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Force fields uniquely assign interatomic forces for a given set of atomic coordinates. The underlying assumption is that electrons are in their quantum-mechanical ground state or in thermal equilibrium. However, there is an abundance of…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-08-19 Wolf B. Dapp , Martin H. Müser

We introduce a theoretical approach based on scattering theory and total energy methods that treats transport non-linearities, conformational changes and charging effects in molecular wires in a unified way. We apply this approach to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Eldon Emberly , George Kirczenow

The electric double layer (EDL) that forms at the interface between metals and ionic solutions is at the heart of various energy technologies. Recent experimental data have challenged our traditional understanding of the EDL charging…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-05 Nils Bruch , Michael Eikerling , Tobias Binninger

In a recent article, we have advanced a semiclassical theory of quantum circuits with discrete charge and electrical resistance. In this work, we present a few elementary applications of this theory. For the zero resistance, inductive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Constantino A. Utreras-Diaz

For adjusting the charging state of a molecular metal complex in the context of a density functional theory description of coherent electron transport through single molecule junctions, we correct for self interaction effects by fixing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Georg Kastlunger , Robert Stadler

We apply the quantum-defect theory for $-1/R^4$ potential to study the resonant charge exchange process. We show that by taking advantage of the partial-wave-insensitive nature of the formulation, resonant charge exchange of the type of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-09-04 Ming Li , Bo Gao

We calculate the nonequilibrium dynamic evolution of a one-dimensional system of two-component fermionic atoms after a strong local quench by using a time-dependent spin-density-functional theory. The interaction quench is also considered…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-27 Gao Xianlong

Charge separation at moving three-phase contact lines is observed in nature as well as technological processes. Despite the growing number of experimental investigations in recent years, the physical mechanism behind the charging remains…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-05-04 Aaron D. Ratschow , Lisa S. Bauer , Pravash Bista , Stefan A. L. Weber , Hans-Jürgen Butt , Steffen Hardt

Long-range charge-transfer excitations pose a major challenge for time-dependent density functional approximations. We show that spin-symmetry-breaking offers a simple solution for molecules composed of open-shell fragments, yielding…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Johanna I. Fuks , Angel Rubio , Neepa T. Maitra

A covariant relativistic formalism for the electron-photon and nuclear dynamics is summarised making more accurate predictions in agreement with experiments for Compton scattering in shells with large electron binding energy. An exact…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2017-04-27 Salwa Alsaleh

A path integral approach has been generalized for the non-relativistic electron charge transfer processes. The charge transfer - the capture of an electron by an ion passing another atom or more generally the problem of rearrangement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. Laskin , I. Tomski

We investigate the accuracy and efficiency of the semiclassical Frozen Gaussian method in describing electron dynamics in real time. Model systems of two soft-Coulomb-interacting electrons are used to study correlated dynamics under…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Peter Elliott , Neepa T. Maitra

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

We examine the spatial distribution of electrons generated by a fixed energy point source in uniform, parallel electric and magnetic fields. This problem is simple enough to permit analytic quantum and semiclassical solution, and it harbors…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Bracher , Tobias Kramer , John B. Delos

From the theory of quantum $LC$ circuits with discrete charge, and {\em semiclassical} considerations, we obtain approximate energy eigenvalues, depending on the parameter $q_e^2/h$. Next, we include electrical resistance for the quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Constantino A. Utreras-Diaz

A simple lattice model of a solid electrolyte presented as a xy-slab geometry system of mobile cations on a background of energetic landscape of the host system and a compensating field of uniformly distributed anions is studied. The system…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-14 T. Patsahan , G. Bokun , D. di Caprio , M. Holovko , V. Vikhrenko

Uncompensated charges do not occur in Nature and any local charge should be a result of charge separation. Dissociable chemical groups at interfaces in contact with ions in solution, whose chemical equilibrium depends both on short-range…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-02-21 Yael Avni , David Andelman , Rudolf Podgornik

We review various applications of dispersion relations (DRs) to the electromagnetic structure of hadrons. We discuss the way DRs allow one to extract information on hadron structure constants by connecting information from complementary…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-04 B. Pasquini , M. Vanderhaeghen

We consider two charged semipermeable membranes, which bound bulk electrolyte solutions and are separated by a thin film of salt-free liquid. Small counter-ions permeate into the gap, which leads to a steric charge separation in the system.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-11-23 Salim R. Maduar , Olga I. Vinogradova

The charging of insulating samples degrades the quality and complicates the interpretation of images in scanning electron microscopy and is important in other applications, such as particle detectors. In this paper we analyze this…

Classical Physics · Physics 2020-06-19 Behrouz Raftari , Neil Budko , Kees Vuik