2024
A Roadmap for Simulating Chemical Dynamics on a Parametrically Driven Bosonic Quantum Device
Cabral D, Khazaei P, Allen B, Videla P, Schäfer M, Cortiñas R, de Albornoz A, Chávez-Carlos J, Santos L, Geva E, Batista V. A Roadmap for Simulating Chemical Dynamics on a Parametrically Driven Bosonic Quantum Device. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry Letters 2024, 15: 12042-12050. PMID: 39589318, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchZero-point energy motionTransition-state theoryQuantum devicesQuantum effectsThermal bathCoupling strengthReaction dynamicsDegrees of freedomReactive fluxChemical dynamicsHydrogen-bonded dimersProton-transfer reactionsFree energy profilesFree energy barrierDNA base pairsReaction coordinateRate theoryEnergy barrierEnergy profilesChemical reactionsReactionDynamicsTheoryParametrizationCoupling
2007
QM/MM computational studies of substrate water binding to the oxygen-evolving centre of photosystem II
Sproviero EM, Shinopoulos K, Gascn J, McEvoy JP, Brudvig GW, Batista VS. QM/MM computational studies of substrate water binding to the oxygen-evolving centre of photosystem II. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2007, 363: 1149-1156. PMID: 17971333, PMCID: PMC2614095, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOxygen-evolving centerWater moleculesSubstrate waterElectrostatic potential atomic chargesQM/MM computational studiesPhotosystem IIComputational studyX-ray crystal structureCharge transfer interactionFormal oxidation stateCyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatusDioxygen formationMetal centerModel complexesOxidation stateWater exchange rateAtomic chargesMetal clustersSubstrate moleculesMn ionsCrystal structureEnergy barrierThermosynechococcus elongatusManganese ionsWater binding