Theoretical advances in polariton chemistry and molecular cavity quantum electrodynamics

A Mandal, MAD Taylor, BM Weight… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
When molecules are coupled to an optical cavity, new light–matter hybrid states, so-called
polaritons, are formed due to quantum light–matter interactions. With the experimental …

The glowing potential of Nile red for microplastics Identification: Science and mechanism of fluorescence staining

D Ho, S Liu, H Wei, KG Karthikeyan - Microchemical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Quantification and identification of microplastics (MPs)(plastics< 5 mm) remain challenging
due to the current laborious, inconsistent, and time-intensive measurement techniques. A …

[HTML][HTML] The ONETEP linear-scaling density functional theory program

JCA Prentice, J Aarons, JC Womack… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We present an overview of the onetep program for linear-scaling density functional theory
(DFT) calculations with large basis set (plane-wave) accuracy on parallel computers. The …

Mapping surface hydrophobicity of α-synuclein oligomers at the nanoscale

JE Lee, JC Sang, M Rodrigues, AR Carr… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Proteins fold into a single structural ensemble but can also misfold into many diverse
structures including small aggregates and fibrils, which differ in their toxicity. The aggregate …

Vibronic and environmental effects in simulations of optical spectroscopy

TJ Zuehlsdorff, SV Shedge, SY Lu… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Including both environmental and vibronic effects is important for accurate simulation of
optical spectra, but combining these effects remains computationally challenging. We outline …

Modeling absorption spectra of molecules in solution

TJ Zuehlsdorff, CM Isborn - International Journal of Quantum …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of solvent tunes many properties of a molecule, such as its ground and
excited state geometry, dipole moment, excitation energy, and absorption spectrum …

Density functional theory calculations of large systems: Interplay between fragments, observables, and computational complexity

W Dawson, A Degomme, M Stella… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the past decade, developments of computational technology around density functional
theory (DFT) calculations have considerably increased the system sizes which can be …

[HTML][HTML] Combining the ensemble and Franck-Condon approaches for calculating spectral shapes of molecules in solution

TJ Zuehlsdorff, CM Isborn - The Journal of chemical physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The correct treatment of vibronic effects is vital for the modeling of absorption spectra of
many solvated dyes. Vibronic spectra for small dyes in solution can be easily computed …

[HTML][HTML] Optical spectra in the condensed phase: Capturing anharmonic and vibronic features using dynamic and static approaches

TJ Zuehlsdorff, A Montoya-Castillo, JA Napoli… - The Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Simulating optical spectra in the condensed phase remains a challenge for theory due to the
need to capture spectral signatures arising from anharmonicity and dynamical effects, such …

Reappraisal of empirical solvent polarity scales for organic solvents

S Spange, N Weiß, CH Schmidt… - Chemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Correlations of Reichardt's ET (30), the Catalán SdP (solvent dipolarity), SP (solvent
polarizability), SA (solvent acidity), SB (solvent basicity), Kamlet‐Taft π*(dipolarity …