Publications

Publications by Connor L. Box on nonadiabatic dynamics, electronic friction, electron-phonon coupling, surface chemistry, and superconductivity.

2026

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    Mode selectivity in electron-promoted vibrational relaxation of chemisorbed hydrogen on molybdenum and tungsten surfaces
    Nils Hertl, Connor L Box, and Reinhard J Maurer
    Faraday Discussions, 2026
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    Tc from real space: first-principles electron-phonon superconductivity in FHI-aims
    Connor L Box, Pedro N Ferreira, Eva Kogler, and 2 more authors
    2026
    In preparation

2025

  1. Density-Functional Perturbation Theory with Numeric Atom-Centered Orbitals
    Connor L Box, Reinhard J Maurer, Honghui Shang, and 4 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.16091, 2025
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    Roadmap on advancements of the FHI-aims software package
    Joseph W Abbott, Carlos Mera Acosta, Alaa Akkoush, and 8 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.00125, 2025
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    Nonadiabatic reactive scattering of hydrogen on different surface facets of copper
    Wojciech G Stark, Connor L Box, Matthias Sachs, and 2 more authors
    Physical Review B, 2025
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2024

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    Room Temperature Hydrogen Atom Scattering Experiments Are Not a Sufficient Benchmark to Validate Electronic Friction Theory
    Connor L Box, Nils Hertl, Wojciech G Stark, and 1 more author
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2024
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2023

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    Ab initio calculation of electron-phonon linewidths and molecular dynamics with electronic friction at metal surfaces with numeric atom-centred orbitals
    Connor L Box, Wojciech G Stark, and Reinhard J Maurer
    Electronic Structure, 2023
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    First principles simulation of electronic friction effects in dynamics at metal surfaces
    Connor L Box
    University of Warwick, 2023
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2022

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    Dissipative Tunneling Rates through the Incorporation of First-Principles Electronic Friction in Instanton Rate Theory II: Benchmarks and Applications
    Yair Litman, Eszter Sarolta Pós, Connor L Box, and 3 more authors
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022
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    Dissipative tunneling rates through the incorporation of first-principles electronic friction in instanton rate theory. I. Theory
    Yair Litman, Eszter Sarolta Pós, Connor L Box, and 3 more authors
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022
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    Stereodynamics of adiabatic and non-adiabatic energy transfer in a molecule surface encounter
    Yaolong Zhang, Connor L Box, Tim Schäfer, and 4 more authors
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022
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2021

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    Plasmonic enhancement of molecular hydrogen dissociation on metallic magnesium nanoclusters
    Oscar A Douglas-Gallardo, Connor L Box, and Reinhard J Maurer
    Nanoscale, 2021
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2020

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    Determining the effect of hot electron dissipation on molecular scattering experiments at metal surfaces
    Connor L Box, Yaolong Zhang, Rongrong Yin, and 2 more authors
    JACS Au, 2020
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