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Finite Element Modelling of a Cellular Electric Microenvironment
Published on: May 18, 2021
Surface hopping modeling of charge and energy transfer in active environments
Josene M Toldo1, Mariana T do Casal1, Elizete Ventura2
1Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France. josene-maria.toldo@univ-amu.fr.
Abstract:
An active environment is any atomic or molecular system changing a chromophore's nonadiabatic dynamics compared to the isolated molecule. The action of the environment on the chromophore occurs by changing the potential energy landscape and triggering new energy and charge flows unavailable in the vacuum. Surface hopping is a mixed quantum-classical approach whose extreme flexibility has made it the primary platform for implementing novel methodologies to investigate the nonadiabatic dynamics of a chromophore in active environments. This Perspective paper surveys the latest developments in the field, focusing on charge and energy transfer processes.
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