Classical dynamics of chemical reactions in a quantum spirit

L Bonnet - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Molecular beam experiments provide fascinating data on how atoms move in the course of
chemical reactions. In order to theoretically reproduce these data at relatively low …

High-dimensional ab initio potential energy surfaces for reaction dynamics calculations

JM Bowman, G Czako, B Fu - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
There has been great progress in the development of potential energy surfaces (PESs) for
reaction dynamics that are fits to ab initio energies. The fitting techniques described here …

Photodissociation dynamics of phenol: Multistate trajectory simulations including tunneling

X Xu, J Zheng, KR Yang, DG Truhlar - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report multistate trajectory simulations, including coherence, decoherence, and
multidimensional tunneling, of phenol photodissociation dynamics. The calculations are …

Dynamics in reactions on metal surfaces: A theoretical perspective

B Jiang, H Guo - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Recent advances in theoretical characterization of reaction dynamics on metal surfaces are
reviewed. It is shown that the widely available density functional theory of metals and their …

From ab Initio Potential Energy Surfaces to State-Resolved Reactivities: X + H2O ↔ HX + OH [X = F, Cl, and O(3P)] Reactions

J Li, B Jiang, H Song, J Ma, B Zhao… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We survey the recent advances in theoretical understanding of quantum state resolved
dynamics, using the title reactions as examples. It is shown that the progress was made …

Reaction dynamics of methane with F, O, Cl, and Br on ab initio potential energy surfaces

G Czako, JM Bowman - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2014 - ACS Publications
The bimolecular hydrogen abstraction reactions of methane with atoms have become
benchmark systems to test and extend our knowledge of polyatomic chemical reactivity. We …

The CN (X 2Σ+)+ C2H6 reaction: Dynamics study based on an analytical full-dimensional potential energy surface

J Espinosa-Garcia, C Rangel - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The hydrogen abstraction reaction of the cyano radical with molecules of ethane presents
some interesting points in the chemistry from ultra-cold to combustion environments …

First-principles mode-specific reaction dynamics

G Czakó, B Gruber, D Papp, V Tajti, DA Tasi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Controlling the outcome of chemical reactions by exciting specific vibrational and/or
rotational modes of the reactants is one of the major goals of modern reaction dynamics …

Origin of Thermal and Hyperthermal CO2 from CO Oxidation on Pt Surfaces: The Role of Post‐Transition‐State Dynamics, Active Sites, and Chemisorbed CO2

L Zhou, A Kandratsenka, CT Campbell… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The post‐transition‐state dynamics in CO oxidation on Pt surfaces are investigated using
DFT‐based ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. While the initial CO2 formed on a …

A practical method to avoid zero-point leak in molecular dynamics calculations: Application to the water dimer

G Czako, AL Kaledin, JM Bowman - The Journal of chemical physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We report the implementation of a previously suggested method to constrain a molecular
system to have mode-specific vibrational energy greater than or equal to the zero-point …