Shock-induced shear bands in an energetic molecular crystal: Application of shock-front absorbing boundary conditions to molecular dynamics simulations

MJ Cawkwell, TD Sewell, L Zheng… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
The response of the energetic molecular crystal cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) to the
propagation of planar shock waves normal to (100) has been studied using large-scale …

Analysis of the zero‐point energy problem in classical trajectory simulations

Y Guo, DL Thompson, TD Sewell - The Journal of chemical physics, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
We examine methods for dealing with the flow of zero-point energy in classical trajectory
simulations and identify some of the problems associated with their use. Fundamental …

Flow of zero-point energy and exploration of phase space in classical simulations of quantum relaxation dynamics. II. Application to nonadiabatic processes

U Müller, G Stock - The Journal of chemical physics, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
Quasiclassical trajectory calculations are a wellestablished tool to simulate the dynamics of
molecular systems. 1 In this approach, the evaluation of the dynamics is performed on a …

Flow of zero-point energy and exploration of phase space in classical simulations of quantum relaxation dynamics

G Stock, U Müller - The Journal of chemical physics, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
Necessary conditions under which a classical description will give the correct quantum
relaxation behavior are analyzed. Assuming a nonequilibrium preparation, it is shown that …

Path integral methods for reaction rates in complex systems

JE Lawrence, DE Manolopoulos - Faraday Discussions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We shall use this introduction to the Faraday Discussion on quantum effects in complex
systems to review the recent progress that has been made in using imaginary time path …

Excitation function for H+O2 reaction: A study of zero‐point energy effects and rotational distributions in trajectory calculations

AJC Varandas - The Journal of chemical physics, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
The excitation function of the H+ O2 (v= 0)→ OH+ O reaction has been determined from
trajectory calculations using the HO2 DMBE IV potential energy surface. Reactive cross …

A novel non-active model to account for the leak of zero-point energy in trajectory calculations. Application to H+ O2 reaction near threshold

AJC Varandas - Chemical physics letters, 1994 - Elsevier
A novel non-active model to correct for the leak of zero-point energy in quasi-classical
trajectory calculations is proposed. It consists of eliminating every trajectory that fails to …

Herman-Kluk propagator is free from zero-point energy leakage

M Buchholz, E Fallacara, F Gottwald, M Ceotto… - Chemical Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
Quasiclassical techniques constitute a promising route to approximate quantum dynamics
based on classical trajectories starting from a quantum-mechanically correct distribution …

Mechanisms of H2 dissociative adsorption on the Pt (211) stepped surface

DA McCormack, RA Olsen, EJ Baerends - The Journal of chemical …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We utilize classical trajectory calculations to study the reaction dynamics of the dissociative
adsorption of H 2 on the stepped Pt (211) surface. The potential-energy surface has been …

A molecular dynamics simulation study of thermal conductivity anisotropy in β-octahydro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetranitro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetrazocine (β-HMX)

R Chitsazi, MP Kroonblawd… - … and Simulation in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used to predict the thermal conductivity of β-
octahydro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetranitro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetrazocine (β-HMX) along directions normal to the …