Research output

Publications

Xiang Sun's Google Scholar Xiang Sun's ResearchGate

54

Hao Zeng, Xiang Sun*

Multilayer Multistate Reaction Coordinate Model for Nonadiabatic Dynamics in Open Quantum Systems

(Under Review)

Preprint
53

Zailing Song, Zengkui Liu, Fei Xia, Yuwei Zhang*, Xiang Sun*

Coarse-Grained Nonadiabatic Dynamics in Disordered Condensed Phases

J. Chem. Theory Comput. (accepted)

DOI
52

Hao Zeng, Xiang Sun*

Estimating Memory Time within the Frameworks of Generalized Quantum Master Equation and Transfer Tensor Methods

J. Chem. Phys. 164, 224117 (2026).

Preprint Typo DOI

Special Issue · Jianshu Cao Festschrift
51

Xiang Sun*, Zengkui Liu

Molecular Origin of Correlated Bath Effects in Photoinduced Charge Transfer Dynamics in Polar Solvents

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 17, 3406–3418 (2026).

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Special Issue · Future Leaders in Physical Chemistry
50

Xiang Sun*

Instantaneous Marcus Theory for Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Condensed Phase

WIREs Comput. Mol. Sci. 16, e70069 (2026).

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49

Zengkui Liu, Hao Zeng, Xiang Sun*

Bridging Atomistic Accuracy and Computational Efficiency in Condensed-Phase Spectroscopy via the Multistate Harmonic Model

APL Comput. Phys. 2, 016107 (2026).

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48

Zengkui Liu, Hao Zeng, Xiang Sun*

Consistent and Generalizable Effective Model Hamiltonian Framework for Studying Nonadiabatic Dynamics in the Condensed Phase

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 21, 12393–12442 (2025).

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47

Hao Zeng, Xiang Sun*

Data-Driven versus Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Nonadiabatic Semiclassical Mapping Dynamics

Commun. Comp. Chem. 7, 217–225 (2025).

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Award · 2025 Outstanding Paper Award
46

Hao Zeng, Xiang Sun*

Quantum Dynamics in Multistate Harmonic Models using Tensor-Train Thermofield Dynamics and Semiclassical Mapping Dynamics

J. Chem. Phys. 163, 024131 (2025).

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Special Issue · Yijing Yan Festschrift
45

Hao Zeng, Yitian Kou, Xiang Sun*

Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Quantum Propagators in Wavepacket Dynamics

Mol. Phys. 124, e2501775 (2026).

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Special Issue · Zlatko Bačić Festschrift
44

Zengkui Liu, Xiang Sun*

Direct All-Atom Nonadiabatic Semiclassical Simulations for Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of Organic Photovoltaic Chromophore in Solution

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 16, 4463–4473 (2025).

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Special Issue · Wei-Hai Fang Festschrift
43

Hao Zeng, Yitian Kou, Xiang Sun*

How Sophisticated Are Neural Networks Needed to Predict Long-Term Nonadiabatic Dynamics?

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 20, 9832–9848 (2024).

Preprint DOI
42

Xiang Sun*, Zengkui Liu

Reduced Density Matrix Dynamics in Multistate Harmonic Models via Time-Convolution and Time-Convolutionless Quantum Master Equations with Quantum-Mechanical and Semiclassical Kernels

J. Chem. Phys. 161, 184105 (2024).

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41

Zengkui Liu, Dominikus Brian, Xiang Sun*

PyCTRAMER: A Python Package for Charge Transfer Rate Constant of Condensed-Phase Systems from Marcus Theory to Fermi’s Golden Rule

J. Chem. Phys. 161, 064101 (2024).

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40

Zengkui Liu⁺, Ningyi Lyu⁺, Zhubin Hu, Hao Zeng, Victor S. Batista, Xiang Sun*

Benchmarking Various Nonadiabatic Semiclassical Mapping Dynamics Methods with Tensor-Train Thermo-Field Dynamics

J. Chem. Phys. 161, 024102 (2024).

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39

Zengkui Liu, Xiang Sun*

Instantaneous Marcus Theory for Photoinduced Charge Transfer Dynamics in Multistate Harmonic Model Systems

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 36, 315201 (2024).

