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20172026
most citedDevelopment of a Practical Multicomponent Density Functional for Electron-Proton Correlation to Produce Accurate Proton Densities

142 citations · 214 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

physics.chem-ph2026

Constrained Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Excited-State Dynamics with Nuclear Quantum Effects

Yiwen Wang, Zehua Chen, Xi Xu +1

Nuclear quantum effects can strongly influence excited-state processes involving light nuclei, yet their inclusion in practical molecular dynamics remains challenging. We develop c…

physics.chem-ph2026

CP2K: An electronic structure and molecular dynamics software package - Dynamics, Transport, and Spectroscopic Response

Jan Wilhelm, Anna-Sophia Hehn, Hossam Elgabarty +39

One of the distinguishing aspects of CP2K is its seamless integration of diverse structural and transition-state optimization techniques with advanced sampling approaches including…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 1 cited

Nonadiabatic Dynamics with Constrained Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Theory

Zhe Liu, Zehua Chen, Yang Yang

Incorporating nuclear quantum effects into nonadiabatic dynamics remains a significant challenge. Herein we introduce new nonadiabatic dynamics approaches based on the recently dev…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 38 cited

Incorporating Nuclear Quantum Effects in Molecular Dynamics with a Constrained Minimized Energy Surface

Zehua Chen, Yang Yang

The accurate incorporation of nuclear quantum effects in large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations remains a significant challenge. Recently, we combined constrained nuclear-…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 33 cited

Molecular vibrational frequencies from analytic Hessian of constrained nuclear-electronic orbital density functional theory

Xi Xu, Yang Yang

Nuclear quantum effects are important in a variety of chemical and biological processes. The constrained nuclear-electronic orbital density functional theory (cNEO-DFT) has been de…

physics.chem-ph2017★ 142 cited

Development of a Practical Multicomponent Density Functional for Electron-Proton Correlation to Produce Accurate Proton Densities

Yang Yang, Kurt R. Brorsen, Tanner Culpitt +2

Multicomponent density functional theory (DFT) enables the consistent quantum mechanical treatment of both electrons and protons. A major challenge has been the design of electron-…