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In the dynamic field of materials science, the quest to find optimal structures with low potential energy is of great significance. Over the past two decades, the minima hopping algorithm has emerged as a successful tool in this pursuit. We…
We present a reduced-scaling auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) framework designed for large molecular systems and ensembles, with or without coupling to optical cavities. Our approach leverages the natural block sparsity of…
We report an improved implementation for evaluating the analytical gradients of the random phase approximation (RPA) electron-correlation energy based on atomic orbitals and the localized resolution of identity scheme. The more efficient…
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The two most recently published potential energy surfaces (PESs) for the HeH$_2$ complex, the so-called MR (Muchnick and Russek) and BMP (Boothroyd, Martin, and Peterson) surfaces, are quantitatively evaluated and compared through the…
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In this paper we present a model for the electronic excited states of $\pi$ conjugated -acene molecules such as tetracene, pentacene, and hexacene. We use a simple Hubbard model with a limited basis to describe the low lying excitations…
Several pool-based active learning algorithms (AL) were employed to model potential energy surfaces (PESs) with a minimum number of electronic structure calculations. Theoretical and empirical results suggest that superior strategies can be…
In this work, we developed an efficient approach to compute ensemble averages in systems with pairwise-additive energetic interactions between the entities. Methods involving full enumeration of the configuration space result in exponential…
The steepest-entropy-ascent quantum thermodynamic framework is used to investigate the effectiveness of multi-chain polyethyleneimine-methylenephosphonic acid in sequestering rare-earth ions (Eu$^{+3}$) from aqueous solutions. The framework…
``$\Delta$-machine learning" refers to a machine learning approach to bring a property such as a potential energy surface (PES) based on low-level (LL) density functional theory (DFT) energies and gradients to close to a coupled cluster…
We review recent results on the potential energy landscape (PES) of model liquids. The role of saddle-points in the PES in connecting dynamics to statics is investigated, confirming that a change between minima-dominated and…
The determination of the most stable structures of metal clusters supported at solid surfaces by computer simulations represents a formidable challenge due to the complexity of the potential-energy surface. Here we combine a…
In this work, we present a new fitting of the Na+HF potential energy surface (PES) utilizing a new optmization method based in Genetic Algorithm. Topology studies, such as isoenergetic contours and Minimum Energy Path(MEP), show that the…
Methane is the simplest hydrocarbon, yet it exhibits an extraordinarily complicated series of crystal phases. Notably, the non-plastic phases have large unit cells with nearly, but not quite cubic symmetry. Furthermore, although non-polar…