We present a parametrization of a self-consistent charge density functional-based tight-binding scheme (SCC-DFTB) to describe gold-organic hybrid systems by adding new Au-X (X = Au, H, C, S, N, O) parameters to a previous set designed for organic molecules. With the aim of describing gold-thiolates systems within the DFTB framework, the resulting parameters are successively compared with density functional theory (DFT) data for the description of Au bulk, Aun gold clusters (n = 2, 4, 8, 20), and Aun SCH3 (n = 3 and 25) molecular-sized models. The geometrical, energetic, and electronic parameters obtained at the SCC-DFTB level for the small Au3 SCH3 gold-thiolate compound compare very well with DFT results, and prove that the different binding situations of the sulfur atom on gold are correctly described with the current parameters. For a larger gold-thiolate model, Au25 SCH3 , the electronic density of states and the potential energy surfaces resulting from the chemisorption of the molecule on the gold aggregate obtained with the new SCC-DFTB parameters are also in good agreement with DFT results.
In severely ill, elderly patients in the ICU for an IAI, the isolation of enterococci was associated with increased disease severity and morbidity and was an independent risk factor for mortality.
Inorganic materials used for biomedical
applications such as implants
generally induce the adsorption of proteins on their surface. To control
this phenomenon, the bioinspired peptidomimetic polymer 1 (PMP1),
which aims to reproduce the adhesion of mussel foot proteins, is commonly
used to graft specific proteins on various surfaces and to regulate
the interfacial mechanism. To date and despite its wide application,
the elucidation at the atomic scale of the PMP1 mechanism of adsorption
on surfaces is still unknown. The purpose of the present work was
thus to unravel this process through experimental and computational
investigations of adsorption of PMP1 on gold, TiO2, and
SiO2 surfaces. A common mechanism of adsorption is identified
for the adsorption of PMP1 which emphasizes the role of electrostatics
to approach the peptide onto the surface followed by a full adhesion
process where the entropic desolvation step plays a key role. Besides,
according to the fact that mussel naturally controls the oxidation
states of its proteins, further investigations were performed for
two distinct redox states of PMP1, and we conclude that even if both
states are able to allow interaction of PMP1 with the surfaces, the
oxidation of PMP1 leads to a stronger interaction.
International audienceGraphene-based two-dimensional materials have attracted an increasing attention these last years. Among them, the system formed by molecular adsorption on, aim of modifying the conductivity of graphene and make it semiconducting, is of particular interest. We use here hierarchical first-principles simulations to investigate the energetic and electronic properties of an electron-donor, melamine, and an acceptor, NaphtaleneTetraCarboxylic DiImide (NTCDI), and the assembly of their complexes on graphene surface. In particular, the van der Waals-corrected density functional theory (DFT) method is used to compute the interaction and adsorption energies during assembly. The effect of dispersion interactions on both geometries and energies is investigated. Depending on the surface coverage and the molecular organization, there is a significant local deformation of the graphene surface. Self-assembly is driven by the competition between hydrogen bonds in the building blocks and their adsorption on the surface. The dispersion contribution accounts significantly in both intermolecular and adsorption energies. The electron transfer mechanism and density of states (DOS) calculations show the electron-donor and acceptor characters of melamine and NTCDI, respectively. Molecular adsorption affects differently the energy levels around the Fermi level differently, leading to band gap opening. These results provide information about the new materials obtained by controlling molecular assembly on graphene
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