2015
Computational Insights on Crystal Structures of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II with Either Ca2+ or Ca2+ Substituted by Sr2+
Vogt L, Ertem MZ, Pal R, Brudvig GW, Batista VS. Computational Insights on Crystal Structures of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II with Either Ca2+ or Ca2+ Substituted by Sr2+. Biochemistry 2015, 54: 820-825. PMID: 25555204, DOI: 10.1021/bi5011706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsX-ray crystal structureCrystal structureQuantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculationsQM/MM modelOxygen-Evolving ComplexMolecular mechanics calculationsPhotosystem IIWater oxidationMechanics calculationsComputational insightsReduced statesHeterocationsMM modelSubstitution resultsComplexesS statesStructureCationsBondsOxidationSr2Experimental dataW5WaterCalculations
2009
Quantum Dynamics of the Excited‐State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in 2‐(2′‐Hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole
Kim J, Wu Y, Brédas J, Batista V. Quantum Dynamics of the Excited‐State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in 2‐(2′‐Hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole. Israel Journal Of Chemistry 2009, 49: 187-197. DOI: 10.1560/ijc.49.2.187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReaction dynamicsExcited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) dynamicsExcited state potential energy surfacesExcited-state reaction dynamicsReaction surface HamiltonianExcited-state intramolecular proton transferUltrafast reaction dynamicsCoherent-state expansionProton transfer dynamicsPotential energy surfaceIntramolecular proton transferQuantum dynamicsTime evolution operatorSurface HamiltonianWave packetsSurvival amplitudeTrotter expansionPolyatomic systemsEnergy surfacePropagation methodProton transferTautomerization reactionExperimental dataFourier transform methodPropagation scheme
2000
Nonadiabatic photodissociation dynamics of ICN in the à continuum: A semiclassical initial value representation study
Coronado E, Batista V, Miller W. Nonadiabatic photodissociation dynamics of ICN in the à continuum: A semiclassical initial value representation study. The Journal Of Chemical Physics 2000, 112: 5566-5575. DOI: 10.1063/1.481130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFull quantum mechanical calculationsNonadiabatic photodissociation dynamicsPhotodissociation dynamicsMechanical calculationsQuantum mechanical calculationsSemiclassical initial value representation methodSemiclassical resultsNonadiabatic processesRotational distributionsSemiclassical techniquesAbsorption spectraModel HamiltonianExcellent agreementHamiltonianExperimental dataCalculationsContinuumDynamicsSpectraDirect comparisonQuantizationAgreementICN