ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-06-10DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202500034
Mykyta Kizilov, Sujeong Jung, Vsevolod Cheburkanov, Vladislav V Yakovlev
{"title":"Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy Analysis of Isolated Melanosomes.","authors":"Mykyta Kizilov, Sujeong Jung, Vsevolod Cheburkanov, Vladislav V Yakovlev","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202500034","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cphc.202500034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Melanosomes are organelles found in a wide variety of tissues throughout the animal kingdom. They contain a variety of biological molecules, but the dominant constituent is the pigment melanin, and many functions ascribed to melanosomes, such as photoprotection, are uniquely enabled by the chemical properties and structures of the melanins they contain. In this report, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is used, for the first time, to examine fluorescent properties of pigments in melanosomes and evaluate their time evolution upon extended laser irradiation. A relatively short-lived component is discovered in fluorescence emission and significant changes in lifetimes upon irradiation are revealed indicating structural photoinduced changes to melanin occurring on a time scale of minutes, with observations extending up to 1 h.</p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500034"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144257459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-06-05DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202500101
Yue Xu, Dongyue Gao, Ying Li, Zhe Liu, Yadong Yu, Yi Fang, Yang Huang, Chengchun Tang, Zhonglu Guo
{"title":"Understanding the CO2 Activation and Hydrogenation Mechanism on MXene under Electrochemical Conditions.","authors":"Yue Xu, Dongyue Gao, Ying Li, Zhe Liu, Yadong Yu, Yi Fang, Yang Huang, Chengchun Tang, Zhonglu Guo","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202500101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202500101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>MXenes are attracting growing interest as promising catalysts for CO2 reduction reactions. However, the specific activation and reduction mechanism of CO2 on MXenes under realistic electrochemical conditions remains unclear. In this study, we utilize ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to unravel the kinetic processes of underlying CO2 activation and hydrogenation under aqueous conditions with Mo2C MXene as a prototype. Our findings reveal that the presence of water molecules significantly enhances the charge transfer of CO2, facilitating its activation on MXene. Notably, we highlight an insight that the initial hydrogenation of *CO2 on MXene prefers to occur on oxygen rather than carbon, favoring the formation of *HOCO over *OCHO. We proposed that the introduction of alkali metal cations including Li+, Na+, and Cs+ can stabilize the adsorption of CO2 and reaction intermediates on MXene via altering the interfacial water structure and hydrogen bonding network, and thus effectively inhibiting the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Further dynamic vibrational spectra simulations shed light on the interaction between alkaline metal cations and adsorbed CO2 molecules, which will provide a theoretical basis for the in-situ detection of reactants. Our work provides a deeper insight into the dynamic solid-liquid interface at the atomic level.</p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":" ","pages":"e202500101"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144233340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-06-03DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202581102
Sarah Löffelsender, Marilù G. Maraldi, Marc de Wergifosse
{"title":"Cover Feature: All-Atom Quantum Mechanical Methodologies for One- and Two-Photon Absorption of Realistic Systems (ChemPhysChem 11/2025)","authors":"Sarah Löffelsender, Marilù G. Maraldi, Marc de Wergifosse","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202581102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202581102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Cover Feature</b> shows how, by explicitly including the surroundings and dynamic structural effects, all-atom QM methodologies using simplified quantum chemistry methods allow one- and two-photon absorption spectra of realistic systems to be computed within reasonable computational times. Excellent comparisons with respect to experiment are provided for the flavin mononucleotide in aqueous solution as well as two proteins. More information can be found in the Research Article by M. de Wergifosse and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202401121).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":"26 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cphc.202581102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-06-03DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202581101
Yang Xiao, Xia Wang, Xiufen Yan, Zeyu Liu, Mengdi Zhao, Tian Lu
