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Research Zernike (ZIAM) Theoretical Chemistry Faraji Group

Publications

2024

Palmisano, V. F., Agnorelli, C., Fagiolini, A., Erritzoe, D., Nutt, D., Faraji, S., & Nogueira, J. J. (2024). Membrane Permeation of Psychedelic Tryptamines by Dynamic Simulations. Biochemistry, 63(4), 419-428. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00598

2023

Huo, Y., Cangahuala, M. K. E., Zamudio-bayer, V., Goulart, M., Kubin, M., Timm, M., Lau, J. T., Issendorff, B. V., Hoekstra, R., Faraji, S., & Schlathölter, T. (2023). A comparative laboratory study of soft X-ray-induced ionization and fragmentation of five small PAH cations. The European Physical Journal D, 77(10), Article 181. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-023-00763-w
Huo, Y., Espinoza Cangahuala, M., Zamudio-Bayer, V., Goulart, M., Kubin, M., Timm, M., Lau, J. T., Issendorff, B. V., Hoekstra, R., Faraji, S., & Schlathölter, T. (2023). An X-ray spectroscopy study of structural stability of superhydrogenated pyrene derivatives. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523(1), 865-875. Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1341
Landau, A., Eduardus, Behar, D., Wallach, E. R., Pašteka, L. F., Faraji, S., Borschevsky, A., & Shagam, Y. (2023). Chiral molecule candidates for trapped ion spectroscopy by ab initio calculations: From state preparation to parity violation. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 159(11), Article 114307. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0163641
Palmisano, V. F., Faraji, S., & Nogueira, J. J. (2023). Effect of stacking interactions on charge transfer states in photoswitches interacting with ion channels. PPCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(12), 8331-8335. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp05678j
Thie, A., Menger, M. F. S. J., & Faraji, S. (2023). HOAX: A hyperparameter optimisation algorithm explorer for neural networks. Molecular Physics, 121(9-10), Article e2172732. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2023.2172732
Eduardus, E., Shagam, Y., Landau, A., Faraji, S., Schwerdtfeger, P., Borschevsky, A., & Pašteka, L. F. (2023). Large vibrationally induced parity violation effects in CHDBrI +. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 59, 14579-14582. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc03787h
Grigorenko, B. L., Polyakov, I. V., Khrenova, M. G., Giudetti, G., Faraji, S., Krylov, A. I., & Nemukhin, A. V. (2023). Multiscale Simulations of the Covalent Inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease: Four Compounds and Three Reaction Mechanisms. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(24), 13204-13214. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c02229
Menger, M. F. S. J., Ou, Q., Shao, Y., Faraji, S., Subotnik, J. E., & Cofer-Shabica, D. V. (2023). Nature of Hops, Coordinates, and Detailed Balance for Nonadiabatic Simulations in the Condensed Phase. The journal of physical chemistry. A, 127(40), 8427-8436. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03546

