Publications by authors named "Charlotte Titeca"

Computational study of electronic resonances is still a very challenging topic, with the phenomenon of dissociative electron attachment (DEA) being one of the multiple features worth investigating. Recently, we extended the charge stabilization method from energies to properties of conceptual density functional theory and applied this to metastable anionic states of ethene and chlorinated ethene derivatives to study the DEA mechanism present in these compounds. We now present an extension to spatial functions, namely, the electronic Fukui function and the electron localization function.

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Efficient wound repair is crucial for mammalian survival. Healing of skin wounds is severely hampered in diabetic patients, resulting in chronic non-healing wounds that are difficult to treat. High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is an important signaling molecule that is released during wounding, thereby delaying regenerative responses in the skin.

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The charge stabilization method has often been used before for obtaining energies of temporary anions. Herein, we combine this method for the first time with conceptual density functional theory (DFT) and quantum theory of atoms in molecules by extending it to the study of nuclear Fukui functions, atom-condensed electronic Fukui functions, and bond critical points. This is applied to temporary anions of ethene and chlorinated ethene compounds, which are known to undergo dissociative electron attachment (DEA).

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