{"title":"Front Cover: Structure and Optical Properties of Alkali-Metal Ion (Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+) Endohedral Cyclo[18]carbon (ChemPhysChem 11/2025)","authors":"Yang Xiao, Xia Wang, Xiufen Yan, Zeyu Liu, Mengdi Zhao, Tian Lu","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202581101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202581101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> shows one of ten complexes theoretically designed by cyclo[18]carbon (C<sub>18</sub>) inside and outside complexing alkali-metal ion (M<sup>+</sup> = Li<sup>+</sup>, Na<sup>+</sup>, K<sup>+</sup>, Rb<sup>+</sup>, and Cs<sup>+</sup>), respectively referred to as M<sup>+</sup>@C<sub>18</sub><sup>in</sup> and M<sup>+</sup>@C<sub>18</sub><sup>out</sup>. The effects of the atomic number of the alkali metal on structure, binding interaction, electronic absorption spectrum, and molecular (hyper)polarizability of the endohedral complexes M<sup>+</sup>@C<sub>18</sub><sup>in</sup> were studied by using accurate (time-dependent) density functional theory calculations. More information can be found in the Research Article by Z. Liu, M. Zhao, T. Lu and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202500009).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":"26 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cphc.202581101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-06-02DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202500154
Kangkan Sarmah, Li-Xia Bai, Jin-Chang Guo, Ankur Kanti Guha
{"title":"Planar Tetracoordinate Fluorine in Binary Clusters.","authors":"Kangkan Sarmah, Li-Xia Bai, Jin-Chang Guo, Ankur Kanti Guha","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202500154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202500154","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Planar tetracoordinate fluorine (ptF) species are rare and exotic due to the extreme electronegativity of fluorine. Herein, a planar tetracoordinate fluorine (ptF) species is predicted in the binary Li4F4- and Na4F4- clusters. The global minimum of the clusters feature C2v geometry and are stabilized by significant electrostatic interaction. Moreover, multicentre ionic bonds also play a vital role in the stability of the planar C2v geometry. The present study establishes the first example of ptF centre in binary alkali halide cluster.</p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":" ","pages":"e202500154"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144198323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-06-02DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202500289
Shagun Sharma, Richa Garg, Kush Kaushik, Chayan Kanti Nandi
{"title":"Doping of Silver Atom Enhances the Fluorescence Intensity in Glutathione Functionalized Gold Nanoclusters.","authors":"Shagun Sharma, Richa Garg, Kush Kaushik, Chayan Kanti Nandi","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202500289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202500289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glutathione (GSH) is widely used surface ligand for stabilizing metal nanoclusters owing to its biocompatibility, strong metal-chelating ability, antioxidant properties, and minimal affinity for endogenous cellular proteins. However, the low quantum yield (QY) of GSH-protected gold nanoclusters (GSH-Au NCs) limits its practical applications. In the present study, we employed silver (Ag) doping to GSH-Au NCs to significantly enhance the photoluminescence (PL) intensity as well as lifetime, while preserving the microenvironment and the surface reactivity essential for subsequent functionalization. The doped nanoclusters exhibit a remarkable six-fold increase in luminescence. This is attributed to the modulation of metal(I)-thiolate motifs and the amplification of aurophillic interactions, leading to more rigid structure which help to reduce non-radiative deexcitation pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":" ","pages":"e202500289"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144198322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202401156
Sunil Kumar Moharana, Padma Kumar Padmanabhan
{"title":"Molecular Dynamics Investigations of the Melt-Quenched Phase of Mg-Doped Li-Rich Anti-Perovskite.","authors":"Sunil Kumar Moharana, Padma Kumar Padmanabhan","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202401156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202401156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Molecular dynamics simulation emulating the conventional melt-quenching technique is carried out to investigate the local structural and dynamical properties of Mg-doped Lirich anti-perovskites, Li2.8Mg0.1OCl. The melt-quenched structure stabilizes in the native cubic phase of ABX3, with a volume expansion of about 6.3%. While LiCl, Li2O, or MgCl2 phases are absent, sub-nanoscopic MgOm moieties are found dispersed in the matrix. The defect-rich cubic phase of the quench has a substantial amount of positionally disordered Cl and O sites. The Li+ mobility in the matrix is found to be very close to that of the ideal crystalline phase.</p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":" ","pages":"e202401156"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144180642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202500090
