Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Nuclear quantum effects on zeolite proton hopping kinetics explored with machine learning potentials and path integral molecular dynamics

  • Massimo Bocus,
  • Ruben Goeminne,
  • Aran Lamaire,
  • Maarten Cools-Ceuppens,
  • Toon Verstraelen,
  • Veronique Van Speybroeck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36666-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The quantum properties of hydrogen atoms in zeolite-catalyzed reactions are generally neglected due to high computational costs. Here, the authors leverage machine learning to derive accurate quantum kinetics for proton transfer reactions in heterogeneous catalysis.