Cassam-Chenai, Patrick and Mátyus, Edit (2021) Electrons as an environment for nuclei within molecules: a quantitative assessment of their contribution to a classical-like molecular structure. THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY ACCOUNTS, 140 (12). ISSN 1432-881X
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Abstract
Molecular structure is often considered as emerging from the decoherence effect of the environment. Electrons are part of the environment of the nuclei in a molecule. In this work, their contribution to the classical-like geometrical relationships often observed between nuclei in molecular systems is investigated. Reduced density matrix (RDM) elements are evaluated from electron-nucleus wave functions. The computational results show that the electrons play a role in the localization of the nuclei around specific geometries. Although the electronic environment alone cannot explain molecular symmetry-broken isomers, it can contribute to their dynamical stability by reducing off-diagonal RDM elements.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | molecular structure; Purity; decoherence; Electron-nucleus wave function; |
Subjects: | Q Science / természettudomány > QD Chemistry / kémia |
SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2023 16:05 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2023 16:05 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/157177 |
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