The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 164, Issue 5 Issue 5 2026
47
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Wavelength-dependent intramolecular singlet fission through an excimer-like intermediate

Sanjoy Patra, Atandrita Bhattacharyya, Ch Mudasar Hussain et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0312776

Singlet Fission (SF) into two triplets offers exciting avenues for high-efficiency photovoltaics and optically initializable qubits. While the chemical space of SF chromophores is ever-expanding, the...

A simple fourth order propagator based on the Magnus expansion in the Liouville space: Application to a Λ-system and assessment of the rotating wave approximation

Taner M. Ture, Changbong Hyeon, Seogjoo J. Jang Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0314773

A simple fourth-order propagator [Ture and Jang, J. Phys. Chem. A 128, 2871 (2024)] based on the Magnus expansion is extended to the Liouville space for both closed-system and Lindbladian open-system...

Does correlated orbital theory improve PBE-like functionals?

Rodrigo A. Mendes, Zachary W. Windom, Roberto L. A. Haiduke et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0298139

Correlated Orbital Theory (COT) provides an exact one-particle framework by imposing rigorous physical constraints on Kohn–Sham eigenvalues and, as a consequence, directly incorporates essential elect...

Distinct pH-regulated conductance behaviors of PEI-coated PET and silica nanochannels

Xiao Liu, Chao Feng, Chun-lai Ren Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0302895

Polyethyleneimine (PEI)-functionalized nanochannels have been extensively exploited in ion gating and biosensing. It is of great significance to explore their conductance determining ion–surface inter...

(Dis-)appearance of liquid–liquid phase transitions in a heterogeneous activated patchy particle model and experiment

Furio Surfaro, Peixuan Liang, Hadra Banks et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0312039

The ion-activated patchy particle model is an important theoretical framework to investigate the phase behavior of globular proteins in the presence of multivalent ions. In this study, we examine and...

A variational formulation of the free energy of mixed quantum-classical systems: Coupling classical and electronic density functional theories

Guillaume Jeanmairet, Maxime Labat, Emmanuel Giner Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0309780

Combining classical density functional theory (cDFT) with quantum mechanics (QM) methods offers a computationally efficient alternative to traditional QM/molecular mechanics (MM) approaches for modeli...

Efficient all-electron periodic Fourier-transformed Coulomb method

Hieu Q. Dinh, Adam Rettig, Xintian Feng et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0303084

We present an efficient algorithm for constructing an all-electron periodic Coulomb matrix based on Ewald summation combined with the Fourier-transformed Coulomb method. The short-range contributions...

Polymer translocation through extended patterned pores in two dimensions: Scaling of the total translocation time

Andri Sharma, Abhishek Chaudhuri, Rajeev Kapri Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0297140

We study the translocation of a flexible polymer through extended patterned pores using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We consider cylindrical and conical pore geometries that can be controlled...

pyRMG: A framework for high-throughput, large-cell DFT calculations on supercomputers

Ryan Morelock, Soumendu Bagchi, Emil Briggs et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0304566

Exascale computing delivers the raw power to simulate ever larger and more chemically realistic systems, but realizing this potential requires codes that can efficiently use thousands of processors. O...

Modification of Rys quadratures for two- and three-center electron repulsion integrals calculation

Vladimir V. Poddubnyy, Ilya O. Glebov Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0303685

Integrals for Gaussian-type orbitals are the basis of every quantum chemical calculation. In this work, we present the efficient implementation of nuclear attraction and of two- and three-center elect...

A practical framework for rapid calculation of protein polarization energies with anisotropic atomic polarizabilities

Wan-sheng Ren, Jin Xiao, Yingfeng Zhang et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0315855

An accurate description of electronic polarization is fundamental to modeling protein interactions and dynamics. Despite its importance, polarization is frequently omitted in classical force fields, w...

Light absorption and emission by weakly bound heteronuclear molecular ions in the superlinear crossing transition regime. The example of NeXe+

A. A. Narits, K. S. Kislov, V. S. Lebedev Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0314598

We develop a semi-analytic theory for describing nonadiabatic bound–bound, free–bound, bound–free, and free–free photoprocesses in heteronuclear ions in the regime of the superlinear potential energy...

