Check out Andy’s new paper in JCTC! It describes a novel method for modeling electron dynamics in an electric field: Floquet time-dependent configuration interaction. We also demonstrate that it works well for modeling dynamics in ultrafast pulses, despite the fact that Floquet theory is only rigorously valid for a continuous-wave field.

Check out Mike’s new paper in J. Chem. Phys. It describes a new approach to approximating the decoherence time in our Ehrenfest with Collapse to a Block (TAB) nonadiabatic molecular dynamics method, which provides accurate results without empirical fitting.

Check out Fangchun’s most recent paper. In collaboration with MSU colleagues in the Dantus and Beck groups, we investigated the competition between S₁ and S₂ emission in cyanine dyes. This article will appear in a virtual special issue celebrating the 125th Anniversary of JPC.

Check out Caitlin’s new paper in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.! In collaboration with the experimental groups of Warren Beck (Michigan St.) and Greg Van Patten (Middle Tennessee St.), we shed light on the complex ligand motions that lead to hot carrier cooling in CdSe quantum dots. This is our first foray into hot carrier cooling, and work continues to determines how the structure of the surface ligands determine the cooling rate. Nice work, Caitlin!