Quantum Chemistry, Vibrational Spectroscopy and Biophysics on Biomolecules

Dear Colleagues,

Quantum chemical calculations, particularly DFT methods, appear to offer the best combination of accuracy and efficiency, and they are extensively employed today in the prediction of the biomolecular structure and electronic properties of many systems, in computer-aided drug design, in catalysis and chemical reactivity, in surfaces and periodic solids, in transport, and in enhancing optical and magnetic properties, etc. The combination of DFT calculations with molecular dynamics promises to provide an efficient means of studying the structures and reactions of molecules and extended systems.

This Special Issue aims to collect papers related to any aspect of quantum chemical calculations and their application to biomolecules and complex reactions, including molecular simulations, structure predictions, inter-molecular interactions, spectroscopic calculation, as well as developments in the theory and experiments.

This Special Issue welcomes the submission of previously unpublished manuscripts (original research or reviews) detailing recent advances in quantum chemical calculations. Examples of these studies may include the following:

• Quantum chemical calculations;
• Structure prediction;
• Molecular design;
• Vibrational spectra simulations;
• Electronic properties.

Prof. Dr. Mauricio Alcolea Palafox
Guest Editor

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