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Dynamical strengthening of covalent and non-covalent molecular interactions by nuclear quantum effects at finite temperature

Authors
Sauceda, Huziel E.Vassilev-Galindo, ValentinChmiela, StefanMueller, Klaus-RobertTkatchenko, Alexandre
Issue Date
19-1월-2021
Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
Citation
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v.12, no.1
Indexed
SCIE
SCOPUS
Journal Title
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume
12
Number
1
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/50086
DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-20212-1
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
Nuclear quantum effects (NQE) tend to generate delocalized molecular dynamics due to the inclusion of the zero point energy and its coupling with the anharmonicities in interatomic interactions. Here, we present evidence that NQE often enhance electronic interactions and, in turn, can result in dynamical molecular stabilization at finite temperature. The underlying physical mechanism promoted by NQE depends on the particular interaction under consideration. First, the effective reduction of interatomic distances between functional groups within a molecule can enhance the n -> (*) interaction by increasing the overlap between molecular orbitals or by strengthening electrostatic interactions between neighboring charge densities. Second, NQE can localize methyl rotors by temporarily changing molecular bond orders and leading to the emergence of localized transient rotor states. Third, for noncovalent van der Waals interactions the strengthening comes from the increase of the polarizability given the expanded average interatomic distances induced by NQE. The implications of these boosted interactions include counterintuitive hydroxyl-hydroxyl bonding, hindered methyl rotor dynamics, and molecular stiffening which generates smoother free-energy surfaces. Our findings yield new insights into the versatile role of nuclear quantum fluctuations in molecules and materials. The inclusion of nuclear quantum effects (NQE) in atomistic simulations of chemical systems is of key importance. Here the authors use machine learned force fields trained on coupled cluster reference data to show the dynamical strengthening of covalent and non-covalent molecular interactions induced by NQE.
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