Trajectory surface hopping molecular dynamics simulations for retinal protonated Schiff-base photoisomerization

Author(s):  
Yuxiu Liu ◽  
Chaoyuan Zhu

A global-switching trajectory surface hopping method on TDDFT potential energy surfaces has been used to simulate complex conical intersection networks and to predict photoproduct quantum yield distributions for a real RPSB system.

Author(s):  
Zachary Morrow ◽  
Hyuk-Yong Kwon ◽  
Carl Tim Kelley ◽  
Elena Jakubikova

Molecular dynamics simulations often classically evolve the nuclear geometry on adiabatic potential energy surfaces (PESs), punctuated by random hops between energy levels in regions of strong coupling, in an algorithm...


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yibo Lei ◽  
Shaomei Wu ◽  
Chaoyuan Zhu ◽  
Zhenyi Wen ◽  
Sheng-Hsien Lin

Combining trajectory surface hopping (TSH) method with constraint molecular dynamics, we have extended TSH method from full to flexible dimensional potential energy surfaces. Classical trajectories are carried out in Cartesian coordinates with constraints in internal coordinates, while nonadiabatic switching probabilities are calculated separately in free internal coordinates by Landau-Zener and Zhu-Nakamura formulas along the seam. Two-dimensional potential energy surfaces of groundS0and excitedS1states are constructed analytically in terms of torsion angle and one dihedral angle around the central ethylenic C=C bond, and the other internal coordinates are all fixed at configuration of the conical intersection. At this conical intersection, the branching ratio from the present simulation is 48 : 52 (33 : 67) initially starting from trans(cis)-Stilbene in comparison with experimental value 50 : 50. Quantum yield for trans-to-cis isomerization is estimated as 49% in very good agreement with experimental value of 55%, while quantum yield for cis-to-trans isomerization is estimated as 47% in comparison with experimental value of 35%.


2009 ◽  
Vol 365 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 60-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takehiro Yoshikawa ◽  
Haruki Motegi ◽  
Akira Kakizaki ◽  
Toshiyuki Takayanagi ◽  
Motoyuki Shiga ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 5236-5243
Author(s):  
Ying Hu ◽  
Chao Xu ◽  
Linfeng Ye ◽  
Feng Long Gu ◽  
Chaoyuan Zhu

Global switching on-the-fly trajectory surface hopping molecular dynamics simulation was performed on the accurate TD-B3LYP/6-31G* potential energy surfaces for E-to-Z and Z-to-E photoisomerization of dMe-OMe-NAIP up to S1(ππ*) excitation.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábris Kossoski ◽  
Mario Barbatti

<p>Despite the continuous development of theoretical methodologies for describing nonadiabatic dynamics of molecular systems, there is a lack of approaches for processes where the norm of the wave function is not conserved, i.e., when an imaginary potential accounts for some irreversible decaying mechanism. Current approaches rely on building potential energy surfaces of reduced dimensionality, which is not optimal for more involving and realistic multidimensional problems. Here, we present a novel methodology for describing the dynamics of complex-valued molecular Hamiltonians, which is a generalisation of the trajectory surface hopping method. As a first application, the complex surface fewest switches surface hopping (CS-FSSH) method was employed to survey the relaxation mechanisms of the shape resonant anions of iodoethene. We have provided the first detailed and dynamical picture of the p*/s* mechanism of dissociative electron attachment in halogenated unsaturated compounds, which is believed to underlie electron-induced reactions of several molecules of interest. Electron capture into the p* orbital promotes C=C stretching and out-of-plane vibrations, followed by charge transfer from the double bond into the s* orbital at the C-I bond, and, finally, release of the iodine ion, all within only 15 fs. On-the-fly dynamics simulations of a vast class of processes can be envisioned with the CS-FSSH methodology, including autoionisation from transient anions, core-ionised and superexcited states, Auger and interatomic Coulombic decay, and time-dependent luminescence.</p>


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábris Kossoski ◽  
Mario Barbatti

<p>Despite the continuous development of theoretical methodologies for describing nonadiabatic dynamics of molecular systems, there is a lack of approaches for processes where the norm of the wave function is not conserved, i.e., when an imaginary potential accounts for some irreversible decaying mechanism. Current approaches rely on building potential energy surfaces of reduced dimensionality, which is not optimal for more involving and realistic multidimensional problems. Here, we present a novel methodology for describing the dynamics of complex-valued molecular Hamiltonians, which is a generalisation of the trajectory surface hopping method. As a first application, the complex surface fewest switches surface hopping (CS-FSSH) method was employed to survey the relaxation mechanisms of the shape resonant anions of iodoethene. We have provided the first detailed and dynamical picture of the π*/σ* mechanism of dissociative electron attachment in halogenated unsaturated compounds, which is believed to underlie electron-induced reactions of several molecules of interest. Electron capture into the π* orbital promotes C=C stretching and out-of-plane vibrations, followed by charge transfer from the double bond into the σ* orbital at the C-I bond, and, finally, release of the iodine ion, all within only 15 fs. On-the-fly dynamics simulations of a vast class of processes can be envisioned with the CS-FSSH methodology, including autoionisation from transient anions, core-ionised and superexcited states, Auger and interatomic Coulombic decay, and time-dependent luminescence.</p>


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