Nuclear quantum effects enter the mainstream

TE Markland, M Ceriotti - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
Atomistic simulations of chemical, biological and materials systems have become
increasingly precise and predictive owing to the development of accurate and efficient …

Simulating the ghost: quantum dynamics of the solvated electron

J Lan, V Kapil, P Gasparotto, M Ceriotti… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The nature of the bulk hydrated electron has been a challenge for both experiment and
theory due to its short lifetime and high reactivity, and the need for a high-level of electronic …

Absolute proton hydration free energy, surface potential of water, and redox potential of the hydrogen electrode from first principles: QM/MM MD free-energy …

TS Hofer, PH Hünenberger - The Journal of chemical physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Absolute proton hydration free energy, surface potential of water, and redox potential of the
hydrogen electrode from first principles: QM/MM MD free-energy simulations of sodium and …

Ionization of water as an effect of quantum delocalization at aqueous electrode interfaces

J Lan, VV Rybkin, M Iannuzzi - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The enhanced probability of water dissociation at the aqueous electrode interfaces is
predicted by path-integral ab initio molecular dynamics. The ionization process is observed …

Dynamics of the Bulk Hydrated Electron from Many‐Body Wave‐Function Theory

J Wilhelm, J VandeVondele… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The structure of the hydrated electron is a matter of debate as it evades direct experimental
observation owing to the short life time and low concentrations of the species. Herein, the …

Multistep explicit solvation protocol for calculation of redox potentials

CM Sterling, R Bjornsson - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The calculation of molecular redox potentials in aqueous solution presents a challenge to
quantum chemistry due to the need to calculate charged, open-shell species experiencing …

Decisive role of nuclear quantum effects on surface mediated water dissociation at finite temperature

Y Litman, D Donadio, M Ceriotti, M Rossi - The Journal of chemical …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Water molecules adsorbed on inorganic substrates play an important role in several
technological applications. In the presence of light atoms in adsorbates, nuclear quantum …

Mechanism of aqueous carbon dioxide reduction by the solvated electron

VV Rybkin - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aqueous solvated electron (eaq–), a key species in radiation and plasma chemistry, can
efficiently reduce CO2 in a potential green chemistry application. Here, the mechanism of …

Quantum dynamics of water from Møller-Plesset perturbation theory via a neural network potential

J Lan, D Wilkins, V Rybkin, M Iannuzzi, J Hutter - 2021 - chemrxiv.org
We report the static and dynamical properties of liquid water at the level of second-order
Møller-Plesset per-perturbation theory (MP2) with classical and quantum nuclear dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear quantum effects at aqueous metal interfaces captured by molecular dynamics simulations

J Lan, M Iannuzzi - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review, we summarize the recent development in modeling nuclear quantum effects at
aqueous metal interfaces. First, we review the nuclear quantum effects on the water-metal …