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Mabrouk N, Dhiflaoui J, Saidi S, Bejaoui M, Alharzali N, Berriche H. Potential Energy Surface and Bound States of Ne-Li 2+( X2Σ g+) van der Waals Complex Based on Ab Initio Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:9167-9177. [PMID: 37890154 PMCID: PMC10641847 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
Abstract
Theoretical studies of the potential energy surface and vibrational bound states calculations were performed for the ground state of the Ne-Li2+(X2Σg+) van der Waals (vdW) complex. The intermolecular interactions were investigated by using an accurate monoconfigurational RCCSD(T) method and large basis sets (aug-cc-pVnZ, n = T, Q, 5), extrapolated to the complete basis set (CBS) limit. In turn, the obtained raw data from RCCSD(T)/CBS(Q5) calculations were numerically interpolated using the Morse + vdW model and the Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS) polynomial method to generate analytic expressions for the 2D-PES. The RKHS interpolated PES was then used to assess the bound states of the Ne-Li2+(X2Σg+) system through nuclear quantum calculations. By studying the aspect of the potential energy surface, the analysis sheds light on the behavior of the Ne-Li2+(X2Σg+) complex and its interactions between repulsive and attractive forces with other particles. By examining the vibrational states and wave functions of the system, the researchers were able to gain a better understanding of the behavior of the Ne-Li2+(X2Σg+) complex. The calculated radial and angular distributions for all even and odd symmetries are discussed in detail. We observe that the radial distributions exhibit a more complicated nodal structure, representing stretching vibrational behavior in the neon atom along its radial coordinate. For the highest bound states, the situation is very different, and the energies surpass the angular barrier.
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- Nesrine Mabrouk
- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty
of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty
of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty
of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
- Department
of Physics, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty
of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty
of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
- Department
of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava 814 99, Slovakia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty
of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
- Mathematics
and Physics Department, School of Arts and Sciences, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al-Khaimah 10021, United Arab Emirates
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In solution-phase chemistry, the solvent is often considered to be merely a medium that allows reacting solutes to encounter each other. In this work, however, we show that moderate locally specific solute-solvent interactions can affect not only the nature of the solute but also the types of reactive chemistry. We use quantum simulation methods to explore how solvent participation in solute chemical identity alters reactions involving the breaking of chemical bonds. In particular, we explore the photoexcitation dynamics of Na2+ dissolved in liquid tetrahydrofuran. In the gas phase, excitation of Na2+ directly leads to dissociation, but in solution, photoexcitation leads to an isomerization reaction involving rearrangement of the first-shell solvent molecules; this isomerization must go to completion before the solute can dissociate. Despite the complexity, the solution-phase reaction dynamics can be captured by a two-dimensional energy surface where one dimension involves only the isomerization of the first-shell solvent molecules.
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- Andy Vong
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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Solvent effects are important for understanding solution-phase chemical reactions. Surprisingly, very few studies have explored how solvent dynamics change during the course of a reaction with solutes that encounter a wide range of configurations. Here, we use quantum simulation methods to explore the solvent dynamics during a solution-phase bond-breaking reaction: the photodissociation of Na2+ in liquid Ar. We find that the solute experiences a small number of distinct solvent environments that change in a discrete fashion as the bond lengthens. In characterizing the solvent environments, we show also that linear response fails by all measures, even when nonstationarity of solvent dynamics is considered. This observation of distinct solvent response environments with a solvent that can undergo only translational motions highlights the complexity of solute-solvent interactions, but that there are only a few environments gives hope to the idea that solvation dynamics can be understood for solution-phase reactions that explore a wide configuration space.
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- Andy Vong
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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How WB, Wang B, Chu W, Kovalenko SM, Tkatchenko A, Prezhdo O. Dimensionality Reduction in Machine Learning for Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics: Effectiveness of Elemental Sublattices in Lead Halide Perovskites. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:054110. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0078473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Wei Bin How
- Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Singapore
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- University of Southern California, United States of America
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- Chemistry, University of Southern California, United States of America
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- Chemistry, University of Southern California, United States of America
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Vong A, Widmer DR, Schwartz BJ. Nonequilibrium Solvent Effects during Photodissociation in Liquids: Dynamical Energy Surfaces, Caging, and Chemical Identity. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:9230-9238. [PMID: 33064478 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In the gas phase, potential energy surfaces can be used to provide insight into the details of photochemical reaction dynamics. In solution, however, it is unclear what potential energy surfaces, if any, can be used to describe even simple chemical reactions such as the photodissociation of a diatomic solute. In this paper, we use mixed quantum/classical (MQC) molecular dynamics (MD) to study the photodissociation of Na2+ in both liquid Ar and liquid tetrahydrofuran (THF). We examine both the gas-phase potential surfaces and potentials of mean force (PMF), which assume that the solvent remains at equilibrium with the solute throughout the photodissociation process and show that neither resemble a nonequilibrium dynamical energy surface that is generated by taking the time integral of work. For the photodissociation of Na2+ in liquid Ar, the dynamical energy surface shows clear signatures of solvent caging, and the degree of caging is directly related to the mass of the solvent atoms. For Na2+ in liquid THF, local specific interactions between the solute and solvent lead to changes in chemical identity that create a kinetic trap that effectively prevents the molecule from dissociating. The results show that nonequilibrium effects play an important role even in simple solution-phase reactions, requiring the use of dynamical energy surface to understand such chemical events.
