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Cover Image, Volume 38, Issue 25
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of computational chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1096-987X
pISSN - 0192-8651
DOI - 10.1002/jcc.24909
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , coulomb , physics , quantum , quantum dot , polarization (electrochemistry) , computer science , electron , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Is long‐distance energy transfer possible among two quantum dots? On page 2141, Annika Bande and her research group at the Helmholtz‐Zentrum Berlin describe accurate electron dynamics calculations to predict the decay of an electronically excited state in one quantum dot while a neighboring quantum dot is ionized. The focus of this work lies on the non‐trivial interdependence of the inter‐Coulombic decay rate on various geometric parameters. Competing effects of Coulomb repulsion and electronic polarization are found to determine the rate maximum, a finding which expands the general understanding of the inter‐Coulombic decay process. (DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24843 )