The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2003, V 118, N 6, February 8.


COMMUNICATIONS

An advanced Monte Carlo method for the equilibration of model long-chain branched polymers with a well-defined molecular architecture: Detailed atomistic simulation of an H-shaped polyethylene melt Nikos Ch. Karayiannis, Ageliki E. Giannousaki, and Vlasis G. Mavrantzas pp. 2451-2454 Rovibrational state-selected study of H [2+] (X, [nu] + = 0-17, N+ = 1) + Ar using the pulsed field ionization-photoelectron-secondary ion coincidence scheme X.-M. Qian, T. Zhang, Y.-H. Chiu, D. J. Levandier, J. S. Miller, R. A. Dressler, and C. Y. Ng pp. 2455-2458
ARTICLES

Theoretical Methods and Algorithms
Polarization consistent basis sets. IV. The basis set convergence of equilibrium geometries, harmonic vibrational frequencies, and intensities Frank Jensen pp. 2459-2463 A new correlation functional based on a transcorrelated Hamiltonian Yutaka Imamura and Gustavo E. Scuseria pp. 2464-2469 An accurate determination of rovibrational spectra using the externally corrected coupled-cluster approaches: LiH ground state Xiangzhu Li and Josef Paldus pp. 2470-2481 Semiclassical dynamics with quantum trajectories: Formulation and comparison with the semiclassical initial value representation propagator Sophya Garashchuk and Vitaly A. Rassolov pp. 2482-2490 The electron cusp condition and the virial ratio as indicators of basis set quality Victor M. Rosas-Garcia and T. Daniel Crawford pp. 2491-2497 A direct optimization method for calculating density functionals and exchange- correlation potentials from electron densities Qin Wu and Weitao Yang pp. 2498-2509 Algorithms and novel applications based on the isokinetic ensemble. I. Biophysical and path integral molecular dynamics Peter Minary, Glenn J. Martyna, and Mark E. Tuckerman pp. 2510-2526 Algorithms and novel applications based on the isokinetic ensemble. II. Ab initio molecular dynamics Peter Minary, Glenn J. Martyna, and Mark E. Tuckerman pp. 2527-2538 Accuracy of spectroscopic constants of diatomic molecules from ab initio calculations Filip Pawlowski, Asger Halkier, Poul J?rgensen, Keld L. Bak, Trygve Helgaker, and Wim Klopper pp. 2539-2549 Calculations of nuclear magnetic shielding in paramagnetic molecules Zilvinas Rinkevicius, Juha Vaara, Lyudmyla Telyatnyk, and Olav Vahtras pp. 2550-2561
Gas Phase Dynamics and Structure: Spectroscopy, Molecular Interactions, Scattering, and Photochemistry
Dissociative electron attachment near threshold, thermal attachment rates, and vertical attachment energies of chloroalkanes G. A. Gallup, K. Aflatooni, and P. D. Burrow pp. 2562-2574 The 129Xe nuclear shielding tensor surfaces for Xe interacting with rare gas atoms Cynthia J. Jameson, Devin N. Sears, and Angel C. de Dios pp. 2575-2580 The partitioning of energy amongst vibration, rotation, and translation during the dissociation of p-difluorobenzene-Ar neutral and cation complexes Susan M. Bellm and Warren D. Lawrance pp. 2581-2589 Photodissociation dynamics of enolic-acetylacetone at 266, 248, and 193 nm: Mechanism and nascent state product distribution of OH Hari P. Upadhyaya, Awadhesh Kumar, and Prakash D. Naik pp. 2590-2598 Proton transfer in gas-phase ammonium dinitramide clusters Saman Alavi and Donald L. Thompson pp. 2599-2605 Dynamical ionization of the 4He trimer: A time-dependent modeling of its fragmentation M. Satta, E. Scifoni, and F. A. Gianturco pp. 2606-2611 Structural and spectroscopic trends in the ground states of the monohalosilylenes: Emission spectroscopy of jet-cooled HSiI and DSiI Brandon S. Tackett and Dennis J. Clouthier pp. 2612-2619 Permanent electric dipole moments and hyperfine interaction in ruthenium monocarbide, RuC Timothy C. Steimle, Wilton L. Virgo, and John M. Brown pp. 2620-2625 Entanglement-assisted coherent control in nonreactive diatom-diatom scattering Jiangbin Gong, Moshe Shapiro, and Paul Brumer pp. 2626-2636 Accurate double many-body expansion potential energy surface for triplet H [3+] . I. The lowest adiabatic sheet (a3 [Sigma] [u+] ) Mihail Cernei, Alexander Alijah, and Anto'nio J. C. Varandas pp. 2637-2646 An ab initio study of trans-1-chloro-2-fluoroethylene: Equilibrium structure and molecular properties Cristina Puzzarini, Gabriele Cazzoli, and Alberto Gambi pp. 2647-2656 Torsional selection rules, Raman tensors, and cross sections for degenerate modes of C2H6 J. M. Ferna'ndez and S. Montero pp. 2657-2672 Accurate electric multipole moment, static polarizability and hyperpolarizability derivatives for N2 George Maroulis pp. 2673-2687 Trajectory studies of SN2 nucleophilic substitution. IX. Microscopic reaction pathways and kinetics for Cl- + CH3Br Yanfei Wang, William L. Hase, and Haobin Wang pp. 2688-2695 Hydride stretch infrared spectra in the excited electronic states of indole and its derivatives: Direct evidence for the 1 [pi] [sigma] * state Brian C. Dian, Asier Longarte, and Timothy S. Zwier pp. 2696-2706 Verification of the vibrational exciton approach for CO2 and