<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mishra, Deepti</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Susanta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krishnamurthy, Sailaja</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pal, Sourav</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Understanding the orientation of water molecules around the phosphate and attached functional groups in a phospholipid molecule: a DFT-based study</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular Simulation</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cHelpG</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DMPC</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DMPE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DMPG</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fukui functions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydration</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OCT</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TAYLOR &amp; FRANCIS LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">937-955</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The adsorption of water molecules around a polar region (in particular around the phosphate moiety) in the phospholipid molecules is studied in this work. Phospholipid molecules with different functional groups are known to respond differently to the water molecules. Hence, we attempt to study the adsorption of water molecules around the phosphate group as a consequence of the change of functional group attached to the phosphate group, viz. phosphatidyl ethanolamine (PE), phosphatidyl choline (PC) and phosphatidyl glycerol (PG). As the latter is anionic in nature, the charge is compensated by Na+ counterion. Up to seven water molecules are adsorbed around the phosphate groups in model systems mimicking phospholipid molecule. The corresponding changes in the structural and electronic aspects are analysed. The significant difference between the PE and PC model systems is the formation of clathrate-like structure in the latter. Itisnoticed that as the number of water molecules increases to seven, both the hydrogen atoms in the water molecule participate in hydrogen bonding. However, in the PG model system, the charge-compensating counterion prevents the water molecule to form clathrate-like structures. The adsorption sites for water molecules are validated by density functional theory-based reactivity descriptors, viz. Fukui functions in the PE model system.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1.119
</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Susanta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pal, Sourav</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krishnamurty, Sailaja</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Understanding the site selectivity in small-sized neutral and charged AI(n) (4 &lt;= n &lt;= 7) clusters using density functional theory based reactivity descriptors: a validation study on water molecule adsorption</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Physical Chemistry A</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SEP</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36, SI</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AMER CHEMICAL SOC</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">117</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8691-8702</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Aluminum clusters are now technologically important due to their high catalytic activity. Our present study on the small-sized aluminum clusters applies density functional theory (DFT)-based reactivity descriptors to identify potential sites for adsorption and eventual chemical reaction. Depending on symmetry, susceptibility of various type of reactive sites within a cluster toward an impending electrophilic and/or nucleophilic attack is predicted using the reactivity descriptors. In addition, the study devises general rules as to how the size, shape, and charge of the cluster influences the number of available sites for an electrophilic and/or nucleophilic attack. The predictions by reactivity descriptors are validated by performing an explicit adsorption of water molecule on Al clusters with four atoms. The adsorption studies demonstrate that the most stable water-luster complex is obtained when the molecule is adsorbed through an oxygen atom on the site with the highest relative electrophilicity.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.775
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