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19972026
most citedFirst principles study of adsorbed Cu_n (n=1-4) microclusters on MgO(100): structural and electronic properties

137 citations · 141 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

physics.chem-ph2026

cboamd: A Machine Learning Molecular Dynamics Framework for Vibrational Strong Coupling

Yifan Li, Roberto Car, Johannes Flick

Under vibrational strong coupling (VSC), molecular vibrations hybridize with an optical cavity mode to form polaritons, offering a route to modify chemical and material properties…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Temperature-Induced Reorganization of Supported Zn Clusters on Cu(111): From Minimum-Energy Structures to Finite-Temperature Ensembles

Jiayan Xu, Zheng Yu, Abhirup Patra +4

Understanding the nature of catalytic active sites under reaction conditions remains a central challenge in heterogeneous catalysis. In industrial copper/zinc oxide/alumina catalys…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

From Bulk to Surface: Structure and Dynamics of Amorphous Alumina from Deep Potential Molecular Dynamics

Zheng Yu, Jiayan Xu, Abhirup Patra +3

Understanding the atomic-scale structure and dynamics of amorphous oxide surfaces is essential for interpreting their chemical reactivity, mechanical stability, and interfacial beh…

physics.chem-ph2026

fix pimd/langevin: An Efficient Implementation of Path Integral Molecular Dynamics in LAMMPS

Yifan Li, Axel Gomez, Kehan Cai +10

Path integral molecular dynamics (PIMD), which maps a quantum particle onto a fictitious classical system of ring polymers and propagates the "beads" of this extended classical sys…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Benchmarking Universal Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials for Supported Nanoparticles: Decoupling Energy Accuracy from Structural Exploration

Jiayan Xu, Abhirup Patra, Amar Deep Pathak +3

Supported nanoparticle catalysts are widely used in the chemical industry. Computational modeling of supported nanoparticles based on density functional theory (DFT) often involves…

physics.comp-ph2025

Spectral Similarity Masks Structural Diversity at Hydrophobic Water Interfaces

Yong Wang, Yifan Li, Linhan Du +5

The air-water and graphene-water interfaces represent quintessential examples of the liquid-gas and liquid-solid boundaries, respectively. While the sum-frequency generation (SFG)…