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68
Citations
14984
World Ranking
6603
National Ranking
1995

Overview

Thanh N. Truong is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Chemistry. The scientist's work focuses extensively on materials chemistry, computational theory and mathematics, and physical and theoretical chemistry. Other areas of study include organic chemistry and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Their research topics encompass several specialized domains such as computational drug discovery methods, crystallography and molecular interactions, machine learning in materials science, as well as synthesis and applications of metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks. Additionally, the scientist has contributed to studies on luminescence and fluorescent materials and malaria research and control.

Thanh N. Truong has published multiple papers in notable scientific journals. Some recent works include:

  • In search of suitable protein targets for anti-malarial and anti-dengue drug discovery, 2022, Journal of Molecular Structure
  • Computational Study on the Nature of Bonding between Silver Ions and Nitrogen Ligands, 2022, ACS Omega
  • Gagones A-F: Six prenylated chalcones from the heartwood of Mansonia gagei, 2022, Phytochemistry
  • Application of Machine Learning in Developing Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship for Electronic Properties of Polyaromatic Compounds, 2022, ACS Omega
  • Atom-Based Machine Learning Model for Quantitative Property-Structure Relationship of Electronic Properties of Fusenes and Substituted Fusenes, 2023, ACS Omega

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • ACS Omega
  • ChemPlusChem
  • Journal of Molecular Structure
  • Phytochemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Collaborative efforts are evident in cooperation with several co-authors, most notably Lam Nguyen, followed by Tuan Hoang Nguyen, Khang M. Le, Phuong Thuy Viet Nguyen, and Giang Le Tra Nguyen.

Best Publications

  • Molecular modeling of the kinetic isotope effect for the [1,5]-sigmatropic rearrangement of cis-1,3-pentadiene

    Yi Ping Liu;Gillian C. Lynch;Thanh N. Truong;Da hong Lu

  • POLYRATE 4: A new version of a computer program for the calculation of chemical reaction rates for polyatomics

    Da hong Lu;Thanh N. Truong;Vasilios S. Melissas;Gillian C. Lynch

  • Interpolated variational transition-state theory: Practical methods for estimating variational transition-state properties and tunneling contributions to chemical reaction rates from electronic structure calculations

    Angels Gonzalez‐Lafont;Angels Gonzalez‐Lafont;Thanh N. Truong;Thanh N. Truong;Donald G. Truhlar

  • A new method for incorporating solvent effect into the classical, ab initio molecular orbital and density functional theory frameworks for arbitrary shape cavity

    Thanh N. Truong;Eugene V. Stefanovich

  • Direct dynamics calculations with neglect of diatomic differential overlap molecular orbital theory with specific reaction parameters

    Angels Gonzalez-Lafont;Thanh N. Truong;Donald G. Truhlar

  • TheRate: Program for Ab Initio Direct Dynamics Calculations of Thermal and Vibrational-State-Selected Rate Constants

    Wendell T. Duncan;Robert L. Bell;Thanh N. Truong

  • Copper-catalyzed, directing group-assisted fluorination of arene and heteroarene C-H bonds.

    Thanh Truong;Kristine Klimovica;Olafs Daugulis

  • Ab initio transition state theory calculations of the reaction rate for OH+CH4→H2O+CH3

    Thanh N. Truong;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Theoretical Study on Mechanisms of the Epoxy−Amine Curing Reaction

    Jan-Eric Ehlers;Nelson G. Rondan;Lam K. Huynh;Ha Pham

  • AB INITIO AND DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES OF PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS IN MULTIPLE HYDROGEN BOND SYSTEMS

    Qi Zhang;Robert Bell;Thanh N. Truong

  • The definition of reaction coordinates for reaction‐path dynamics

    Gregory A. Natanson;Bruce C. Garrett;Thanh N. Truong;Tomi Joseph

  • Spin Contamination in Hartree−Fock and Density Functional Theory Wavefunctions in Modeling of Adsorption on Graphite

    Alejandro Montoya;Thanh N. Truong;Adel F. Sarofim

  • Acetylcholinesterase: electrostatic steering increases the rate of ligand binding.

    Tan Rc;Truong Tn;McCammon Ja;Sussman Jl

  • Thermal and vibrational‐state selected rates of the CH4+Cl↔HCl+CH3 reaction

    Wendell T. Duncan;Thanh N. Truong

  • Optimized atomic radii for quantum dielectric continuum solvation models

    Eugene V. Stefanovich;Thanh N. Truong

  • CO Desorption from Oxygen Species on Carbonaceous Surface: 1. Effects of the Local Structure of the Active Site and the Surface Coverage

    Alejandro Montoya;Thanh-Thai T. Truong;Fanor Mondragón;Thanh N. Truong

  • MORATE: a program for direct dynamics calculations of chemical reaction rates by semiempirical molecular orbital theory

    Thanh N. Truong;Da hong Lu;Gillian C. Lynch;Yi Ping Liu

  • A Simple Method for Incorporating Madelung Field Effects into ab Initio Embedded Cluster Calculations of Crystals and Macromolecules

    Eugene V. Stefanovich;Thanh N. Truong

  • Potential primary pyrolysis processes for disilane

    Mark S. Gordon;Thanh N. Truong;Elizabeth K. Bonderson

  • Reaction class transition state theory: Hydrogen abstraction reactions by hydrogen atoms as test cases

    Thanh N. Truong

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald G. Truhlar
Donald G. Truhlar University of Minnesota
Adel F. Sarofim
Adel F. Sarofim University of Utah
Mark S. Gordon
Mark S. Gordon Iowa State University
Jumras Limtrakul
Jumras Limtrakul Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology
Bruce C. Garrett
Bruce C. Garrett United States Department of Energy
Angela Violi
Angela Violi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
J. Andrew McCammon
J. Andrew McCammon University of California, San Diego
Jack Simons
Jack Simons University of Utah
Andriy Kovalenko
Andriy Kovalenko University of Alberta
Ken Dykema
Ken Dykema Texas A&M University

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