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- Andy Vong
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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Wang Yue, Gan G, De Zhi D, Yue P. Ab initio Potential Energy Surface for Ne–Li2 in Its Ground Electronic State. Russ J Phys Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024419030233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zanuttini D, Blum I, Rigutti L, Vurpillot F, Douady J, Jacquet E, Anglade PM, Gervais B. Electronic structure and stability of the SiO2+ dications produced in tomographic atom probe experiments. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:164301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5001113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- D. Zanuttini
- Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, GPM, 76000 Rouen, France
- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, UMR 6252, BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, GPM, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, GPM, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, GPM, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, UMR 6252, BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, UMR 6252, BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, UMR 6252, BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, UMR 6252, BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France
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Gervais B, Zanuttini D, Douady J. Spin-orbit coupling in the dissociative excitation of alkali atoms at the surface of rare gas clusters: A theoretical study. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:194307. [PMID: 27208949 DOI: 10.1063/1.4948814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We analyze the role of the spin-orbit (SO) coupling in the dissociative dynamics of excited alkali atoms at the surface of small rare gas clusters. The electronic structure of the whole system is deduced from a one-electron model based on core polarization pseudo-potentials. It allows us to obtain in the same footing the energy, forces, and non-adiabatic couplings used to simulate the dynamics by means of a surface hopping method. The fine structure state population is analyzed by considering the relative magnitude of the SO coupling ξ, with respect to the spin-free potential energy. We identify three regimes of ξ-values leading to different evolution of adiabatic state population after excitation of the system in the uppermost state of the lowest np (2)P shell. For sufficiently small ξ, the final population of the J=12 atomic states, P12, grows up linearly from P12=13 at ξ = 0 after a diabatic dynamics. For large values of ξ, we observe a rather adiabatic dynamics with P12 decreasing as ξ increases. For intermediate values of ξ, the coupling is extremely efficient and a complete transfer of population is observed for the set of parameters associated to NaAr3 and NaAr4 clusters.
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- B Gervais
- CIMAP, Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-UCBN 6252 BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- CIMAP, Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-UCBN 6252 BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- CIMAP, Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-UCBN 6252 BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France
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We present a combined experimental and simulation study of the 4s → 4p photoexcitation of the K atom trapped at the surface of ArN clusters made of a few hundred Ar atoms. Our experimental method based on photoelectron spectroscopy allows us to firmly establish that one single K atom is trapped at the surface of the cluster. The absorption spectrum is characterized by the splitting of the atomic absorption line into two broad bands, a Π band associated with p orbitals parallel to the cluster surface and a Σ band associated with the perpendicular orientation. The spectrum is consistent with observations reported for K atoms trapped on lighter inert gas clusters, but the splitting between the Π and Σ bands is significantly larger. We show that a large amount of K atoms are transiently stuck and eventually lost by the Ar cluster, in contrast with previous observations reported for alkaline earth metal systems. The excitation in the Σ band leads systematically to the ejection of the K atom from the Ar cluster. On the contrary, excitation in the Π band leads to the formation of a bound state. In this case, the analysis of the experimental photoelectron spectrum by means of nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulation shows that the relaxation drives the system toward a basin where the coordination of the K atom is 2.2 Ar atoms on the average, in a poorly structured surface.
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- J Douady
- †Unité mixte CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-UCBN 6252 BP 5133, CIMAP, F-14070 Caen, Cedex 05, France
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- ‡Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CEA/IRAMIS/LIDYL, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,§EMIR, Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes d'Ingénieurs de Monastir (IPEIM), 5019 Monastir, Tunisie
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- ∥Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CNRS/IRAMIS/LIDYL, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- ∥Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CNRS/IRAMIS/LIDYL, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- ∥Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CNRS/IRAMIS/LIDYL, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- †Unité mixte CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-UCBN 6252 BP 5133, CIMAP, F-14070 Caen, Cedex 05, France
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Masson A, Heitz MC, Mestdagh JM, Gaveau MA, Poisson L, Spiegelman F. Coupled electronic and structural relaxation pathways in the postexcitation dynamics of Rydberg states of BaArN clusters. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:123005. [PMID: 25279627 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.123005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We investigate, theoretically, the joint relaxation of orbital and structure in postexcitation dynamics of Rydberg states of cluster BaArN (N=250). Mixed quantum-classical dynamics is used to account for the nonadiabatic transitions among more than 160 electronic states, represented via a diatomics-in-molecules Hamiltonian. The simulation illustrates the complex multistep relaxation processes and provides detailed insight in the mechanisms contributing to the final-time experimental photoelectron spectrum.
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- A Masson
- Laboratoire Francis Perrin, CNRS-URA 2453, CEA IRAMIS, Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamique et Lasers, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et de Physique Quantiques/IRSAMC, CNRS and Université de Toulouse (UPS), Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Francis Perrin, CNRS-URA 2453, CEA IRAMIS, Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamique et Lasers, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Francis Perrin, CNRS-URA 2453, CEA IRAMIS, Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamique et Lasers, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Francis Perrin, CNRS-URA 2453, CEA IRAMIS, Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamique et Lasers, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et de Physique Quantiques/IRSAMC, CNRS and Université de Toulouse (UPS), Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Iftner C, Simon A, Korchagina K, Rapacioli M, Spiegelman F. A density functional tight binding/force field approach to the interaction of molecules with rare gas clusters: Application to (C6H6)+/0Arn clusters. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:034301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4861431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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