Newton-X platform: New software developments for surface hopping and nuclear ensembles

M Barbatti, M Bondanza, R Crespo-Otero… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Newton-X is an open-source computational platform to perform nonadiabatic molecular
dynamics based on surface hopping and spectrum simulations using the nuclear ensemble …

Electron scattering processes: fundamentals, challenges, advances, and opportunities

S Ptasinska, MTN Varella, MA Khakoo… - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
Much effort has been devoted to describing qualitatively and quantitatively electron
scattering processes due to their ever-increasing importance in many industrial and medical …

Interaction of low-energy electrons with radiosensitizers

B Sedmidubská, J Kočišek - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We provide an experimentalist's perspective on the present state-of-the-art in the studies of
low-energy electron interactions with common radiosensitizers, including compounds used …

Low-energy electron-induced decomposition of 5-trifluoromethanesulfonyl-uracil: A potential radiosensitizer

J Ameixa, E Arthur-Baidoo, R Meißner… - The Journal of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
5-trifluoromethanesulfonyl-uracil (OTfU), a recently proposed radiosensitizer, is
decomposed in the gas-phase by attachment of low-energy electrons. OTfU is a derivative of …

Electron Attachment to 5-Fluorouracil: The Role of Hydrogen Fluoride in Dissociation Chemistry

E Arthur-Baidoo, G Schöpfer, M Ončák… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
We investigate dissociative electron attachment to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) employing a crossed
electron-molecular beam experiment and quantum chemical calculations. Upon the …

Nonadiabatic dynamics in multidimensional complex potential energy surfaces

F Kossoski, M Barbatti - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the continuous development of theoretical methodologies for describing
nonadiabatic dynamics of molecular systems, there is a lack of approaches for processes …

Electron-Induced Decomposition of 5-Bromo-4-Thiouracil and 5-Bromo-4-Thio-2′-Deoxyuridine: The Effect of the Deoxyribose Moiety on Dissociative Electron …

F Izadi, A Szczyrba, M Datta, O Ciupak… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
When modified uridine derivatives are incorporated into DNA, radical species may form that
cause DNA damage. This category of molecules has been proposed as radiosensitizers and …

How does methylation suppress the electron-induced decomposition of 1-methyl-nitroimidazoles?

F Kossoski, MTN Varella - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The efficient decomposition of nitroimidazoles (NIs) by low energy electrons is believed to
underlie their radiosensitizing properties. Recent dissociative electron attachment (DEA) …

Fragmentation of pure and hydrated clusters of 5Br-uracil by low energy carbon ions: observation of hydrated fragments

MC Castrovilli, P Markush, P Bolognesi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The fragmentation of the isolated 5-bromouracil (5BrU) molecule and pure and nano-
hydrated 5BrU clusters induced by low energy 12C4+ ions has been studied. A comparison …

Dissociative electron attachment to 5-bromo-uracil: non-adiabatic dynamics on complex-valued potential energy surfaces

LM Cornetta, TJ Martinez, MTN Varella - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electron induced dissociation reactions are relevant to many fields, ranging from prebiotic
chemistry to cancer treatments. However, the simulation of dissociation electron attachment …