Vibrational dynamics of liquid nitromethane at fundamental and overtone band studied by femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy

Yunfei Song, Honglin Wu, Yangyang Zeng et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0309705

Time-resolved third-order and fifth-order CARS experiments were employed to systematically investigate the vibrational dynamics of liquid nitromethane (NM) molecules in both fundamental and overtone b...

Rotational excitation of AlCl induced by H2 collisions

M. M’hamdi, A. Ben Houria, C. T. Bop et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0314746

We present the first study of the rotational excitation of AlCl(X1Σ+) induced by collisions with H2. We have calculated a four dimensional potential energy surface (PES) to describe the AlCl–H2 intera...

Structural transitions in liquid water at high temperatures and pressures: Evidence from molecular simulations

Ioannis Skarmoutsos, Fausto Martelli, Elvira Guardia Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0307510

Classical molecular dynamics simulations were carried out for liquid water using the TIP4P-2005 potential model along the 50 MPa isobar, covering a wide temperature range from ambient to near-critical...

Observation of Penning electron detachment by electronically excited potassium atoms in high Rydberg states

Tatsuya Chiba, Moritz Blankenhorn, Shiying Wang et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0311876

Penning electron detachment is a process in which an electronically excited neutral species collides with an anion and detaches an electron from it by transferring its excitation energy, viz., A− + N*...

Charge screening as the key effect governing physical properties of deep eutectic solvents

Antonio Reyes-Obando, Pedro E. Ramírez-González Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0300948

In this work, we performed all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of the ionic liquids choline chloride (ChCl) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, as well as their mixtures with ethylene glycol...

Association and phase transitions in simple models for biological and soft matter condensates

Cecilia Bores, Antonio Diaz-Pozuelo, Enrique Lomba Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0310298

We investigate a set of design principles that link specific features of interparticle interactions to predictable structural and dynamic outcomes in two-dimensional self-assembly, a framework relevan...

Machine learning potential as a guide for eutectic in ultra-refractory multicomponent ceramics

V. E. Valiulin, A. V. Mikheyenkov, N. M. Chtchelkatchev et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0309969

The experimental determination of eutectic points is a long-established and widely used technique, but it is generally only practical for systems with relatively low melting points. Many modern, promi...

Extended perturbative approach for quantitative calculation of the coherence excitation energy transfer in photosynthetic light harvesting complex

Zidong Liang, Zhencheng Huang, Mingyuan Xie et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0303821

There are non-negligible exciton couplings and coherent oscillations in the excitation energy transfer within the light-harvesting complex and the exciton dynamics. In addition, the exciton dynamics d...

Electron correlation by exchange mapping in electronic structure calculations

Jerry L. Whitten Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0312721

A method for increasing the accuracy of configuration interaction (CI) calculations of molecules and other electronic systems is proposed. The energy defect of a given calculation is associated with t...

Explicit particle kinetics simulations of reactive diffusion at air–water interfaces

Dai-Bei Yang, Xiangyu Chen, Joseph S. Francisco Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0311877

Reactive uptake of trace gases by aqueous aerosols reflects a balance between molecular diffusion and chemical reaction, yet separating interfacial from bulk contributions remains challenging. We pres...

Electrostatic slowdown in kinetics of spinodal decomposition

Artem M. Rumyantsev Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0306512

We consider the kinetics of spinodal decomposition in a mixture of oppositely charged ionic species A− and C+ with a short-range Flory–Huggins incompatibility, χ > 0, between them. This represe...

Photoelectron spectroscopy and structural characterization of [EDTA · M(II)]2− ·  <i>n</i> H2O (M = Ni, Cu, Zn; <i>n</i> = 0–2) complexes

Zicheng Ling, Qinqin Yuan, Xiangtao Kong et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0315418

We investigated microhydrated transition metal-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) dianion complexes [EDTA · M(II)]2− · nH2O (M = Ni, Cu, and Zn; n = 1, 2) using cryogenic photoelectron spectroscop...

Achieving all-atom molecular dynamics accuracy from the Poisson–Boltzmann method through machine learning

Ema Slejko, Amaury Coste, Tilen Potisk et al. Feb 07, 2026 10.1063/5.0313624

All-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a standard tool for probing the structural and dynamical properties of biomolecular systems, but their accuracy comes at the cost of high computational...

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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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