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Hirata Group (Theoretical &
Computational Chemistry)
Quantum
Theory Project and
The Center
for Macromolecular Science and Engineering,
Departments of Chemistry and
Physics, University
of Florida
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Our group conducts research in theoretical
and computational chemistry at several unexplored fronts:
(1) First-principles
electronic structure theories of extended systems;
(2) Automated
symbolic algebra for quantum chemistry and electronic many-body
methods;
(3) Vibrational many-body
methods;
(4) Fast
electronic structure methods for large systems;
(5) Grid-based general differential equation solver.
We possess necessary expertise for these
projects that ranges from density functional theory, perturbation theory,
coupled-cluster theory, to their relativistic, excited-state, and
time-dependent variants. The PI has published over 70 journal articles, book
chapters, and proceedings and coauthored several quantum chemistry computer
programs.
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Mr. Toru Shiozaki (“Higher-order
explicitly-correlated coupled-cluster methods”) is a winner of WATOC 2008 Poster Prize.
Congratulations!
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Professor So
Hirata is the
winner of the Annual Medal of the International
Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2008) (http://www.iaqms.org/IAQMS.awards.html).
The citation reads “for theory and algorithm developments of electron
correlated methods for molecules and extended systems.” He wishes to
thank Professors Kimihiko Hirao,
Rodney J. Bartlett, Michel Dupuis, Martin Head-Gordon, Keiji Morokuma,
Debashis Mukherjee, and Hiroshi Nakatsuji for award nomination and all
the IAQMS members for the selection.
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Professor So Hirata will receive a research grant from
American Chemical Society Petroleum
Research Fund for “Predictive Property Simulations for Plastic
Photovoltaics.”
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“Radiation
Induced Molecular Phenomena in Nucleic Acids” has been published by Springer.
It contains a chapter written by Hirata, Fan, Shiozaki, and Shigeta.
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Our paper “Fast
electron correlation methods for molecular clusters without basis set
superposition errors” (J. Chem. Phys. 128, 074103, 2008) is the 8th most downloaded
article in February, 2008.
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Dr. Muneaki
Kamiya, a
former postdoctoral researcher, has been appointed to an Assistant Professor at Gifu University.
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Mr. Toru Shiozaki
is a recipient
of a prestigious JSPS (Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellowship for Young Scientists.
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Mr. Toru
Shiozaki’s M.Sc. Thesis has received an award
from the Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
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Professor So
Hirata is a
winner of the Hewlett–Packard
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2008) presented by ACS COMP Division
and Hewlett–Packard Company.
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US Department of Energy,
Office of Basic Energy Sciences has authorized funds to support our research program
(2007–2010) on electronic and vibrational many-body methods.
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Professor So
Hirata has
become a member of The Center for
Macromolecular Science and Engineering. He has also been appointed as
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Physics
Department.
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Mr. Toru Shiozaki (“Grid-based
Hartree–Fock and second-order Møller–Plesset perturbation
methods for atoms and polyatomic molecules”) is a winner of Best Poster Award of 3rd
Asian Pacific Conference of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.
Congratulations!
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Our paper “High-order
electron-correlation methods with scalar relativistic and spin-orbit
corrections” (J. Chem. Phys. 126,
024104, 2007) is the 7th most downloaded article in January,
2007.
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Graduate Research
Professor Rodney J. Bartlett, Quantum Theory Project, is the winner of The Schrödinger Medal of WATOC.
Congratulations!
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Florida Gators (football & basketball) are the
double-crown National Champions!
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Dr. Takeshi Yanai, our long-term collaborator
and visitor to our group, has been
appointed to an Associate Professor at the Institute for Molecular Science,
Okazaki, Japan.
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Graduate Research
Professor Rodney J. Bartlett, Quantum Theory Project, is the winner of 2007 ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry
sponsored by IBM Corporation. This is the most prestigious international
award in the field. Congratulations! (Pictures)
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Mr. Nathan
Tennyson is a
recipient of Chemical Physics
Scholarship from the Chemical Physics Center
of the University
of Florida.
Congratulations.
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Dr. Valerie
Rodriguez-Garcia
has been awarded a prestigious fellowship
from the National Research Council of the National Academies. Dr.
Rodriguez-Garcia has also been selected to receive an NSF-funded UF SEAGEP postdoctoral award.
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Coupled-cluster
singles and doubles for extended systems. S. Hirata, R. Podeszwa, M. Tobita,
and R. J. Bartlett, The Journal of
Chemical Physics 120, 2581–2592 (2004).
Tensor contraction engine: abstraction and automated
parallel implementation of configuration-interaction, coupled-cluster, and
many-body perturbation theories. S. Hirata, The Journal of Physical
Chemistry A, 107, 9887–9897 (2003).
Time-dependent density functional study of the
electronic excited states of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon radical cations.
S. Hirata, M. Head-Gordon, J. Szczepanski, and M. Vala, The Journal of
Physical Chemsitry A, 107, 4940–4951 (2003).
Exact exchange treatment for molecules in
finite-basis-set Kohn–Sham theory. S. Ivanov, S.
Hirata, and R. J. Bartlett, Physical
Review Letters, 83,
5455–5458 (1999).
Density functional crystal orbital study on the
normal vibrations and phonon dispersion curves of all-trans polyethylene. S. Hirata
and S. Iwata, The Journal of Chemical Physics,
108, 7901–7908 (1998).
Density-functional crystal orbital study on the
structures and energetics of polyacetylene isomers. S. Hirata, H. Torii, and
M. Tasumi, Physical Review B, 57, 11994–12001 (1998).
Research
Keywords
Quantum chemistry; theoretical chemistry; computational
chemistry
electron correlation; many-body theory; electronic
structure
Density functional theory; time-dependent density
functional theory
Coupled-cluster theory; many-body perturbation theory;
configuration-interaction theory
Polymers; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; polyenes
Optical absorption spectroscopy; photoelectron
spectroscopy
infrared and Raman spectroscopy; inelastic neutron
scattering
Symbolic
algebra; computer algebra; high-performance computing; parallel computing
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