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 …

“Turning the dials”: controlling synthesis, structure, composition, and surface chemistry to tailor silicon nanoparticle properties

S Milliken, AN Thiessen, IT Cheong, KM O'Connor, Z Li… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) can be challenging to prepare with defined size, crystallinity,
composition, and surface chemistry. As is the case for any nanomaterial, controlling these …

[HTML][HTML] CAS without SCF—Why to use CASCI and where to get the orbitals

BG Levine, AS Durden, MP Esch, F Liang… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method has seen broad adoption
due to its ability to describe the electronic structure of both the ground and excited states of …

Silicon nanoparticles: are they crystalline from the core to the surface?

AN Thiessen, M Ha, RW Hooper, H Yu… - Chemistry of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) are biologically compatible, metal-free quantum dots that
exhibit size and surface tailorable photoluminescence. The nanostructure of these materials …

Silicon quantum dot–poly (methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites with reduced light scattering for luminescent solar concentrators

SKE Hill, R Connell, C Peterson, J Hollinger… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Silicon quantum dots with indirect bandgap photoluminescence are promising luminophores
for large-area luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). However, if commercially viable …

Photoluminescent Si/SiO2 Core/Shell Quantum Dots Prepared by High-Pressure Water Vapor Annealing for Solar Concentrators, Light-Emitting Devices, and …

KQ Loh, HP Andaraarachchi, VE Ferry… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As non-toxic, elementally abundant, and low-cost luminophores, silicon quantum dots (Si
QDs) suit a wide variety of applications, from luminescent devices, such as solar …

Origin of vibronic coherences during carrier cooling in colloidal quantum dots

CV Hetherington, N Mohan TM, RW Tilluck… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recent two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy experiments [Tilluck et al. J. Phys. Chem.
Lett. 2021, 12 (39), 9677− 9683] indicate the creation of coherent vibronic wavepackets in …

Aerosol-phase synthesis and processing of luminescent silicon nanocrystals

Z Li, UR Kortshagen - Chemistry of Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
Silicon quantum dots are attractive materials for luminescent devices and bioimaging
applications. For these light-emitting applications, higher photoluminescence efficiency is …

Hot electron cooling in silicon nanoclusters via Landau–Zener nonadiabatic molecular dynamics: size dependence and role of surface termination

B Smith, AV Akimov - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
We develop a new express methodology for modeling excited-state dynamics occurring in
dense manifolds of electronic states in atomistic systems. The approach leverages a …

Understanding nonradiative recombination through defect-induced conical intersections

Y Shu, BS Fales, WT Peng… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Defects are known to introduce pathways for the nonradiative recombination of electronic
excitations in semiconductors, but implicating a specific defect as a nonradiative center …