The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 164, Issue 11 Issue 11 2026
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Assembling the self-depletion interaction puzzle

Néstor M. de los Santos López, Marco A. Ramírez Guízar, Ramón Castañeda Priego et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0317357

Why do hard spheres tend to stay together even though they experience strong repulsive forces upon contact? This intriguing phenomenon is widely recognized and has been precisely measured in the study...

Quantifying the impact of the Tamm–Dancoff approximation on the computed spectra of transition-metal systems

Muhammed A. Dada, Sarah Pak, Matthew N. Ward et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0306777

The Tamm–Dancoff Approximation (TDA) offers a computationally efficient alternative to full linear-response Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) for calculating electronic excited states,...

Enhancing Gaussian process regression-accelerated QM/MM free energy simulations using atomic environment descriptors

Ryan Snyder, Dongru Li, Tinh Ho et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0315012

Accurate free energy simulations based on combined quantum mechanical and molecular mechanical (QM/MM) potentials are essential for understanding reaction mechanisms in complex environments. Achieving...

Accurate helium–benzene potential: From CCSD(T) to Gaussian process regression

Shahzad Akram, Sutirtha Paul, Collin Kovacs et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0322444

The accurate modeling of non-covalent interactions between helium and graphitic materials is important for understanding quantum phenomena in reduced dimensions, with the helium–benzene complex servin...

Homochiral to heterochiral transition in pentahelicene monolayer on the Pb(111) surface

Kai Sun, Ting-Ting Xie, Mei-Chun Zhang et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0323095

The chiral self-assembly of racemic pentahelicene molecules on the Pb(111) surface has been systematically investigated using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy combined with density functi...

Mathematical inversion of covariance-map images to determine three-dimensional product scattering distributions

Brady Metherall, Colin P. Please, David Heathcote et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0316433

Two-dimensional “crushed” velocity-map images of photoinduced or electron-induced reaction products can be Abel-inverted to reconstruct the full three-dimensional scattering distribution. Here, we dev...

QMCkl: A kernel library for quantum Monte Carlo applications

Emiel Slootman, Vijay Gopal Chilkuri, Aurelien Delval et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0316155

Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods deliver highly accurate electronic structure calculations but are computationally intensive. The quantum Monte Carlo kernel library (QMCkl) provides a modular, portab...

Polyampholyte model of ion clusters: Double-layer interactions in the presence of dissociated simple salt

David Ribar, Clifford E. Woodward, Jan Forsman Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0313308

We explore interactions between equally charged surfaces in the presence of simple salt and either neutral or monovalently charged polyampholytes. We consider the possibility of using these charged po...

Polariton-mediated control over chemical reactivity in a cavity/non-cavity hybrid system

Xinyu Nie, Lingya Li, Bo Xiang Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0316057

Vibrational strong coupling (VSC) offers a promising route for modifying ground-state chemical reactivity without altering molecular composition or structure. Yet, the controllability of cavity-mediat...

Six-dimensional state-to-state quantum differential cross sections for the F + CH4 → HF + CH3 reaction

Jiaxuan Wang, Shu Liu, Dong H. Zhang Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0325312

Using the time-dependent wave packet method based on the multiple-step reactant–product decoupling scheme in conjunction with a free-torsion six-dimensional model, we calculate the state-to-state quan...

Frozen natural orbitals for projection-based embedding method and its application to quantum computation

Tong Cheng, Jun Zeng, Minghui Yang Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0313584

Projection-based embedding offers a robust framework for modeling chemical processes in large molecular systems. It partitions computations into low-level treatments for the environmental subsystems a...

Competition between predissociation and autoionization in molecular hydrogen above the ionization threshold: A high-resolution spectroscopy and velocity map imaging study

Jie Wang, Xiaolei Han, Xutai Cui et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0310669

The dynamics of molecular hydrogen above its ionization threshold represent a fundamental prototype for understanding the competition between predissociation and autoionization in superexcited states....

Multidimensional tunneling and reaction-path dynamics in oxygen-insertion reactions of Criegee intermediates with small alkanes

Kuan-Yi Chou, Yi-Wen Chen, Yu-Ting Wang et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0315481

The alcohol-forming reactions of formaldehyde oxide (CH2OO) and its halogenated analogues (CCl2OO and CF2OO) with methane and ethane were investigated using dual-level variational transition state the...

