Open AccessComment on “Analyses of bifurcation of reaction pathways on a global reaction route map: A case study of gold cluster Au5” [J. Chem. Phys. 143, 014301 (2015)]
Author(s) -
Wolfgang Quapp
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of chemical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 357
eISSN - 1089-7690
pISSN - 0021-9606
DOI - 10.1063/1.4935181
Subject(s) - bifurcation , ridge , cluster (spacecraft) , path (computing) , bifurcation theory , statistical physics , nonlinear system , physics , computer science , geology , quantum mechanics , paleontology , programming language
We demonstrate by an example that the search for valley-ridge transition (VRT) points used in the commented paper does not always indicate a bifurcation of a reaction path. This was claimed.
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