This paper investigates the effect of basis sets through the potential energy curves （PECs） of six rare gas complexes He2, Ne2, Ar2, HeiNe, He-Ar, and Ne-Ar. The coupled cluster singles and doubles method with perturbative treatment of triple excitations, doubly augmented basis sets of d-aug-cc-pVQZ, bond functions, and basis set superposition errors are employed. The diffuse function is more effective than the polarization function on describing the dissociation energy. The PECs are fitted into analytical potential energy functions （APEFs） using three expressions. It is found that all the expressions are suitable for describing the complexes of rare gases. Based on these APEFs, the spectroscopic parameters are calculated and the results are compared with the theoretical and experimental data available in the literature.
Using density functional theory and quantum transport calculations based on nonequilibum Green＇s function formalism, we investigate the charge transport properties of endohedral M@C20（M = Na and K） metallofullerenes. Our results show that the conductance of C20 fullerene can be obviously improved by insertion of alkali atom at its centre. Both linear and nonlinear sections are found on the Ⅰ-Ⅴ curves of the Au-M@C20-Au two-probe systems. The novel negative differential resistance behaviour is also observed in Na@C20 molecule but not in K@C20.
The interactions of acetone molecules with clusters of Au3 and Au5 are investigated by using a density functional theory （DFT） within a generalized gradient approximation （GGA）. The geometries, adsorption energies and deformation electron density distributions are used to analyse these interactions. The present calculations show that more than one acetone molecules can be adsorbed onto small gold clusters, and this adsorption is different from that of single molecule absorption. The coordination number of the adsorption site on the gold cluster is the dominant factor responsible for the strength of the interactions. The effects of the Au O bond lengths in the complexes on adsorption energies between Au clusters and acetone molecules are also examined.
Employing the two-state model and the time-dependent wave packet method, we have investigated the influences of the parameters of the intense femtosecond laser field on the evolution of the wave packet, as well as the population of ground and double-minimum electronic states of the NaRb molecule. For the different laser wavelengths, the evolution of the wave packet of 6{ }^1／Sigma ^ ＋ state with time and internuclear distance is different, and the different laser intensity brings different influences on the population of the electronic states of the NaRb molecule. One can control the evolutions of wave packet and the population in each state by varying the laser parameters appropriately, which will be a benefit for the light manipulation of atomic and molecular processes.
The influence of the ultra-short pulse wavelength on the populations in the three electronic states of CsI molecule is investigated using the time-dependent wave packet method. The calculated results show that the populations in the two excited states approach to the maxima at the wavelengths of 369 nm and 297 nm, respectively. The photodissociation reaction channels of the CsI molecule can be chosen by controlling the pump pulse wavelength.
