Dirac-Fock calculations on molecules in an adaptive multiwavelet basis.

We report the first fully numerical approach for relativistic quantum chemical calculations applicable to molecules. The approach uses an adaptive basis of multiwavelet functions to solve the full four-component Dirac-Coulomb equation to a user-specified accuracy. The accuracy of the code is demonstrated by comparison with ground state energy calculations of atoms performed in GRASP, and the applicability to molecules is shown via ground state calculations of some simple molecules, including water analogs up to HPo.

Ligand-induced dependence of charge transfer in nanotube-quantum dot heterostructures.

As a model system to probe ligand-dependent charge transfer in complex composite heterostructures, we fabricated double-walled carbon nanotube (DWNT)-CdSe quantum dot (QD) composites. Whereas the average diameter of the QDs probed was kept fixed at ∼4.1 nm and the nanotubes analyzed were similarly oxidatively processed, by contrast, the ligands used to mediate the covalent attachment between the QDs and DWNTs were systematically varied to include p-phenylenediamine (PPD), 2-aminoethanethiol (AET), and 4-aminothiophenol (ATP).