Theory and modeling of light-matter interactions in chemistry: current and future

BM Weight, X Li, Y Zhang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Light–matter interaction not only plays an instrumental role in characterizing materials'
properties via various spectroscopic techniques but also provides a general strategy to …

NWChem: Recent and Ongoing Developments

D Mejia-Rodriguez, E Aprà, J Autschbach… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This paper summarizes developments in the NWChem computational chemistry suite since
the last major release (NWChem 7.0. 0). Specifically, we focus on functionality, along with …

Nexmd v2. 0 software package for nonadiabatic excited state molecular dynamics simulations

VM Freixas, W Malone, X Li, H Song… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present NEXMD version 2.0, the second release of the NEXMD (Nonadiabatic EXcited-
state Molecular Dynamics) software package. Across a variety of new features, NEXMD v2. 0 …

Nonadiabatic derivative couplings through multiple Franck–Condon modes dictate the energy gap law for near and short-wave infrared dye molecules

P Ramos, H Friedman, BY Li, C Garcia… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Near infrared (NIR, 700–1000 nm) and short-wave infrared (SWIR, 1000–2000 nm) dye
molecules exhibit significant nonradiative decay rates from the first singlet excited state to …

Effective lifetime of non-equilibrium carriers in semiconductors from non-adiabatic molecular dynamics simulations

S Wang, M Huang, YN Wu, W Chu, J Zhao… - Nature Computational …, 2022 - nature.com
The lifetimes of non-equilibrium charge carriers in semiconductors calculated using non-
adiabatic molecular dynamics often differ from experimental results by orders of magnitude …

Nonadiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics methodologies: Comparison and convergence

VM Freixas, AJ White, T Nelson, H Song… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Direct atomistic simulation of nonadiabatic molecular dynamics is a challenging goal that
allows important insights into fundamental physical phenomena. A variety of frameworks …

An ab initio multiple cloning method for non-adiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics in NWChem

H Song, VM Freixas, S Fernandez-Alberti… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The recently developed ab initio multiple cloning (AIMC) approach based on the
multiconfigurational Ehrenfest (MCE) method provides a powerful and accurate way of …

Solvent dynamics of aqueous halides before and after photoionization

M Reidelbach, M Bai, M Schneeberger… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electron transfer reactions can be strongly influenced by solvent dynamics. We study the
photoionization of halides in water as a model system for such reactions. There are no …

Photoexcited energy relaxation in a zigzag carbon nanobelt

H Negrin-Yuvero, VM Freixas… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Progress in the synthesis of new carbon nanorings and nanobelts broadens the library of
materials with unique structural and optical properties that can be attractive for further …

Twisting Aromaticity and Photoinduced Dynamics in Hexapole Helicenes

VM Freixas, N Oldani, S Tretiak… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Curved aromatic molecules are attractive electronic materials, where an additional internal
strain uniquely modifies their structure, aromaticity, dynamics, and optical properties …