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In the present work, to elucidate the reason for the selective decolorization induced by the OH radical compared with other AOSs, such as ozone (O3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), density-functional-theory calculations were performed at the B3LYP\/6-31G(d) level for these AOSs and MB and its complexes with pullulan or sodium alginate model molecules. A frontier orbital analysis revealed that the \u03c0 orbital of MB tends to delocalize on the whole molecule upon complexing with pullulan and sodium alginate, while the energy level is lower than the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital levels of O3 and H2O2 but higher than the singly occupied molecular orbital level of the OH radical. The results support the observation that only the OH radical, as the strongest oxidant, can react with MB in the polymer matrices. The selective decolorization of MB-dyed polymer films by the OH radical is due to not only the steric hindrance in the polymer matrix but also the perturbation of the \u03c0 orbital of MB through the interaction with the polymer molecules.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/computation10100169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,21]],"date-time":"2022-09-21T21:22:23Z","timestamp":1663795343000},"page":"169","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Theoretical Investigation on the Selective Hydroxyl Radical\u2013Induced Decolorization of Methylene-Blue-Dyed Polymer Films"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Pasika","family":"Temeeprasertkij","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokai University, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6271-0185","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michio","family":"Iwaoka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Tokai University, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan"}]},{"given":"Satoru","family":"Iwamori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokai University, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"529","DOI":"10.1541\/ieejfms.140.529","article-title":"Interactions between Methylene Blue and Pullulan According to Molecular Orbital Calculations","volume":"140","author":"Temeepresertkij","year":"2020","journal-title":"IEEJ Trans. 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