Non-adiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics: Theory and applications for modeling photophysics in extended molecular materials

TR Nelson, AJ White, JA Bjorgaard, AE Sifain… - Chemical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Optically active molecular materials, such as organic conjugated polymers and biological
systems, are characterized by strong coupling between electronic and vibrational degrees of …

Spin-vibronic mechanism for intersystem crossing

TJ Penfold, E Gindensperger, C Daniel… - Chemical …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Intersystem crossing (ISC), formally forbidden within nonrelativistic quantum theory, is the
mechanism by which a molecule changes its spin state. It plays an important role in the …

Nonadiabatic dynamics: The SHARC approach

S Mai, P Marquetand, L González - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
We review the Surface Hop** including ARbitrary Couplings (SHARC) approach for
excited‐state nonadiabatic dynamics simulations. As a generalization of the popular surface …

Multireference approaches for excited states of molecules

H Lischka, D Nachtigallova, AJA Aquino… - Chemical …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Understanding the properties of electronically excited states is a challenging task that
becomes increasingly important for numerous applications in chemistry, molecular physics …

Quantum mechanical studies on the photophysics and the photochemistry of nucleic acids and nucleobases

R Improta, F Santoro, L Blancafort - Chemical reviews, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
The photophysics and photochemistry of DNA is of great importance due to the potential
damage of the genetic code by UV light. Quantum mechanical studies have played a key …

A general method to describe intersystem crossing dynamics in trajectory surface hop**

S Mai, P Marquetand, L González - International Journal of …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Intersystem crossing is a radiationless process that can take place in a molecule irradiated
by UV‐Vis light, thereby playing an important role in many environmental, biological and …

Deep learning study of tyrosine reveals that roaming can lead to photodamage

J Westermayr, M Gastegger, D Vörös… - Nature Chemistry, 2022‏ - nature.com
Amino acids are among the building blocks of life, forming peptides and proteins, and have
been carefully 'selected'to prevent harmful reactions caused by light. To prevent …

The origin of efficient triplet state population in sulfur-substituted nucleobases

S Mai, M Pollum, L Martínez-Fernández, N Dunn… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
Elucidating the photophysical mechanisms in sulfur-substituted nucleobases (thiobases) is
essential for designing prospective drugs for photo-and chemotherapeutic applications …

Theoretical investigation of Ru (II) complexes with long lifetime and a large two-photon absorption cross-section in photodynamic therapy

X Wei, W Cui, G Qin, X Zhang, F Sun, H Li… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Two-photon photodynamic therapy (TP-PDT), as a new method for cancer, has shown
unique advantages in tumors. A low two-photon absorption cross-section (δ) in the biologic …

Photoprotecting uracil by coupling with lossy nanocavities

S Felicetti, J Fregoni, T Schnap**er… - The journal of …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
We analyze how the photorelaxation dynamics of a molecule can be controlled by modifying
its electromagnetic environment using a nanocavity mode. In particular, we consider the …