Can surface hopping sans decoherence recover Marcus theory? Understanding the role of friction in a surface hopping view of electron transfer.

Autor: Falk MJ; Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States., Landry BR, Subotnik JE
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of physical chemistry. B [J Phys Chem B] 2014 Jul 17; Vol. 118 (28), pp. 8108-17. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 May 16.
DOI: 10.1021/jp5011346
Abstrakt: We compare the dynamics of Fewest Switches Surface Hopping (FSSH) in different parameter regimes of the spin-boson model. We show that for exceptional regions of the spin-boson parameter space, FSSH dynamics are in fact time-reversible. In these rare instances, FSSH does recover the correct Marcus rate scaling (as a function of diabatic coupling) without the addition of decoherence. In regions where dynamics are irreversible, however, FSSH does not recover the correct Marcus rate scaling. Finally, by comparing the friction dependence of rates predicted by various decoherence schemes to an analytic result by Zusman, we provide yet more evidence that the method of introducing decoherence has a qualitative effect on the accuracy of results and this effect must be treated carefully.
Databáze: MEDLINE