trade-off between accuracy and convergence speed by varying the ratio of the barrier parameters in OPES and OPESe components. The improved efficiency and accuracy of free energy calculation, and the possibility of using generic and intuitive collective variables, make our proposed algorithm particularly promising for the simulation of complex molecular systems.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Coreopsis lanceolata leaves","authors":"Antônio, Crotti, Richard, Lima, Ana Carla, Colli, Sara, Souza, Milton, Groppo, Carlos, Martins","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-dk7v6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-dk7v6","url":null,"abstract":"We have evaluated the antibacterial activity of the essential oil of the leaves of Coreopsis lanceolata (CL-EO) collected in southeastern Brazil. against a representative panel of cariogenic bacteria. The activity was evaluated in terms of its Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) values. CL-EO displays moderate activity against Streptococcus mutans, S. sanguinis, S. salivarus, S. sobrinus, Lactobacillus paracasei, and Enterococcus faecalis (MIC = 1000 µg/mL) and strong activity against S. mitis (MIC = 500 µg/mL). We have identified 1,11-tridecadiene-3,5,7,9-tetrayne (48.9%), β-bisabolene (22.8%), germacrene D (9.2%), and globulol (4.6%) as the major compounds in CL-EO. This is the first report on the chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from C. lanceolata leaves.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"198 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reversing the Chemoselectivity in Photocatalytic C–F Bond Cleavage Enabled by Zirconocene and Photoredox Catalysis","authors":"Junichiro, Yamaguchi, Haruki, Takimoto, Kazuhiro, Aida, Yoshio, Nishimoto, Daisuke, Yokogawa, Eisuke, Ota","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-ssj00","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-ssj00","url":null,"abstract":"The development of chemoselective defluorination reactions is highly desirable due to the exceptional stability of the C–F bond compared to other functional groups. Recent advances in photocatalysis have enabled cataytic single-electron transfer (SET) processes, offering an alternative to stoichiometric methods that rely on strong reducing agents. However, these strategies have primarily focused on trifluoromethyl substrates, with limited success for compounds containing fewer fluorine atoms, which are inherently more resistant to SET. Herein, we report a novel defluorination strategy for α-fluorocarbonyl compounds, employing zirconocene and photoredox catalysis. Our method leverages the strong fluorine affinity of zirconocene and bypassed reliance on reduction potential, focusing instead on the bond dissociation energy of the fluorinated molecules. This methodology offers a complementary ap-proach for catalytic C–F bond cleavage under visible-light conditions.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structure-Based Optimization and Biological Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro Covalent Inhibitors","authors":"Nicolas, Moitessier, Guanyu, Wang, Julia, Stille, Richard, Boulon, Christopher, Hennecker, Xiaocong, Zhang, Nicole, Blaine, Steven, Laplante, Anthony, Mittermaier","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-091mt","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-091mt","url":null,"abstract":"The global emergence of COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has underscored the critical need for effective antivirals against coronaviruses. The 3-chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLpro) of coronavirus has been a primary target for drug development due to its critical role across various coronaviruses. Following our initial report, this study focuses on the structure-based optimization of 3CLpro covalent inhibitors. With the guidance of molecular docking and covalent binding parameters measured from an innovative isothermal titration calorimetry-kinetic competition (ITC-KC) assay, we optimized and synthesized series of potent covalent inhibitors with antiviral activity in cell-based assays.","PeriodicalId":9813,"journal":{"name":"ChemRxiv","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}