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Long-range exchange and correlation effects, responsible for the failure of currently used approximate density functionals in describing van der Waals forces, are taken into account explicitly after a separation of the electron-electron…

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Predictive optical modelling of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures is critical for meta-optics, near-field photonics and quantum technologies. At their buried interfaces, charge transfer and spatially extended screening challenge local…

In this work we give a comprehensive derivation of an exact and numerically feasible method to perform ab-initio calculations of quantum particles interacting with a quantized electromagnetic field. We present a hierachy of…

A new variational method for studying the equilibrium states of an interacting particles system has been proposed. The statistical description of the system is realized by means of a density matrix. This method is used for description of…

General Physics · Physics 2014-12-19 Boris Bondarev

Based on our previous study [S. Wang $\textit{et al}$. J. Chem. Phys. $\textbf{153}$, 184102 (2020)], we generalize the theory of molecular emission power spectra (EPS) from one molecule to multichromophoric systems in the framework of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-12-19 Siwei Wang , Jia-Liang Huang , Liang-Yan Hsu

Because of the potentially large number of important applications of nonlinear optics, researchers have expended a great deal of effort to optimize the second-order molecular nonlinear-optical response, called the hyperpolarizability. The…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-17 David S. Watkins , Mark G. Kuzyk

We consider the van der Waals interaction between two ground-state atoms embedded in adjacent semi-infinite magnetodielectric media, with emphasis on medium effects on it. We demonstrate that, in this case, at small atom-atom distances the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. S. Tomas

The standard DLVO theory offers a limited description of ionic-surfacted magnetic colloids in near aggregation regimes. Correcting the electrical double layer term for ionic surfactants is not enough to successfully simulate the systems.…

We derive the exchange-correlation potential corresponding to the nonlocal van der Waals density functional [M. Dion, H. Rydberg, E. Schroder, D. C. Langreth, and B. I. Lundqvist, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 246401 (2004)]. We use this potential…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-11-09 T. Thonhauser , Valentino R. Cooper , Shen Li , Aaron Puzder , Per Hyldgaard , David C. Langreth

Quantum effects of plasmonic phenomena have been explored through ab-initio studies, but only for exceedingly small metallic nanostructures, leaving most experimentally relevant structures too large to handle. We propose instead an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-24 Wei Yan , Martijn Wubs , N. Asger Mortensen

Noncovalent van der Waals (vdW) interactions are responsible for a wide range of phenomena in matter. Popular density-functional methods that treat vdW interactions use disparate physical models for these intricate forces, and as a result…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-04-15 Jan Hermann , Alexandre Tkatchenko

Within the framework of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics, the resonant van der Waals potential experienced by an excited two-level atom near a planar magneto-electric two-layer system consisting of a slab of left-handed material and a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-17 Agnes Sambale , Stefan Yoshi Buhmann , Dirk-Gunnar Welsch , Ho Trung Dung

The packing behavior of powders is significantly influenced by various types of inter-particle attractive forces, including adhesion and non-bonded van der Waals forces [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Alongside particle size and shape distributions,…

We study light-mediated interactions between spatially separated molecules using real-time quantum electrodynamical time-dependent density functional theory based on the Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonian. An ultrashort delta-kick excitation…

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We develop a formalism for the calculation of the macroscopic dielectric response of composite systems made of particles of one material embedded periodically within a matrix of another material, each of which is characterized by a well…

While the properties of materials at microscopic scales are well described by fundamental quantum mechanical equations and electronic structure theories, the emergent behavior of mesoscopic or macroscopic composites is no longer governed…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-07-10 Lifeng Hao , Fan Li , Yongqi Li , Siyong Wang , Xiaodong He

Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods have been used to obtain accurate binding-energy data for pairs of parallel thin metallic wires and layers modeled by 1D and 2D homogeneous electron gases. We compare our QMC binding energies with results…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-01-03 N. D. Drummond , R. J. Needs

Fluorescence spectroscopy and modeling provide powerful means to characterize biomacromolecular structures, dynamics, and interactions. F\"orster resonance energy transfer serves as a key technique for this due to its nanometer-scale…

Biological Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Thomas-Otavio Peulen , Daria Maksutova , Thorben Cordes

Thermodynamic and transport properties of mesoscopic conductors are strongly influenced by the proximity of a superconductor: An interplay between the large scale quantum coherent wave functions in the normal mesoscopic and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Altland , B. D. Simons , D. Taras-Semchuk

Semiconducting two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures gained a lot of interest for applications as well as fundamental studies due to their rich optical properties. Assembly in van der Waals heterostacks can significantly…