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most citedPlasmonic enhancement of molecular hydrogen dissociation on metallic magnesium nanoclusters

18 citations · 54 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Memory-dependent electronic friction for nonadiabatic dynamics at metal surfaces

Xuexun Lu, Connor L. Box, Nils Hertl +1

Electronic excitation induced by nuclear motion is a key energy dissipation channel in chemical dynamics at metal surfaces. Here, nonadiabatic effects can be treated via molecular…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Mode selectivity in electron promoted vibrational relaxation of chemisorbed hydrogen on molybdenum and tungsten surfaces

Nils Hertl, Connor L. Box, Reinhard J. Maurer

Electron-phonon coupling in atoms and molecules adsorbed at metal surfaces gives rise to finite vibrational linewidths in infrared or electron energy loss spectra. When it is the d…

physics.chem-ph2025

Nonadiabatic reactive scattering of hydrogen on different surface facets of copper

Wojciech G. Stark, Connor L. Box, Matthias Sachs +2

Dissociative chemisorption is a key process in hydrogen-metal surface chemistry, where nonadiabatic effects due to low-lying electron-hole-pair excitations may affect reaction outc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 8 cited

Roadmap on Advancements of the FHI-aims Software Package

Joseph W. Abbott, Carlos Mera Acosta, Alaa Akkoush +203

Electronic-structure theory is the foundation of the description of materials including multiscale modeling of their properties and functions. Obviously, without sufficient accurac…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Density-Functional Perturbation Theory with Numeric Atom-Centered Orbitals

Connor L. Box, Reinhard J. Maurer, Honghui Shang +4

This paper represents one contribution to a larger Roadmap article reviewing the current status of the FHI-aims code. In this contribution, the implementation of density-functional…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Room Temperature Hydrogen Atom Scattering Experiments Are Not a Sufficient Benchmark to Validate Electronic Friction Theory

Connor L. Box, Nils Hertl, Wojciech G. Stark +1

In the dynamics of atoms and molecules at metal surfaces, electron-hole pair excitations can play a crucial role. In the case of hyperthermal hydrogen atom scattering, they lead to…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 13 cited

Dissipative Tunneling Rates through the Incorporation of First-Principles Electronic Friction in Instanton Rate Theory II: Benchmarks and Applications

Y. Litman, E. S. Pós, C. L. Box +3

In part I, we presented the ring-polymer instanton with explicit friction (RPI-EF) method and showed how it can be connected to the \textit{ab initio} electronic friction formalism…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 14 cited

Dissipative Tunneling Rates through the Incorporation of First-Principles Electronic Friction in Instanton Rate Theory I: Theory

Y. Litman, E. S. Pós, C. L. Box +3

Reactions involving adsorbates on metallic surfaces and impurities in bulk metals are ubiquitous in a wide range of technological applications. The theoretical modelling of such re…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Ab initio calculation of electron-phonon linewidths and molecular dynamics with electronic friction at metal surfaces with numeric atom-centered orbitals

Connor L. Box, Wojciech G. Stark, Reinhard J. Maurer

Molecular motion at metallic surfaces is affected by nonadiabatic effects and electron-phonon coupling. The ensuing energy dissipation and dynamical steering effects are not captur…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 18 cited

Plasmonic enhancement of molecular hydrogen dissociation on metallic magnesium nanoclusters

Oscar A. Douglas-Gallardo, Connor L. Box, Reinhard J. Maurer

Light-driven plasmonic enhancement of chemical reactions on metal catalysts is a promising strategy to achieve highly selective and efficient chemical transformations. The study of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Determining the effect of hot electron dissipation on molecular scattering experiments at metal surfaces

Connor L. Box, Yaolong Zhang, Rongrong Yin +2

Nonadiabatic effects that arise from the concerted motion of electrons and atoms at comparable energy and time scales are omnipresent in thermal and light-driven chemistry at metal…