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Special Issue · Emerging Leaders 2023
38

Xiang Sun*, Zengkui Liu

Semiclassical Approaches to Perturbative Time-Convolution and Time-Convolutionless Quantum Master Equations for Electronic Transitions in Multistate Systems

J. Chem. Phys. 160, 174113 (2024).

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37

Zengkui Liu, Zailing Song, Xiang Sun*

All-Atom Photoinduced Charge Transfer Dynamics in Condensed Phase via Multistate Nonlinear-Response Instantaneous Marcus Theory

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 20, 3993–4006 (2024).

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36

Xiang Sun*, Xiaofang Zhang, Zengkui Liu

Generalized Nonequilibrium Fermi’s Golden Rule and Its Semiclassical Approximations for Electronic Transitions between Multiple States

J. Chem. Phys. 160, 034108 (2024).

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35

Zengkui Liu, Hairui Hu, Xiang Sun*

Multistate Reaction Coordinate Model for Charge and Energy Transfer Dynamics in the Condensed Phase

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19, 7151–7170 (2023).

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34

Mohammad Shakiba, Brendan Smith, Wei Li, Matthew Dutra, Amber Jain, Xiang Sun, Sophya Garashchuk, Alexey Akimov*

Libra: A Modular Software Library for Quantum Nonadiabatic Dynamics

Software Impacts 14, 100445 (2022).

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33

Zhubin Hu, Zengkui Liu, Xiang Sun*

Effects of Heterogeneous Protein Environment on Excitation Energy Transfer Dynamics in the Fenna–Matthews–Olson Complex

J. Phys. Chem. B 126, 9271–9287 (2022).

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Special Issue · Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry, Volume 2
32

Zengkui Liu, Wen Xu, Mark E. Tuckerman, Xiang Sun*

Imaginary-Time Open-Chain Path-Integral Approach for Two-State Time Correlation Functions and Applications in Charge Transfer

J. Chem. Phys. 157, 114111 (2022).

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31

Zhubin Hu, Xiang Sun*

All-Atom Nonadiabatic Semiclassical Mapping Dynamics for Photoinduced Charge Transfer of Organic Photovoltaic Molecules in Explicit Solvents

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 18, 5819–5836 (2022).

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30

Jacob Tinnin, Srijana Bhandari, Pengzhi Zhang, Eitan Geva*, Barry D. Dunietz*, Xiang Sun*, Margaret S. Cheung*

Correlating Interfacial Charge Transfer Rates with Interfacial Molecular Structure in the Tetraphenyldibenzoperiflanthene/C₇₀ Organic Photovoltaic System

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 763–769 (2022).

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29

Daxin Wu, Zhubin Hu, Jiebo Li, Xiang Sun*

Forecasting Nonadiabatic Dynamics using Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network/Long Short-Term Memory Network

J. Chem. Phys. 155, 224104 (2021).

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28

Dominikus Brian, Xiang Sun*

Charge-Transfer Landscape Manifesting the Structure–Rate Relationship in the Condensed Phase via Machine Learning

J. Phys. Chem. B 125, 13267–13278 (2021).

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27

Guohui Dong, Zhubin Hu, Xiang Sun*, Hui Dong*

Structural Reconstruction of Optically Invisible State in Single Molecule via Scanning Tunneling Microscope

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 10034–10039 (2021).

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26

Dominikus Brian, Xiang Sun*

Generalized Quantum Master Equation: A Tutorial Review and Recent Advances

Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 34, 497–524 (2021).

