Molecular excitation in the interstellar medium: Recent advances in collisional, radiative, and chemical processes

E Roueff, F Lique - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Our main knowledge about astrophysical environments relies on radiative spectra.
Absorption studies require background sources that are located hapharzadly in …

Quantum dynamics of complex-forming bimolecular reactions

H Guo - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Many gas-phase chemical reactions proceed via reaction intermediates, supported by
potential wells. The characteristics of such complex-forming reactions differ drastically from …

Quasiclassical trajectory calculations of correlated product distributions for the F+ CHD3 (v1=, 1) reactions using an ab initio potential energy surface

G Czakó, JM Bowman - The Journal of chemical physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We report quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) calculations of the correlated product distributions
and branching ratios of the reactions F+ CHD 3 (v 1= 0, 1)→ HF (v)+ CD 3 (v) and DF (v)+ …

Constructing high-dimensional neural network potential energy surfaces for gas–surface scattering and reactions

Q Liu, X Zhou, L Zhou, Y Zhang, X Luo… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
While the ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) approach to gas–surface interaction has
been instrumental in exploring important issues such as energy transfer and reactivity, it is …

Determining the effect of hot electron dissipation on molecular scattering experiments at metal surfaces

CL Box, Y Zhang, R Yin, B Jiang, RJ Maurer - JACS Au, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nonadiabatic effects that arise from the concerted motion of electrons and atoms at
comparable energy and time scales are omnipresent in thermal and light-driven chemistry at …

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 …

Direct chemical dynamics simulations: coupling of classical and quasiclassical trajectories with electronic structure theory

M Paranjothy, R Sun, Y Zhuang… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In classical and quasiclassical trajectory chemical dynamics simulations, the atomistic
dynamics of collisions, chemical reactions, and energy transfer are studied by solving the …

Quantum and semiclassical studies of nonadiabatic electronic transitions between N (4 S) and N (2 D) by collisions with N 2

D Lu, BRL Galvão, AJC Varandas… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The dynamics and kinetics of spin-forbidden transitions between N (2D) and N (4S) via
collisions with N2 molecules are investigated using a quantum wave packet (WP) method …

Bottlenecks to interstellar sulfur chemistry-Sulfur-bearing hydrides in UV-illuminated gas and grains

JR Goicoechea, A Aguado, S Cuadrado… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Hydride molecules lie at the base of interstellar chemistry, but the synthesis of sulfuretted
hydrides is poorly understood and their abundances often crudely constrained. Motivated by …

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 …