2022

Witek, J., Heindel, J. P., Guan, X., Leven, I., Hao, H., Naullage, P., LaCour, A., Sami, S., Menger, M. F. S. J., Cofer-Shabica, D. V., Berquist, E., Faraji, S., Epifanovsky, E., & Head-Gordon, T. (2023). M-Chem: a modular software package for molecular simulation that spans scientific domains. Molecular Physics, 121(9-10), Article e2129500. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2022.2129500
Giudetti, G., Polyakov, I., Grigorenko, B. L., Faraji, S., Nemukhin, A. V., & Krylov, A. I. (2022). How Reproducible Are QM/MM Simulations? Lessons from Computational Studies of the Covalent Inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease by Carmofur. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 18(8), 5056–5067. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00286
Cofer-Shabica, D. V., Menger, M. F. S. J., Ou, Q., Shao, Y., Subotnik, J. E., & Faraji, S. (2022). INAQS, a Generic Interface for Nonadiabatic QM/MM Dynamics: Design, Implementation, and Validation for GROMACS/Q-CHEM simulations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 18(8), 4601-4614. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00204
Wang, X., Rathnachalam, S., Zamudio-Bayer, V., Bijlsma, K., Li, W., Hoekstra, R., Kubin, M., Timm, M., von Issendorff, B., Lau, J. T., Faraji, S., & Schlathölter, T. (2022). Intramolecular hydrogen transfer in DNA induced by site-selective resonant core excitation. PPCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(13), 7815-7825. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP05741C
Salazar, E., Reinink, S., & Faraji, S. (2022). Providing theoretical insight into the role of symmetry in the photoisomerization mechanism of a non-symmetric dithienylethene photoswitch. PPCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(19), 11592-11602. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp00550f
Huo, Y., Cangahuala, M. K. E., Goulart, M., Zamudio-Bayer, V., Kubin, M., Timm, M., Lau, J. T., Von Issendorff, B., Hoekstra, R., Faraji, S., & Schlathölter, T. (2022). Soft-x-ray spectroscopy of coronene plus and (coronene plus H) plus cations: The influence of hydrogenation on electronic structure and photofragmentation. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 106(6), Article 063104. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.106.063104
Toyoda, R., Hoang, N. V., Moghaddam, K. G., Crespi, S., Pooler, D. R. S., Faraji, S., Pshenichnikov, M. S., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). Synergistic interplay between photoisomerization and photoluminescence in a light-driven rotary molecular motor. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 5765. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33177-0

2021

Palmisano, V. F., Gómez-Rodellar, C., Pollak, H., Cárdenas, G., Corry, B., Faraji, S., & Nogueira, J. J. (2021). Binding of azobenzene and p-diaminoazobenzene to the human voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.4. PPCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(5), 3552-3564. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp06140a
Aguilar Suarez, L. E., de Graaf, C., & Faraji, S. (2021). Influence of the crystal packing in singlet fission: One step beyond the gas phase approximation. PPCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(26), 14113–14534. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp00298h
Rathnachalam, S., Menger, M. F. S. J., & Faraji, S. (2021). Influence of the Environment on Shaping the Absorption of Monomeric Infrared Fluorescent Proteins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B: Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces, & Biophysical, 125(9), 2231–2240. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c10466
Sami, S., Menger, M. F. S. J., Faraji, S., Broer, R., & Havenith, R. W. A. (2021). Q-Force: Quantum Mechanically Augmented Molecular Force Fields. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 17(8), 4946–4960. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00195
Zettergren, H., Domaracka, A., Schlathölter, T., Bolognesi, P., Díaz-Tendero, S., Łabuda, M., Tosic, S., Maclot, S., Johnsson, P., Steber, A., Tikhonov, D., Castrovilli, M. C., Avaldi, L., Bari, S., Milosavljević, A. R., Palacios, A., Faraji, S., Piekarski, D. G., Rousseau, P., ... Petrignani, A. (2021). Roadmap on dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase. The European Physical Journal D, 75(5), Article 152. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00155-y
Bruininks, B. M. H., Thie, A. S., Souza, P. C. T., Wassenaar, T. A., Faraji, S., & Marrink, S. J. (2021). Sequential Voxel-Based Leaflet Segmentation of Complex Lipid Morphologies. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 17(12), 7873–7885. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00446
Wang, X., Rathnachalam, S., Bijlsma, K., Li, W., Hoekstra, R., Kubin, M., Timm, M., von Issendorff, B., Zamudio-Bayer, V., Lau, J. T., Faraji, S., & Schlathölter, T. (2021). Site-selective soft X-ray absorption as a tool to study protonation and electronic structure of gas-phase DNA. PCCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 11900-11906. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP01014J
Epifanovsky, E., Gilbert, A. T. B., Feng, X., Lee, J., Mao, Y., Mardirossian, N., Pokhilko, P., White, A. F., Coons, M. P., Dempwolff, A. L., Gan, Z., Hait, D., Horn, P. R., Jacobson, L. D., Kaliman, I., Kussmann, J., Lange, A. W., Lao, K. U., Levine, D. S., ... Krylov, A. I. (2021). Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 155(8), Article 084801. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0055522
Barakat, F., Laref, A., Alterary, S., Faraji, S., & Alsalhi, M. (2021). Structural and optical behaviors of 2D-layered molybdenum disulfide thin film: Experimental and ab-initio insights. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 14, 780-796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.06.059
Barakat, F., AlSalhi, M. S., Prasad, S., Alterary, S., Faraji, S., & Laref, A. (2021). Synthesis of nanocomposite films based on conjugated oligomer-2D layered MoS2 as potential candidate for optoelectronic devices. Journal of king saud university science, 33(3), Article 101389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101389
Romeo-Gella, F., Corral, I., & Faraji, S. (2021). Theoretical investigation of a novel xylene-based light-driven unidirectional molecular motor. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154(6), Article 064111. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0038281