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25

Zhubin Hu, Dominikus Brian, Xiang Sun*

Multi-state Harmonic Models with Globally Shared Bath for Nonadiabatic Dynamics in the Condensed Phase

J. Chem. Phys. 155, 124105 (2021).

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Special Issue · 2021 JCP Emerging Investigators
24

Jacob Tinnin, Huseyin Aksu, Zhengqing Tong, Pengzhi Zhang, Eitan Geva*, Barry D. Dunietz*, Xiang Sun*, Margaret S. Cheung*

CTRAMER: An Open-Source Software Package for Correlating Interfacial Charge Transfer Rate Constants with Donor/Acceptor Geometries in Organic Photovoltaic Materials

J. Chem. Phys. 154, 214108 (2021).

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23

Dominikus Brian, Zengkui Liu, Barry D. Dunietz, Eitan Geva, Xiang Sun*

Three-State Harmonic Models for Photoinduced Charge Transfer

J. Chem. Phys. 154, 174105 (2021).

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22

Dominikus Brian, Xiang Sun*

Linear-Response and Nonlinear-Response Formulations of the Instantaneous Marcus Theory for Nonequilibrium Photoinduced Charge Transfer

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 17, 2065–2079 (2021).

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21

Tao Wang, Zhubin Hu, Xiancheng Nie, Linkun Huang, Hui Miao, Xiang Sun*, Guoqing Zhang*

Thermochromic Aggregation-Induced Dual Phosphorescence via Temperature-Dependent sp³-Linked Donor–Acceptor Electronic Coupling

Nat. Comm. 12, 1364 (2021).

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20

Zhubin Hu, Zhengqing Tong, Margaret S. Cheung, Barry D. Dunietz, Eitan Geva, Xiang Sun*

Photoinduced Charge Transfer Dynamics in Carotenoid–Porphyrin–C₆₀ Triad via the Linearized Semiclassical Nonequilibrium Fermi’s Golden Rule

J. Phys. Chem. B 124, 9579–9591 (2020).

Preprint DOI
19

Jaebeom Han, Pengzhi Zhang, Huseyin Aksu, Buddhadev Maiti, Xiang Sun*, Eitan Geva*, Barry D. Dunietz*, Margaret S. Cheung*

On the Interplay Between Electronic Structure and Polarizable Force Fields When Calculating Solution-Phase Charge Transfer Rates

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 16, 6481–6490 (2020).

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18

Zhengqing Tong, Xing Gao, Margaret S. Cheung, Barry D. Dunietz, Eitan Geva, Xiang Sun*

Charge Transfer Rate Constants for the Carotenoid–Porphyrin–C₆₀ Molecular Triad Dissolved in Tetrahydrofuran: The Spin–Boson Model vs. the Linearized Semiclassical Approximation

J. Chem. Phys. 153, 044105 (2020).

Typo Errata DOI

Special Issue · 65 Years of Electron Transfer
17

Zhengqing Tong, Pablo E. Videla, Kenneth A. Jung, Victor S. Batista, Xiang Sun*

Two-Dimensional Raman Spectroscopy of Lennard-Jones Liquids via Ring-Polymer Molecular Dynamics

J. Chem. Phys. 153, 034117 (2020).

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16

Jacob Tinnin, Srijana Bhandari, Pengzhi Zhang, Huseyin Aksu, Buddhadev Maiti, Eitan Geva*, Barry D. Dunietz*, Xiang Sun*, Margaret S. Cheung*

Molecular-Level Exploration of the Structure–Function Relations Underlying Interfacial Charge Transfer in the Subphthalocyanine:C₆₀ Organic Photovoltaic System

Phys. Rev. Applied 13, 054075 (2020).

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15

Xiang Sun*

Hybrid Equilibrium–Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Approach for Two-Dimensional Solute-Pump/Solvent-Probe Spectroscopy

J. Chem. Phys. 151, 194507 (2019).

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14

Tao Wang, Xiaoge Su, Xingyuan Zhang, Xiang Sun*, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang*

Aggregation-Induced Dual-Phosphorescence from Organic Molecules for Non-Doped Light-Emitting Diodes

Adv. Mater. 31, 1904273 (2019).