N2O nanoparticles Ruth Signorell pp. 2707-2715 Ab initio quantum dynamics study of rotationally inelastic scattering of glycine by hydrogen atom Da W. Zhang, Ming L. Wang, and J. Z. H. Zhang pp. 2716-2722 Integral and differential cross section measurements at low collision energies for the N [2+] + CH4/CD4 reactions Christophe Nicolas, Raquel Torrents, and Dieter Gerlich pp. 2723-2730 Modeling of the three-body effects in the Ar2O- trimer from ab initio calculations Jacek Jakowski, Grzegorz Chalasinski, S. M. Cybulski, and M. M. Szczesniak pp. 2731-2747 Characterization of ArnO- clusters from ab initio and diffusion Monte Carlo calculations Jacek Jakowski, Grzegorz Chalasinski, Joseph Gallegos, Mark W. Severson, and M. M. Szczesniak pp. 2748-2759
Condensed Phase Dynamics, Structure, and Thermodynamics: Spectroscopy, Reactions, and Relaxation
Inhomogeneous gas model for electron mobility in high density neon gas A. F. Borghesani and T. F. O'Malley pp. 2760-2766 An ab initio molecular dynamics study of the SN2 reaction F- + CH3Cl [-->] CH3F + Cl- Martina Mugnai, Gianni Cardini, and Vincenzo Schettino pp. 2767-2774 Numerical simulation of magnetic susceptibility effects in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Christian Mayer and Annegret Terheiden pp. 2775-2782 Shear viscosity of molten sodium chloride Jerome Delhommelle and Janka Petravic pp. 2783-2791 The favored cluster structures of model glass formers Jonathan P. K. Doye, David J. Wales, Fredrik H. M. Zetterling, and Mikhail Dzugutov pp. 2792-2799 Logarithmic decay of the orientational correlation function in supercooled liquids on the Ps to Ns time scale Hu Cang, V. N. Novikov, and M. D. Fayer pp. 2800-2807 Critical behavior of a ternary ionic system: A controversy Karin I. Gutkowski, Hugo L. Bianchi, and M. Laura Japas pp. 2808-2814 Understanding congruent melting in binary solids: Molecular models of benzene- hexafluorobenzene mixtures J. W. Schroer and P. A. Monson pp. 2815-2823 The stability of planar Couette flow simulated by molecular dynamics J. Liam McWhirter pp. 2824-2836 Hydration free energy and potential of mean force for a model of the sodium chloride ion pair in supercritical water with ab initio solute-solvent interactions Wenbin Liu, Robert H. Wood, and Douglas J. Doren pp. 2837-2844
Surfaces, Interfaces, and Materials
Temperature dependence of droplet nucleation in a Yukawa fluid Jin-Song Li and Gerald Wilemski pp. 2845-2852 Energy transfer and device performance in phosphorescent dye doped polymer light emitting diodes Yong-Young Noh, Chang-Lyoul Lee, Jang-Joo Kim, and Kiyoshi Yase pp. 2853-2864 Collective diffusion and self-diffusion coefficients comparison to separate interactions and micellar size effects on ionic micelle diffusivities: Cylindrical micelles of sodium taurodeoxycholate Luciano Galantini and Nicolae Viorel Pavel pp. 2865-2872 Enhanced bulk oxygen outdiffusion from LiNbO3 induced by preferential sputtering of oxygen at elevated temperatures M. Lu, B. N. Makarenko, Y.-Z. Hu, and J. W. Rabalais pp. 2873-2878 The adsorption of xenon on crystalline ice surfaces grown on Pt(111) studied with helium atom scattering Andrew P. Graham and J. Peter Toennies pp. 2879-2885 Angular distribution of H2 molecules scattered from the Pd(111) surface C. Di'az, H. F. Busnengo, F. Martin, and A. Salin pp. 2886-2892 Dynamics of Cr(CO) [6 + ] collisions with hydrogenated surfaces Kihyung Song, Oussama Meroueh, and William L. Hase pp. 2893-2902
Polymers, Biopolymers, and Complex Systems
Volume transition of nematic gels in nematogenic solvents Kenji Urayama, Yuko Okuno, Toshio Nakao, and Shinzo Kohjiya pp. 2903-2910 A Monte Carlo study of effects of chain stiffness and chain ends on dilute solution behavior of polymers. I. Gyration-radius expansion factor Hiromi Yamakawa and Takenao Yoshizaki pp. 2911-2918 Deformation of semiflexible chains Roland G. Winkler pp. 2919-2928 Short chains at surfaces and interfaces: A quantitative comparison between density-functional theories and Monte Carlo simulations M. Mu"ller, L. G. MacDowell, and A. Yethiraj pp. 2929-2940 A computational study of DNA separations in sparse disordered and periodic arrays of posts Prateek D. Patel and Eric S. G. Shaqfeh pp. 2941-2951 Folding transition of model protein chains characterized by partition function zeros Jun Wang and Wei Wang pp. 2952-2963
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Comments
Comment on "On the interpretation of force-extension curves of single protein molecules" [J. Chem. Phys. 116, 7760 (2002)] Richard M. Neumann pp. 2964-2965 Response to "Comment on `On the interpretation of force-extension curves of single protein molecules' " [J. Chem. Phys. 118, 2964 (2003)] Dmitrii E. Makarov, Zhisong Wang, and Helen G. Hansma pp. 2966-2967
Errata
Erratum: "Vibrational interactions of acetonitrile: Doubly vibrationally resonant IR-IR-visible four-wave-mixing spectroscopy" [J. Chem. Phys. 117, 5675 (2002)] Kyungwon Kwak, Sangyob Cha, Minhaeng Cho, and John C. Wright p. 2968