2020

Straatsma, T. P., Broer, R., Faraji, S., Havenith, R. W. A., Suarez, L. E. A., Kathir, R. K., Wibowo, M., & de Graaf, C. (2020). GronOR: Massively parallel and GPU-accelerated non-orthogonal configuration interaction for large molecular systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 152(6), Article 064111. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5141358
Golkaram, M., Portale, G., Mulder, P., Maniar, D., Faraji, S., & Loos, K. (2020). Order-disorder transition in supramolecular polymer combs/brushes with polymeric side chains. Polymer Chemistry, 11(15), 2749-2760. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9py01915d
Luo, L., Straatsma, T. P., Suarez, L. E. A., Broer, R., Bykov, D., D'Azevedo, E. F., Faraji, S. S., Gottiparthi, K. C., de Graaf, C., Harris, J. A., Havenith, R. W. A., Jensen, H. J. A., Joubert, W., Kathir, R. K., Larkin, J., Li, Y. W., Lyakh, D., Messer, O. E. B., Norman, M. R., ... Wibowo, M. (2020). Pre-exascale accelerated application development: The ORNL Summit experience. Ibm journal of research and development, 64(3-4), Article 8960361. https://doi.org/10.1147/JRD.2020.2965881
Menger, M. F. S. J., Ehrmaier, J., & Faraji, S. (2020). PySurf: A Framework for Database Accelerated Direct Dynamics. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 16(12), 7681-7689. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00825
Mulks, F. F., Hashmi, A. S. K., & Faraji, S. (2020). Sesquicarbene Complexes: Bonding at the Interface Between M-C Single Bonds and M=C Double Bonds. Organometallics, 39(10), 1814-1823. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00102
Suarez, L. E. A., Menger, M. F. S. J., & Faraji, S. (2020). Singlet fission in tetracene: An excited state analysis. Molecular Physics, 118(21-22), Article e1769870. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2020.1769870
Barakat, F., Laref, A., AlSalhi, M., & Faraji, S. (2020). The impact of anion elements on the engineering of the electronic and optical characteristics of the two dimensional monolayer janus MoSSe for nanoelectronic device applications. Results in Physics, 18, Article 103284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2020.103284
Gholamjani Moghaddam, K., Giudetti, G., Sipma, W., & Faraji, S. (2020). Theoretical insights into the effect of size and substitution patterns of azobenzene derivatives on the DNA G-quadruplex. PPCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(46), 26944-26954. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp04392c
Salazar, E., & Faraji, S. (2020). Theoretical study of cyclohexadiene/hexatriene photochemical interconversion using spin-Flip time-Dependent density functional theory. Molecular Physics, 118(19-20), Article 1764120. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2020.1764120

