Interplay between theory and experiment in investigations of molecules embedded in superfluid helium nanodroplets

K Szalewicz - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Helium is the only substance that has been observed on macroscopic scale to form the
fourth state of matter, the superfluid state. However, until recently superfluid helium had not …

Quasiparticle approach to molecules interacting with quantum solvents

M Lemeshko - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Understanding the behavior of molecules interacting with superfluid helium represents a
formidable challenge and, in general, requires approaches relying on large-scale numerical …

[HTML][HTML] Converged quantum simulations of reactive solutes in superfluid helium: The Bochum perspective

F Brieuc, C Schran, F Uhl, H Forbert… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Superfluid helium has not only fascinated scientists for centuries but is also the ideal matrix
for the investigation of chemical systems under ultra-cold conditions in helium nanodroplet …

A path integral molecular dynamics simulation of a harpoon-type redox reaction in a helium nanodroplet

A Castillo-García, AW Hauser, MP de Lara-Castells… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
We present path integral molecular dynamics (PIMD) calculations of an electron transfer
from a heliophobic Cs 2 dimer in its (3 Σ u) state, located on the surface of a He droplet, to a …

Extrapolated high-order propagators for path integral Monte Carlo simulations

RE Zillich, JM Mayrhofer, SA Chin - The Journal of chemical physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We present a new class of high-order imaginary time propagators for path integral Monte
Carlo simulations that require no higher order derivatives of the potential nor explicit …

Modelling interactions of cationic dimers in He droplets: Microsolvation trends in He n K 2+ clusters

N Alharzali, R Rodríguez-Segundo… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the results of a detailed theoretical investigation of small K2+-doped He clusters.
The structural characteristics and stabilities of such cations are determined from ab initio …

Rotons and Bose condensation in Rydberg-dressed Bose gases

I Seydi, SH Abedinpour, RE Zillich, R Asgari, B Tanatar - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We investigate the ground-state properties and excitations of Rydberg-dressed bosons in
both three and two dimensions, using the hypernetted-chain Euler-Lagrange approximation …

Fingerprints of angulon instabilities in the spectra of matrix-isolated molecules

IN Cherepanov, M Lemeshko - Physical Review Materials, 2017 - APS
The formation of vortices is usually considered to be the main mechanism of angular
momentum disposal in superfluids. Recently, it was predicted that a superfluid can acquire …

Structure, energetics, and spectroscopy of the K2+ (X2Σ+ g) interacting with the noble gas atoms Ar, Kr and Xe

C Ghanmi, H Nakbi, HJ Al-Qarni, N Alharzali… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The structure, energetic, and spectroscopy properties of the ionic system K 2+(X 2 Σ+ g)
interacting with the noble gas atoms Argon, Krypton and Xenon are studied. The …

Quantum molecular simulations of micro-hydrated halogen anions

R Rodríguez-Segundo, A Gijón… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the results of a detailed and accurate investigation focused on structures and
energetics of poly-hydrated halides employing first-principles polarizable halide–water …