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13

Tao Wang, Xiaoge Su, Xuepeng Zhang, Wenhuan Huang, Linkun Huang, Xingyuan Zhang*, Xiang Sun*, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang*

A Combinatory Approach Towards the Design of Organic Polymer Luminescent Materials

J. Mater. Chem. C 7, 9917–9925 (2019).

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12

Ellen Mulvihill, Alexander Schubert, Xiang Sun, Barry D. Dunietz, Eitan Geva*

A Modified Approach for Simulating Electronically Nonadiabatic Dynamics via the Generalized Quantum Master Equation

J. Chem. Phys. 150, 034101 (2019).

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11

Xiang Sun, Pengzhi Zhang, Yifan Lai, Kyle L. Williams, Margaret S. Cheung, Barry D. Dunitz, Eitan Geva*

Computational Study of Charge Transfer Dynamics in the Carotenoid–Porphyrin–C₆₀ Molecular Triad Dissolved in Tetrahydrofuran and Its Spectroscopic Signature

J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 11288–11299 (2018).

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Before joining NYU Shanghai:
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Alexei A. Kananenka, Xiang Sun, Alexander Schubert, Barry D. Dunietz, Eitan Geva*

A Comparative Study of Different Methods for Calculating Electronic Transition Rates

J. Chem. Phys. 148, 102304 (2018).

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Special Issue · Nuclear Quantum Effects
09

Xiang Sun, Eitan Geva

Non-Condon Nonequilibrium Fermi’s Golden Rule Rates from the Linearized Semiclassical Method

J. Chem. Phys. 145, 064109 (2016).

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08

Xiang Sun, Eitan Geva

Non-Condon Equilibrium Fermi’s Golden Rule Electronic Transition Rate Constants via the Linearized Semiclassical Method

J. Chem. Phys. 144, 244105 (2016).

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07

Xiang Sun, Eitan Geva*

Nonequilibrium Fermi’s Golden Rule Charge Transfer Rates via the Linearized Semiclassical Method

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 12, 2926–2941 (2016).

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06

Xiang Sun, Eitan Geva

Exact vs. Asymptotic Spectral Densities in the Garg–Onuchic–Ambegaokar Charge Transfer Model and Its Effect on Fermi’s Golden Rule Rate Constants

J. Chem. Phys. 144, 044106 (2016).

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05

Xiang Sun, Eitan Geva*

Equilibrium Fermi’s Golden Rule Charge Transfer Rate Constants in the Condensed Phase: The Linearized Semiclassical Method vs. Classical Marcus Theory

J. Phys. Chem. A 120, 2976–2990 (2016).

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Special Issue · Ronnie Kosloff Festschrift
04

Xiang Sun, Branka M. Ladanyi*, Richard M. Stratt*

Effects of Electronic-State-Dependent Solute Polarizability: Application to Solute-Pump/Solvent-Probe Spectra

J. Phys. Chem. B 119, 9129–9139 (2015).

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Special Issue · Branka M. Ladanyi Festschrift
Award · ACS Editors’ Choice
03

Xiang Sun, Richard M. Stratt

How a Solute-Pump/Solvent-Probe Spectroscopy Can Reveal Structural Dynamics: Polarizability Response Spectra as a Two-Dimensional Solvation Spectroscopy

J. Chem. Phys. 139, 044506 (2013).

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02

Xiang Sun, Richard M. Stratt*

The Molecular Underpinnings of a Solute-Pump/Solvent-Probe Spectroscopy: The Theory of Polarizability Response Spectra and an Application to Preferential Solvation

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 6320–6331 (2012).

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01

Shan Xi Tian*, Xiang Sun, Rui Cao, Jinlong Yang

Thermal Stabilities of the Microhydrated Zwitterionic Glycine: A Kinetics and Dynamics Study

J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 480–483 (2009).

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Publications

Multilayer Multistate Reaction Coordinate Model for Nonadiabatic Dynamics in Open Quantum Systems

Before joining NYU Shanghai: