Quantum dynamical effects of vibrational strong coupling in chemical reactivity

LP Lindoy, A Mandal, DR Reichman - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Recent experiments suggest that ground state chemical reactivity can be modified when
placing molecular systems inside infrared cavities where molecular vibrations are strongly …

Resonance theory of vibrational strong coupling enhanced polariton chemistry and the role of photonic mode lifetime

W Ying, P Huo - Communications Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Recent experiments demonstrate polaritons under the vibrational strong coupling (VSC)
regime can modify chemical reactivity. Here, we present a complete theory of VSC-modified …

Recent developments in Kramers' theory of reaction rates

E Pollak, S Miret‐Artés - ChemPhysChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this short review, we provide an update of recent developments in Kramers' theory of
reaction rates. After a brief introduction stressing the importance of this theory initially …

Investigating the collective nature of cavity-modified chemical kinetics under vibrational strong coupling

LP Lindoy, A Mandal, DR Reichman - Nanophotonics, 2024 - degruyter.com
In this paper, we develop quantum dynamical methods capable of treating the dynamics of
chemically reacting systems in an optical cavity in the vibrationally strong-coupling (VSC) …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-state map** approach to surface hop**

JE Runeson, DE Manolopoulos - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a multiple electronic state adaptation of the map** approach to surface
hop** introduced recently by Mannouch and Richardson [J. Chem. Phys. 158, 104111 …

How quantum is the resonance behavior in vibrational polariton chemistry?

MR Fiechter, JE Runeson, JE Lawrence… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recent experiments in polariton chemistry have demonstrated that reaction rates can be
modified by vibrational strong coupling to an optical cavity mode. Importantly, this …

Resonance theory and quantum dynamics simulations of vibrational polariton chemistry

W Ying, P Huo - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We present numerically exact quantum dynamics simulations using the hierarchical
equation of motion approach to investigate the resonance enhancement of chemical …

Recovering Marcus theory rates and beyond without the need for decoherence corrections: The map** approach to surface hop**

JE Lawrence, JR Mannouch… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
It is well-known that fewest-switches surface hop** (FSSH) fails to correctly capture the
quadratic scaling of rate constants with diabatic coupling in the weak-coupling limit, as …

[HTML][HTML] A size-consistent multi-state map** approach to surface hop**

JE Lawrence, JR Mannouch… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We develop a multi-state generalization of the recently proposed map** approach to
surface hop** (MASH) for the simulation of electronically nonadiabatic dynamics. This …

Unraveling the mechanisms of triplet state formation in a heavy-atom free photosensitizer

TP Fay, DT Limmer - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Triplet excited state generation plays a pivotal role in photosensitizers, however the reliance
on transition metals and heavy atoms can limit the utility of these systems. In this study, we …