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The possibility of finding multistability in the density and current of an interacting nanoscale junction coupled to semi-infinite leads is studied at various levels of approximation. The system is driven out of equilibrium by an external…
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The atom-exchange and atomization dissociation dynamics for the N($^4$S) + N$_2(^1 \Sigma_{\rm g}^+)$ reaction is studied using a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS)-based, global potential energy surface (PES) at the…
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