@article{kwon_curtin_morrow_kelley_jakubikova_2023, title={Adaptive basis sets for practical quantum computing}, volume={4}, ISSN={["1097-461X"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.27123}, DOI={10.1002/qua.27123}, abstractNote={Electronic structure calculations on small systems such as H$_2$, H$_2$O, LiH, and BeH$_2$ with chemical accuracy are still a challenge for the current generation of the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. One of the reasons is that due to the device limitations, only minimal basis sets are commonly applied in quantum chemical calculations, which allow one to keep the number of qubits employed in the calculations at minimum. However, the use of minimal basis sets leads to very large errors in the computed molecular energies as well as potential energy surface shapes. One way to increase the accuracy of electronic structure calculations is through the development of small basis sets better suited for quantum computing. In this work, we show that the use of adaptive basis sets, in which exponents and contraction coefficients depend on molecular structure, provide an easy way to dramatically improve the accuracy of quantum chemical calculations without the need to increase the basis set size and thus the number of qubits utilized in quantum circuits. As a proof of principle, we optimize an adaptive minimal basis set for quantum computing calculations on an H$_2$ molecule, in which exponents and contraction coefficients depend on the H-H distance, and apply it to the generation of H$_2$ potential energy surface on IBM-Q quantum devices. The adaptive minimal basis set reaches the accuracy of the double-zeta basis sets, thus allowing one to perform double-zeta quality calculations on quantum devices without the need to utilize twice as many qubits in simulations. This approach can be extended to other molecular systems and larger basis sets in a straightforward manner.}, journal={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY}, author={Kwon, Hyuk-Yong and Curtin, Gregory M. M. and Morrow, Zachary and Kelley, C. T. and Jakubikova, Elena}, year={2023}, month={Apr} }
 @article{curtin_jakubikova_2022, title={Extended pi-Conjugated Ligands Tune Excited-State Energies of Iron(II) Polypyridine Dyes}, volume={11}, ISSN={["1520-510X"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02362}, DOI={10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02362}, abstractNote={Over the past decade, iron(II) polypyridines have gained a lot of attention as potential chromophores and sensitizers due to the low cost and high abundance of iron. Unfortunately, most iron(II) polypyridines are poor chromophores since their initially excited, photoactive metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) states quickly decay into non-photoactive metal-centered (MC) states. Many strategies to increase their lifetime have been pursued, built mainly around increasing the ligand field strength of these complexes and thus destabilizing the MC states. In this work, we aim to design a new class of Fe(II) complexes by stabilizing the energies of their MLCT states. To this end, we employ density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT to investigate a series of Fe(II) complexes, [Fe(L/X)2,4(N^N)]2+/2- where L/X represents either cyanide, isocyanide, or bipyridine ligands and N̂N stands for bidentate-extended π-conjugated ligands derived from the bipyridine. The L/X ligands tune the energetics of the Fe-based t2g molecular orbitals, while the amount of π-conjugation on the N^N ligand impacts the energies of its π and π* orbitals, thus tuning the energetics of the MLCT and the ligand-centered (LC) states. Overall, our results suggest that the use of N^N ligands with the extended π-conjugation is a viable strategy to tune the relative energies of MLCT, LC, and MC states.}, journal={INORGANIC CHEMISTRY}, author={Curtin, Gregory M. and Jakubikova, Elena}, year={2022}, month={Nov} }