2019

Sen, R., Dreuw, A., & Faraji, S. (2019). Algebraic diagrammatic construction for the polarisation propagator in combination with effective fragment potentials. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(7), 3683-3694. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp06527f
Gholamjani Moghaddam, K., de Vries, A., Marrink, S. J., & Faraji, S. (2019). Binding of quinazolinones to c-KIT G-quadruplex; an interplay between hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking. Biophysical Chemistry, 253, Article 106220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpc.2019.106220
Aguilar Suarez, L. E., Kathir, R. K., Siagri, E., Havenith, R. W. A., & Faraji, S. (2019). Determination of electronic couplings in the singlet fission process using a nonorthogonal configuration interaction approach. Adv. in Quantum Chem., 79, 263-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiq.2019.05.004
Kumar, S., Soni, S., Leach, I., Faraji, S., Feringa, B. L., Rudolf, P., & Chiechi, R. C. (2019). Eliminating Fatigue in Surface-Bound Spiropyrans. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces, 123(42), 25908-25914. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05889
Ryerson, J. L., Zaykov, A., Aguilar Suarez, L. E., Havenith, R. W. A., Stepp, B. R., Dron, P. I., Kaleta, J., Akdag, A., Teat, S. J., Magnera, T. F., Miller, J. R., Havlas, Z., Broer, R., Faraji, S., Michl, J., & Johnson, J. C. (2019). Structure and photophysics of indigoids for singlet fission: Cibalackrot. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 151(18), Article 184903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5121863
Golkaram, M., Boetje, L., Dong, J., Aguilar Suarez, L., Fodor, C., Maniar, D., van Ruymbeke, E., Faraji, S., Portale, G., & Loos, K. (2019). Supramolecular Mimic for Bottlebrush Polymers in Bulk. ACS Omega, 4(15), 16481-16492. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b02126

2018

Faraji, S., Matsika, S., & Krylov, A. I. (2018). Calculations of non-adiabatic couplings within equation-of-motion coupled-cluster framework: Theory, implementation, and validation against multi-reference methods. Journal of Chemical Physics, 148(4), Article 044103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5009433
Straatsma, T. P., Broer, R., Faraji, S., & Havenith, R. W. A. (2018). GronOR Nonorthogonal Configuration Interaction Calculations at Exascale. Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry, 14, 77-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.arcc.2018.06.003
Mulks, F. F., Faraji, S., Rominger, F., Dreuw, A., & Hashmi, A. S. K. (2018). Highly Strained Organogold Complexes and Their Gold- or Rhodium-Catalyzed Isomerizations. Chemistry, 24(1), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704652

2017

Faraji, S., & Dreuw, A. (2017). Insights into Light-driven DNA Repair by Photolyases: Challenges and Opportunities for Electronic Structure Theory. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 93(1), 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1111/php.12679

2016

Faraji, S., Zhong, D., & Dreuw, A. (2016). Characterization of the Intermediate in and Identification of the Repair Mechanism of (6-4) Photolesions by Photolyases. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55(17), 5175-5178. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201511950

2015

Schelkle, K. M., Becht, S., Faraji, S., Petzoldt, M., Muellen, K., Buckup, T., Dreuw, A., Motzkus, M., & Hamburger, M. (2015). Emission Turn-On and Solubility Turn-Off in Conjugated Polymers: One- and Two-Photon-Induced Removal of Fluorescence-Quenching Solubilizing Groups. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 36(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201400562
Faraji, S., & Krylov, A. I. (2015). On the Nature of an Extended Stokes Shift in the mPlum Fluorescent Protein. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B: Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces, & Biophysical, 119(41), 13052-13062. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b07724

2014

Faraji, S., & Dreuw, A. (2014). Physicochemical Mechanism of Light-Driven DNA Repair by (6-4) Photolyases. In MA. Johnson, & TJ. Martinez (Eds.), ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL 65 (Vol. 65, pp. 275-292). (Annual Review of Physical Chemistry; Vol. 65). Annual Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physchem-040513-103626
Fletcher, K., Dreuw, A., & Faraji, S. (2014). Potential energy surfaces and approximate kinetic model for the excited state dynamics of Pigment Yellow 101. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1040-1041, 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2014.04.003

