2016
Time-Sliced Thawed Gaussian Propagation Method for Simulations of Quantum Dynamics
Kong X, Markmann A, Batista V. Time-Sliced Thawed Gaussian Propagation Method for Simulations of Quantum Dynamics. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry A 2016, 120: 3260-3269. PMID: 26845486, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuantum dynamicsFourth-order Runge-KuttaTime-evolved stateHusimi transformRunge-KuttaCharacteristic equationInitial superpositionGaussian methodOverlap matrixLinear superpositionVelocity VerletIntegral calculationQuantum tunnelingTransform methodFourier transform methodBenchmark calculationsQuantitative agreementPropagation methodRigorous methodGaussianDynamic propagationSimulationsSuperpositionDynamicsEquations
2006
Matching-pursuit/split-operator-Fourier-transform simulations of excited-state nonadiabatic quantum dynamics in pyrazine
Chen X, Batista V. Matching-pursuit/split-operator-Fourier-transform simulations of excited-state nonadiabatic quantum dynamics in pyrazine. The Journal Of Chemical Physics 2006, 125: 124313. PMID: 17014180, DOI: 10.1063/1.2356477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonadiabatic quantum dynamicsQuantum dynamicsFull-dimensional potential energy surfaceGradient-based optimization methodsSecond-order accuracyTime evolution operatorCoherent-state expansionNonadiabatic reaction dynamicsPhotoabsorption cross sectionsPotential energy surfacePhotoabsorption spectroscopyOrder accuracyTrotter expansionWave packetsReaction dynamicsExact simulationOptimization methodSurvival amplitudeModel HamiltonianPolyatomic systemsEnergy surfaceMultidimensional systemsCross sectionsPropagation schemeBenchmark calculationsCharacterization of synthetic oxomanganese complexes and the inorganic core of the O2-evolving complex in photosystem II: Evaluation of the DFT/B3LYP level of theory
Sproviero EM, Gascon JA, McEvoy JP, Brudvig GW, Batista VS. Characterization of synthetic oxomanganese complexes and the inorganic core of the O2-evolving complex in photosystem II: Evaluation of the DFT/B3LYP level of theory. Journal Of Inorganic Biochemistry 2006, 100: 786-800. PMID: 16510187, DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2006.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDFT/B3LYP levelOxomanganese complexesDFT/B3LYPB3LYP levelDensity functional theory (DFT) B3LYP levelBecke-3-LeeOxygen-evolving complexPhotosystem IISpin electronic statesInorganic coreImidazole ligandsMn complexesMu-oxoMagnetic experimental dataElectronic propertiesModest basis setsBasis setHybrid densityMechanistic studiesMn trimersComplexesMagnetic propertiesB3LYPTetramerBenchmark calculations