Carolina Cruz, Patrik Johansson
{"title":"Local Structure and Dynamics in Solvent-Free Molten Salt Ca2+-Electrolytes.","authors":"Carolina Cruz, Patrik Johansson","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202500090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202500090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Calcium batteries (CaBs) fundamentally offer a promise of sustainable high energy density storage. However, the development of functional CaB electrolytes remains a key challenge. Here molecular simulations are used to investigate structural and dynamic properties of solvent-free molten salt electrolytes (MSEs) containing Ca2+ and alkali cations (Li+, Na+, K+), paired with either FSI or TFSI anions. Two equimolar MSEs, [Li, Na, K, Ca]FSI and [Li, Na, K, Ca]TFSI, are examined across a range of temperatures to better understand cation-anion interactions, coordination and local structure, and ion mobility, in particular with respect to Ca2+. The interplay between cation charge density, anion structure, and thermal effects provides valuable insights into the MSEs' macroscopic behavior. These insights inform the design of advanced electrolytes that enhance Ca2+ mobility, supporting the development of next-generation CaBs.</p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":" ","pages":"e202500090"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144157008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202500170
Peng Tang, Jian Zhang, Xueying Li, Fan Yang, Zhubin Hu, Haitao Sun, Xue-Bin Wang, Zhenrong Sun, Yan Yang
{"title":"Photodetachment Dynamics and Structural Flexibility of Undercoordinated Iridium Halides IrCl<sub>n</sub> <sup>-</sup> (n = 3-5): An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation.","authors":"Peng Tang, Jian Zhang, Xueying Li, Fan Yang, Zhubin Hu, Haitao Sun, Xue-Bin Wang, Zhenrong Sun, Yan Yang","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202500170","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cphc.202500170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three undercoordinated iridium chloride anions, IrCl<sub>n</sub> <sup>-</sup> (n = 3-5), and their neutral counterparts were investigated by cryogenic anion photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. Photodetachment of IrCl<sub>n</sub> <sup>-</sup> leads to the formation of the corresponding neutral complex, i.e., a triplet ground state for n = 3, a quartet for n = 4, and close-lying singlet and triplet for n = 5. The vertical detachment energies are determined to be 3.89, 4.98, and 5.14 eV for n = 3, 4, and 5, respectively, revealing superhalogen anion properties with increasing electron detachment energies as chloride ligands added. The IrCl<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup> spectrum features an extremely broad, lowest electron binding energy band, attributed to resonant autodetachment with prominent non-Franck-Condon profiles. In IrCl<sub>5</sub> <sup>-</sup>, detachment prompts a d-orbital rearrangement that drives a structural transformation from a twisted square-based pyramidal to a trigonal-bipyramidal geometry in the singlet state. These findings provide insights into the electronic and structural adaptability of iridium halides, advancing our understanding of ligand exchange reactions and dissociative stability in transition metal complexes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":" ","pages":"e2500170"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144141487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemphyschemPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202500243
Slawomir Janusz Grabowski
{"title":"Molecular Hydrogen as a Proton Donor in H-H⋅⋅⋅F Hydrogen Bonds - BF4-⋅⋅⋅(H2)n Clusters.","authors":"Slawomir Janusz Grabowski","doi":"10.1002/cphc.202500243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202500243","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The MP2/6-311++G(d,p) calculations were performed to analyse geometric, energetic and topological parameters of BF4-⋅⋅⋅(H2)n clusters (n up to 8). These analyses are supported by the Natural Bond Orbitals method and the Quantum Theory in Atoms in Molecules approach. The BF4- anion acts as the Lewis base since its whole molecular surface is characterized by the negative electrostatic potential. The hydrogen molecules in clusters considered play the role of Lewis acid ligands. These ligands are located linearly in directions being the elongation of B-F bonds if the number of H2 molecules in the cluster does not exceed 4. For the greater clusters (n ≥5) all H2 molecules tend to form liner H-H⋅⋅⋅F arrangements, or nearly so. However, the B-F⋅⋅⋅H angles are sometimes far from linearity. The H-H⋅⋅⋅F interactions may be classified as hydrogen bonds; the analysis on such interactions is also performed.</p>","PeriodicalId":9819,"journal":{"name":"Chemphyschem","volume":" ","pages":"e202500243"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144141486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}