Welcome to the Nascimento Group webpage!

We are a theoretical and computational physical chemistry group in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Memphis. Our research focuses on developing quantum mechanical methods to explore the interaction between light and matter at the molecular scale!

News

June 10, 2022

Our perspective on Computational approaches for XANES, VtC-XES, and RIXS using linear-response time-dependent density functional theory based methods is out in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics!

In this work, we give a short perspective from the point of view of our experiences in the development and application of Gaussian basis set based LR-TDDFT methods for X-ray spectroscopies in the NWChem computational chemistry program.

October 22, 2021

Our work in collaboration with Dr. Niri Govind (PNNL), the Garavelli Group (University of Bologna, Italy) and the Cerullo Group (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy) is out in The Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation!

In this work, we explore the applicability of excited states obtained from TDDFT in the description of nonlinear optical responses by employing the pseudo-wavefunction approach, and provide benchmarks against highly accurate RASSCF/RASPT2 calculations and experiment.

September 15, 2021

Binita Maharjan joins the group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome Binita!

June 22, 2021

Our work in collaboration with Dr. Niri Govind (PNNL) and the Mukamel group (UC Irvine) is out in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters!

In this work, we apply Resonant Stimulated X-Ray Raman Spectroscopy to investigate the ultrafast electron dynamics of mixed-valence manganese complexes.

May 6, 2021

Our work in collaboration with Dr. Niri Govind (PNNL), Prof. Munira Khalil (University of Washington), and the Mukamel group (UC Irvine) is out in Chemical Science!

In this work, we demonstrate how optical cavities can be exploited to control both valence- and core-excitations in aqueous ferricyanide.

April 28, 2021

Our work in collaboration with Dr. Niri Govind (PNNL), Prof. Munira Khalil (University of Washington) and Dr. Elisa Biasin et al. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) is out in The Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation!

In this work, we present a simplified time-dependent density-functional theory framework to simulate valence-to-core resonant inelastic X-ray spectroscopy in transition metal complexes without the need to solve costly quadratic-response equations.

February 8, 2021

Our work in collaboration with Dr. Niri Govind (PNNL), Prof. Shaul Mukamel (UC Irvine), and the Garavelli Group (University of Bologna, Italy) is out in The Journal of Computational Chemistry!

In this work, we introduce iSPECTRON, a program that interfaces the SPECTRON code for the simulation of linear and non-linear spectroscopies with standard quantum chemistry packages.

January 29, 2021

Our work in collaboration with Dr. Niri Govind (PNNL), Prof. Munira Khalil (University of Washington) and Dr. Elisa Biasin et al. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) is out in Chemical Science!

In this work, we use valence-to-core resonant inelastic X-ray spectroscopy and time-dependent density functional theory calculations to explore the bonding of solvated ruthenium model complexes.

January 19, 2021

Sarah Pak joins the group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome Sarah!

January 11, 2021

Dr. Nascimento joins the faculty of the Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor! Before joining the UofM, Dr. Nascimento held post-doctoral appointments at the Georgia Institute of Technology and at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.