Spectroscopic and lifetime measurements of C2 in the 33Πg and 43Πg states

Di Li, Zhongyang Wang, Liying Ma et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0323777

Spectroscopic and lifetime measurements of C2, one of the most important diatoms in the universe, provide valuable insights into its molecular structure, electronic transitions, and dissociation dynam...

Local diffusion analysis using square displacement averaged in subspace

Nobuaki Kikkawa, Ryosuke Jinnouchi, Tetsuro Nagai et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0304592

There is a well-known linear relation between the mean square displacement (MSD) and time, with the slope corresponding to the global diffusion coefficient of the particle of interest. Similarly, the...

Formation and rearrangement of HCCF⋯HF complexes after CF2CH2 photolysis: A matrix isolation and <i>ab initio</i> study

Pavel V. Zasimov, Robert Medel, Sebastian Riedel Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0313694

Studies on the reactions between neighbors and rearrangements occurring in noble gas matrices in the same matrix cage at temperatures of a few kelvins may improve our understanding of intermolecular i...

Efficient recursive Gaussian integral calculation of anion photodetachment cross sections

Jiabin Huang, Dongyang Li, Guangda Luo et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0301018

Photodetachment cross sections (PDCSs) are key parameters for quantitatively characterizing the generation and annihilation of anions, with transition moment integrals being the critical component in...

Modular construction of Jastrow factors for the transcorrelated method

J. Philip Haupt, Maria-Andreea Filip, Evelin Martine Corvid Christlmaier et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0315703

In this work, we explore the reuse of terms in the Jastrow factor between systems for use in the transcorrelated method to reduce the number of optimizable parameters for a given system. In particular...

Magic wavelengths with QED correction for the 23 <i>S</i> 1 → 23 <i>P</i> <i>J</i> transitions of helium-4

Shan-Shan Lu, Ji-Tao Li, Yu-Jie Wang et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0323943

A series of magic wavelengths for the 23S1 → 23PJ (J = 0, 1, 2) transitions in helium is determined with high precision using the relativistic configuration interaction combined with the radiative pot...

Analytical interaction potentials for disks in two dimensions

Binghan Liu, Junwen Wang, Gary S. Grest et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0313885

Compact analytical forms are derived for the interactions involving thin disks in two dimensions using an integration approach. These include interactions between a disk and a material point, between...

Interaction-region decoupling for deep-well quantum dynamics: Overcoming the interpolation bottleneck and revealing the intrinsic high-energy efficiency

Yuegu Fang, Jiayu Huang, Dong H. Zhang Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0326064

Deep-well chemical reactions pose a long-standing challenge for rigorous quantum dynamical calculations because of their extended interaction regions. The interaction-region decoupling (IRD) framework...

Quantum dynamics of water dissociation on a Cu/Ni(111) bimetallic alloy surface: A nine-dimensional model

Tianhui Liu, Bina Fu, Dong H. Zhang Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0321157

The dissociative chemisorption of water on a Cu/Ni(111) bimetallic alloy surface was investigated using a combined neural-network potential energy surface and quantum dynamics approach. A full-dimensi...

Structural and dynamic studies on vapor-deposited amorphous methane hydrate

Menghan Zhang, Hiroshi Akiba, Iwao Matsuda et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0323888

Methane hydrate has been studied extensively not only as a future energy resource but also due to interest in quantum and classical rotations of methane molecules. In this study, amorphous methane hyd...

Subgrain boundary energy in Ih ice: A molecular dynamics study using mW and Tip4p/ice potentials

E. Druetta, J. Fernandez, G. G. Aguirre Varela et al. Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0317624

In this work, molecular dynamics simulations were used to calculate the energies of subgrain boundaries in ice Ih bicrystals. Based on the wurtzite structure, a series of symmetric tilt-type bicrystal...

Thermodynamic discontinuity in evaporating thin solvated nematics

Prateek Chowdhury, Debdip Bhandary, Abir Ghosh Mar 21, 2026 10.1063/5.0321627

Self-organized patterns of nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) are indispensable in sensing and opto-electronics due to their intricate molecular sensitivities. A molecular-scale investigation of solvated...

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Publisher American Institute of Physics
ISSN 0021-9606
E-ISSN 1089-7690
Subject Physical Sciences
Language English
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