Restricted active space configuration interaction methods for strong correlation: Recent developments

D Casanova - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this review we outline the theory and recent progress of the restricted active space
configuration interaction (RASCI) methodology within the hole and particle approximation …

Spin-flip methods in quantum chemistry

D Casanova, AI Krylov - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This Perspective discusses salient features of the spin-flip approach to strong correlation
and describes different methods that sprung from this idea. The spin-flip treatment exploits …

Singlet‐Triplet Excited‐State Inversion in Heptazine and Related Molecules: Assessment of TD‐DFT and ab initio Methods

G Ricci, E San‐Fabián, Y Olivier… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We have investigated the origin of the S1‐T1 energy levels inversion for heptazine, and
other N‐doped π‐conjugated hydrocarbons, leading thus to an unusually negative singlet …

Negative singlet–triplet excitation energy gap in triangle-shaped molecular emitters for efficient triplet harvesting

J Sanz-Rodrigo, G Ricci, Y Olivier… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The full harvesting of both singlet and triplet excitons can pave the way toward more efficient
molecular light-emission mechanisms (ie, TADF or thermally activated delayed …

Polyradical character assessment using multireference calculations and comparison with density-functional derived fractional occupation number weighted density …

R Nieman, JR Carvalho, B Jayee, A Hansen… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The biradicaloid character of different types of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
based on small band gaps is an important descriptor to assess their opto-electronic …

Triangular graphene nanofragments: open-shell character and doping

ME Sandoval-Salinas, A Carreras… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work we study the intricacies of the electronic structure properties of triangular
graphene nanofragments (TGNFs) in their ground and low-lying excited states by means of …

Enumeration, Nomenclature, and Stability Rules of Carbon Nanobelts

Y Wang, Y Zhou, K Du - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
With recent breakthroughs and advances in synthetic chemistry, carbon nanobelts (CNBs)
have become an emerging hot topic in chemistry and materials science. Owing to their …

TAO-DFT investigation of electronic properties of linear and cyclic carbon chains

S Seenithurai, JD Chai - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
It has been challenging to adequately investigate the properties of nanosystems with radical
nature using conventional electronic structure methods. We address this challenge by …

Mild open-shell character of BODIPY and its impact on singlet and triplet excitation energies

V Postils, F Ruiperez, D Casanova - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This study describes and rationalizes the electronic structure of BODIPY combining a large
variety of quantum chemistry methods and computational tools. Examination of the obtained …

Computational Studies of Dimerization of [n]-Cyclacenes

A Somani, D Gupta, HF Bettinger - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cyclacenes, C4 n H2 n, consist of n linearly fused benzene rings that are arranged to result
in a closed nanohoop structure. Cyclacenes are thus the cyclic versions of acenes and have …