2013

Dreuw, A., & Faraji, S. (2013). A quantum chemical perspective on (6-4) photolesion repair by photolyases. PPCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(46), 19957-19969. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp53313a
Faraji, S., Groenhof, G., & Dreuw, A. (2013). Combined QM/MM Investigation on the Light-Driven Electron-Induced Repair of the (6-4) Thymine Dimer Catalyzed by DNA Photolyase. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B: Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces, & Biophysical, 117(35), 10071-10079. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp401662z
Harbach, P. H. P., Schneider, M., Faraji, S., & Dreuw, A. (2013). Intermolecular Coulombic Decay in Biology: The Initial Electron Detachment from FADH(-) in DNA Photolyases. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 4(6), 943-949. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz400104h
Faraji, S., Wirz, L., & Dreuw, A. (2013). Quantum Chemical Study of the Enzymatic Repair of T(6-4)C/C(6-4)T UV-Photolesions by DNA Photolyases. Chemphyschem, 14(12), 2817-2824. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201300223

2012

Meng, Q., Faraji, S., Vendrell, O., & Meyer, H.-D. (2012). Full dimensional quantum-mechanical simulations for the vibronic dynamics of difluorobenzene radical cation isomers using the multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree method. Journal of Chemical Physics, 137(13), Article 134302. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4755372
Faraji, S., & Koeppel, H. (2012). Multi-state vibronic interactions in the 1,2,3-trifluorobenzene radical cation. Journal of Chemical Physics, 137(22), Article ARTN 22A531. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4746159
Faraji, S., & Dreuw, A. (2012). Proton-Transfer-Steered Mechanism of Photo lesion Repair by (6-4)-Photolyases. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3(2), 227-230. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz201587v

2011

Faraji, S., Vazdar, M., Reddy, V. S., Eckert-Maksic, M., Lischka, H., & Koeppel, H. (2011). Ab initio quantum dynamical study of the multi-state nonadiabatic photodissociation of pyrrole. Journal of Chemical Physics, 135(15), Article 154310. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3651536
Faraji, S., Gomez-Carasco, S., & Köppel, H. (2011). Multi-State Vibronic Dynamics and Multiple Conical Intersections. In W. Domcke, D. R. Yarkony, & H. Köppel (Eds.), Conical Intersections: Theory, Computation and Experiment (Vol. 17, pp. 249-300). Word Scientific, Advanced series in physical chemistry.

2009

Faraji, S., Gindensperger, E., & Köppel, H. (2009). Multi-Mode Jahn-Teller and Pseudo-Jahn-Teller Eects in Benzenoid Cations. In H. Köppel, D. R. Yarkony, & H. Barentzen (Eds.), The Jahn-Teller Efffect: Fundamentals and Implications for Physics and Chemistry (Vol. 97, pp. 239-276). (Springer Series in Chemical Physics; Vol. 97). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03432-9_9

2008

Faraji, S., & Koeppel, H. (2008). Multistate vibronic interactions in difluorobenzene radical cations. I. Electronic structure calculations. Journal of Chemical Physics, 129(7), Article 074310. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2958915
Faraji, S., Meyer, H.-D., & Koeppel, H. (2008). Multistate vibronic interactions in difluorobenzene radical cations. II. Quantum dynamical simulations. Journal of Chemical Physics, 129(7), Article 074311. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2958918
Hashemianzadeh, S. M., Faraji, S., Amin, A. H., & Ketabi, S. (2008). Theoretical study of the interactions between isolated DNA bases and various groups IA and IIA metal ions by Ab initio calculations. Monatshefte fur chemie, 139(2), 89-100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-007-0744-9
Faraji, S., Koeppel, H., Eisfeld, W., & Mahapatra, S. (2008). Towards a higher-order description of Jahn-Teller coupling effects in molecular spectroscopy: The (A)over-tilde(2)E '' state of NO3. Chemical Physics, 347(1-3), 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.10.006
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