Bridging Visual Intuition and Chemical Expertise: A Virtual Collaborative Framework for Autonomous Nonadiabatic

Yifei Zhu1, Jiahui Zhang1, Chuqiao Feng1

  • 1SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, School of Environment, MOE Key Laboratory of Environmental Theoretical Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.

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|October 1, 2026
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