 @article{turner_breen_kosgei_crandall_curtin_jakubikova_ryan m. o'donnell_ziegler_rack_2022, title={Manipulating Excited State Properties of Iridium Phenylpyridine Complexes with ?Push-Pull? Substituents}, volume={11}, ISSN={["1520-510X"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02269}, DOI={10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02269}, abstractNote={We have prepared a series of complexes of the type [IrIII(ppy)2(L]n+ complexes (1-4), where ppy is a substituted 2-phenylpyridine and L is a chelating phosphine thioether ligand. The parent complex (1) comprises an unsubstituted phenylpyridine ligand, whereas complex 2 contains a nitro substituent on the pyridine ring, complex 3 features a diphenylamine group on the phenyl ring, and 4 has both nitro and diphenylamine groups. Crystallographic, 1H NMR, and elemental analysis data are consistent with each of the chemical formulae. DFT (density functional theory) computational results show a complicated electronic structure with contributions from Ir, ppy, and the PS ligand. Ultrafast pump-probe data show strong contributions from the phenylpyridine moieties as well as strong panchromatic excited state absorption transitions. The data show that nitro and/or diphenylamine substituents dominate the spectroscopy of this series of compounds.}, journal={INORGANIC CHEMISTRY}, author={Turner, Emigdio E. and Breen, Douglas J. and Kosgei, Gilbert and Crandall, Laura A. and Curtin, Gregory M. and Jakubikova, Elena and Ryan M. O'Donnell and Ziegler, Christopher J. and Rack, Jeffrey J.}, year={2022}, month={Nov} }
 @article{marshburn_ashley_curtin_sultana_liu_vinueza_ison_jakubikova_2021, title={Are all charge-transfer parameters created equally? A study of functional dependence and excited-state charge-transfer quantification across two dye families}, volume={8}, ISSN={["1463-9084"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP03383B}, DOI={10.1039/d1cp03383b}, abstractNote={Small molecule organic dyes have many potential uses in medicine, textiles, forensics, and light-harvesting technology. Being able to computationally predict the spectroscopic properties of these dyes could greatly expedite screening efforts, saving time and materials. Time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) has been shown to be a good tool for this in many instances, but characterizing electronic excitations with charge-transfer (CT) character has historically been challenging and can be highly sensitive to the chosen exchange-correlation functional. Here we present a combined experimental and computational study of the excited-state electronic structure of twenty organic dyes obtained from the Max Weaver Dye Library at NCSU. Results of UV-vis spectra calculations on these dyes with six different exchange-correlation functionals, BP86, B3LYP, PBE0, M06, BH and HLYP, and CAM-B3LYP, were compared against their measured UV-vis spectra. It was found that hybrid functionals with modest amounts (20-30%) of included Hartree-Fock exchange are the most effective at matching the experimentally determined λmax. The interplay between the observed error, the functional chosen, and the degree of CT was analyzed by quantifying the CT character of λmax using four orbital and density-based metrics, Λ, Δr, SC and DCT, as well as the change in the dipole moment, Δμ. The results showed that the relationship between CT character and the functional dependence of error is not straightforward, with the observed behavior being dependent both on how CT was quantified and the functional groups present in the molecules themselves. It is concluded that this may be a result of the examined excitations having intermediate CT character. Ultimately it was found that the nature of the molecular "family" influenced how a given functional behaved as a function of CT character, with only two of the examined CT quantification methods, Δr and DCT, showing consistent behavior between the different molecular families. This suggests that further work needs to be done to ensure that currently used CT quantification methods show the same general trends across large sets of multiple dye families.}, journal={PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS}, publisher={Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)}, author={Marshburn, Richard Drew and Ashley, Daniel C. and Curtin, Gregory M. and Sultana, Nadia and Liu, Chang and Vinueza, Nelson R. and Ison, Elon A. and Jakubikova, Elena}, year={2021}, month={Aug} }
 @article{labrum_curtin_jakubikova_caulton_2020, title={The Influence of Nucleophilic and Redox Pincer Character as well as Alkali Metals on the Capture of Oxygen Substrates: The Case of Chromium(II)}, volume={26}, ISSN={["1521-3765"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202000457}, DOI={10.1002/chem.202000457}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={43}, journal={CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Labrum, Nicholas S. and Curtin, Gregory M. and Jakubikova, Elena and Caulton, Kenneth G.}, year={2020}, month={Aug}, pages={9547–9555} }