S A Suchkova et al 2009 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 190 012211 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/190/1/012211
S A Suchkova1, A Soldatov1, K Dziedzik-Kocurek2 and M J Stillman3
Show affiliationsThe Porphyrin molecule is an archetypal metalloorganic complex, which shows up in many biochemical molecules like chlorophyll, haemoglobin and cytochrome. The prospect of switching the spin in the metalloporphyrin ring is a particularly interesting one, as this could be used, for example, for spin-dependent electric transport through biomolecular devices. These molecules can be used in various applications like optical switches, information storage and non linear optics. Here, we study the molecular spin state of chloro-hemin, hemin cyanide and hemin carbonyl molecules by ADF code. Chloro-hemin has been studied by analyzing the Fe K-edge X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) spectra. At first stage of investigation we assume an approximate initial geometry, then we perform the geometry optimization with different molecular spin states and search for configuration with minimal total energy with the use of Density Functional Theory (ADF 2008). The results of geometry optimization of chloro-hemin molecule performed with the GGA OPBE functional showed that configuration with total spin S = 5/2 has minimal total energy. This configuration corresponds well with the geometry structure obtained via X-Ray diffraction method (Fe-N-N angle is 13.3°). The similar calculations that were carried out for hemin carbonyl and hemin cyanide molecules showed that for these structures minimal energy is found to be for S = 1/2. The experimental Fe K-XANES spectra of the investigated compound have been collected. The theoretical analysis of the experimental data has been performed on the basis of finite difference method (FDMnes2007 program code).
87.15.B- Structure of biomolecules
87.64.Bx Electron, neutron and x-ray diffraction and scattering
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