Quantum information scrambling and chemical reactions

C Zhang, S Kundu, N Makri… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The ultimate regularity of quantum mechanics creates a tension with the assumption of
classical chaos used in many of our pictures of chemical reaction dynamics. Out-of-time …

Instantons and the quantum bound to chaos

VG Sadhasivam, L Meuser… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The rate at which information scrambles in a quantum system can be quantified using out-of-
time-ordered correlators. A remarkable prediction is that the associated Lyapunov exponent …

Vibrational Energy Flow in Molecules Attached to Plasmonic Nanoparticles

H Poudel, PH Shaon, DM Leitner - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ability to control chemical reactions involving molecules attached to plasmonic
nanoparticles requires information about vibrational energy flow. We compute the energy …

Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulation of Electron Transfer Models with Tunable Dissipation

V So, MD Suganthi, A Menon, M Zhu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Electron transfer is at the heart of many fundamental physical, chemical, and biochemical
processes essential for life. Exact simulation of reactions in these systems is often hindered …