Modeling nonadiabatic dynamics in condensed matter materials: some recent advances and applications

B Smith, AV Akimov - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This review focuses on recent developments in the field of nonadiabatic molecular dynamics
(NA-MD), with particular attention given to condensed-matter systems. NA-MD simulations …

First‐principles dynamics of photoexcited molecules and materials towards a quantum description

P You, D Chen, C Lian, C Zhang… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The past decades have witnessed the success of ground‐state density functional theory
capturing static electronic properties of various materials. However, for time dependent …

Direct map** of curve-crossing dynamics in IBr by attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy

Y Kobayashi, KF Chang, T Zeng, DM Neumark… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The electronic character of photoexcited molecules can abruptly change at avoided
crossings and conical intersections. Here, we report direct map** of the coupled interplay …

Optical Control of Multistage Phase Transition via Phonon Coupling in

MX Guan, XB Liu, DQ Chen, XY Li, YP Qi, Q Yang… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The temporal characters of laser-driven phase transition from 2 H to 1 T′ has been
investigated in the prototype MoTe 2 monolayer. This process is found to be induced by …

Nonadiabatic molecular quantum dynamics with quantum computers

PJ Ollitrault, G Mazzola, I Tavernelli - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The theoretical investigation of nonadiabatic processes is hampered by the complexity of the
coupled electron-nuclear dynamics beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation …

Direct Probe of Conical Intersection Photochemistry by Time-Resolved X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism

S Sun, B Gu, H Hu, L Lu, D Tang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The direct probing of photochemical dynamics by detecting the electronic coherence
generated during passage through conical intersections is an intriguing challenge. The …

Three-stage ultrafast demagnetization dynamics in a monolayer ferromagnet

N Wu, S Zhang, D Chen, Y Wang, S Meng - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Intense laser pulses can be used to demagnetize a magnetic material on an extremely short
timescale. While this ultrafast demagnetization offers the potential for new magneto-optical …

Imaging purely nuclear quantum dynamics in molecules by combined x-ray and electron diffraction

H Yong, D Keefer, S Mukamel - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Monitoring the motions of atoms and molecules in the course of chemical processes is a
central goal of femtochemistry. Optical spectroscopic signals are usually sensitive to …

Environmentally Driven Symmetry Breaking Quenches Dual Fluorescence in Proflavine

KE Hunter, Y Mao, AW Chin… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nonadiabatic couplings between several electronic excited states are ubiquitous in many
organic chromophores and can significantly influence optical properties. A recent …

MiMiC: a novel framework for multiscale modeling in computational chemistry

JMH Olsen, V Bolnykh, S Meloni, E Ippoliti… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We present a flexible and efficient framework for multiscale modeling in computational
chemistry (MiMiC). It is based on a multiple-program multiple-data (MPMD) model with …