Coherence in Chemistry: Foundations and Frontiers

JD Schultz, JL Yuly, EA Arsenault, K Parker… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Coherence refers to correlations in waves. Because matter has a wave-particle nature, it is
unsurprising that coherence has deep connections with the most contemporary issues in …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum computing: navigating the future of computation, challenges, and technological breakthroughs

QA Memon, M Al Ahmad, M Pecht - Quantum Reports, 2024 - mdpi.com
Quantum computing stands at the precipice of technological revolution, promising
unprecedented computational capabilities to tackle some of humanity's most complex …

What controls the quality of photodynamical simulations? Electronic structure versus nonadiabatic algorithm

J Janoš, P Slavíček - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The field of nonadiabatic dynamics has matured over the last decade with a range of
algorithms and electronic structure methods available at the moment. While the community …

Generalized semiclassical Ehrenfest method: A route to wave function-free photochemistry and nonadiabatic dynamics with only potential energies and gradients

Y Shu, DG Truhlar - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2024 - ACS Publications
We reconsider recent methods by which direct dynamics calculations of electronically
nonadiabatic processes can be carried out while requiring only adiabatic potential energies …

Map** electronic decoherence pathways in molecules

I Gustin, CW Kim, DW McCamant, I Franco - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - pnas.org
Establishing the fundamental chemical principles that govern molecular electronic quantum
decoherence has remained an outstanding challenge. Fundamental questions such as how …

Nonadiabatic coupling in trajectory surface hop**: accurate time derivative couplings by the curvature-driven approximation

X Zhao, ICD Merritt, R Lei, Y Shu… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Trajectory surface hop** (TSH) is a widely used mixed quantum-classical dynamics
method that is used to simulate molecular dynamics with multiple electronic states. In TSH …

Nonadiabatic dynamics with exact factorization: Implementation and assessment

D Han, AV Akimov - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report our implementation of several independent-trajectory mixed-quantum-
classical (ITMQC) nonadiabatic dynamics methods based on exact factorization (XF) in the …

Extending non-perturbative simulation techniques for open-quantum systems to excited-state proton transfer and ultrafast non-adiabatic dynamics

B Le Dé, S Huppert, R Spezia… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Excited state proton transfer is an ubiquitous phenomenon in biology and chemistry,
spanning from the ultrafast reactions of photobases and acids to light-driven, enzymatic …

Nonadiabatic dynamics simulations for photoinduced processes in molecules and semiconductors: Methodologies and applications

XY Liu, WK Chen, WH Fang, G Cui - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nonadiabatic dynamics (NAMD) simulations have become powerful tools for elucidating
complicated photoinduced processes in various systems from molecules to semiconductor …

Prediction Challenge: Simulating Rydberg photoexcited cyclobutanone with surface hop** dynamics based on different electronic structure methods

S Mukherjee, RS Mattos, JM Toldo, H Lischka… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This research examines the nonadiabatic dynamics of cyclobutanone after excitation into the
n→ 3s Rydberg S 2 state. It stems from our contribution to the Special Topic of the Journal of …