Nuclear quantum effects in the direct ionization process of pure helium clusters: path-integral and ring-polymer molecular dynamics simulations on the diatomics-in-molecule potential energy surfaces

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (41) ◽  
pp. 26489-26499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kento Suzuki ◽  
Takaaki Miyazaki ◽  
Toshiyuki Takayanagi ◽  
Motoyuki Shiga
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Direct Ionization ◽  
Helium Clusters ◽  
Pure Helium ◽  
Ring Polymer ◽  
Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

The ionization dynamics of pure Hen clusters has been theoretically studied using path-integral and ring-polymer molecular dynamics simulations.

Photoexcited Ag ejection from a low-temperature He cluster: a simulation study by nonadiabatic Ehrenfest ring-polymer molecular dynamics

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (21) ◽  
pp. 13798-13806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuke Seki ◽  
Toshiyuki Takayanagi ◽  
Motoyuki Shiga
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Simulation Study ◽  
Ring Polymer ◽  
Cluster A ◽  
Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Nonadiabatic ring-polymer molecular dynamics simulations were performed to understand the photoexcitation dynamics of a low-temperature Ag·He500 cluster.

Path-integral molecular dynamics simulations of BeO embedded in helium clusters: Formation of the stable HeBeO complex

2008 ◽  
Vol 354 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 38-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruki Motegi ◽  
Akira Kakizaki ◽  
Toshiyuki Takayanagi ◽  
Yuriko Taketsugu ◽  
Tetsuya Taketsugu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Helium Clusters ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Path-integral molecular dynamics simulations of glycine·(H2O)n (n=1–7) clusters on semi-empirical PM6 potential energy surfaces

2009 ◽  
Vol 365 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 60-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takehiro Yoshikawa ◽  
Haruki Motegi ◽  
Akira Kakizaki ◽  
Toshiyuki Takayanagi ◽  
Motoyuki Shiga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Energy Surfaces ◽  
Semi Empirical

scholarly journals Investigating Tunneling Controlled Chemical Reactions Through Ab-Initio Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyang Li ◽  
Pengfei Huo
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Quantum Tunneling ◽  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Molecular System ◽  
Ring Polymer ◽  
Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

<div>We use the ab-initio ring polymer molecular dynamics (RPMD) approach to investigate tunneling controlled reactions in methylhydroxycarbene. Nuclear tunneling effects enable molecules to overcome the barriers which can not be overcome classically. Under low-temperature conditions, intrinsic quantum tunneling effects canfacilitate the chemical reaction in a pathway that is neither favored thermodynamically nor kinetically. This</div><div>behavior is referred to as the tunneling controlled chemical reaction and regarded as the third paradigm of chemical</div><div>reaction controls. In this work, we use the ab-initio RPMD approach to incorporate the tunneling effects in our quantum dynamics simulations. The reaction kinetics of two competitive reaction pathways at various temperatures are investigated with the Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) on-the-fly molecular dynamics simulations and the ring polymer quantization of the nuclei. The reaction rate constants obtained here agree extremely well with the experimentally measured rates. We demonstrate the feasibility of using ab-initio RPMD rate calculations in a realistic molecular system, and provide an interesting and important example for future investigations on reaction mechanisms dominated by quantum tunneling effects.</div>

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