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Perspective: Vibronic Coupling Potentials for Trajectory-Based Excited-State Dynamics

Perspective: Vibronic Coupling Potentials for Trajectory-Based Excited-State Dynamics

This Perspective reviews the use of vibronic coupling (VC) potentials in trajectory-based excited-state dynamics simulations. Originally developed to provide simplified yet physically grounded representations of nonadiabatic interactions, VC models - particularly their linear version (LVC) - have facilitated extensive investigations of photophysical and photochemical processes, in both molecular and condensed-phase systems…

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Delayed photoisomerisation of the trans-PSB3 retinal toy model using on-the-fly quantum dynamics

Delayed photoisomerisation of the trans-PSB3 retinal toy model using on-the-fly quantum dynamics

We explore the trans–cis photoisomerisation process in a representative retinal protonated Schiff base known as trans-PSB3, employing the quantum dynamics method direct dynamics variational multiconfigurational Gaussian -DD-vMCG- in full dimensionality, i.e., 36 degrees of freedom on potential energy surfaces computed on-the-fly using the SA(2)-CAS(6,6)SCF electronic structure method with the 6-31G basis set…

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