Centennial of quantum theory in Belgrade: CEQPAS and the molecular excited state spectroscopy (MOLESs) initiative Letter to the Editor
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
The first week of November 2025 saw two events in Belgrade celebrating one hundred years of quantum mechanics and its impact on chemistry and molecular science. The Centennial of Quantum Theory: Progress in Atomic and Molecular Structure (CEQPAS) brought together researchers from across Europe and beyond to reflect on the scientific legacy of quantum theory and to showcase current advances in atomic and molecular spectroscopy, collision processes relevant to plasma research, chemical bonding, quantum chemistry, and the design of functional molecules, astrochemistry, the use of AI/ML for the analysis and generation of atomic and molecular data and wider applications of quantum science. Immediately after CEQPAS, a new international initiative was launched: MOLecular Excited State spectroscopy (MOLESs), whose primary goal is to develop an atlas of molecular electronic structure and excited-state spectroscopy that rigorously integrates experiment and theory. Together, CEQPAS and MOLESs align historical perspective with future capability, positioning Belgrade as a regional hub for quantum-enabled molecular science.
Downloads
Metrics
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0 that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Funding data
-
Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia
Grant numbers 6821 -
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja
Grant numbers 451-03-136/2025-03/200026 -
Royal Society
Grant numbers ICAO\R1\241112
References
M. Durrani, Phys. World 38 (2025) 35 (https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/38/08/28 )
W. Heisenberg, Zeitschrift Für Phys. 33 (1925) 879 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01328377 )
M. Born, P. Jordan, Zeitschrift Für Phys. 34 (1925) 858 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01328531 )
W. Pauli, Zeitschrift Für Phys. 31 (1925) 765 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980631 )
G. E. Uhlenbeck, S. Goudsmit, Naturwissenschaften 13 (1925) 953 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01558878 )
E. Schrödinger, Phys. Rev. 28 (1926) 1049 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.28.1049 )
M. Born, Zeitschrift Für Phys. 38 (1926) 803 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01397184 )
J. B. Maljković, M. Zlatar, eds., Centennial of Quantum Theory: Progress in Atomic and Molecular Structure - CEQPAS 2025, Book of Abstracts, Belgrade, 2025 (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17467615 )
D. V. Mifsud, P. A. Hailey, A. Traspas Muiña, O. Auriacombe, N. J. Mason, S. Ioppolo, Front. Astron. Sp. Sci. 8 (2021) 757619 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2021.757619 )
X. Fu, Y. Liu, Q. Chen, Y. Fu, T. J. Cui, Front. Phys. 10 (2022) 869537 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.869537 )
A. B. Kovačević, Appl. Spectrosc. 79 (2025) 227 (https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028241241308 )
L. Lopes Cavalcante, E. C. Czaplinski, H. E. Maynard-Casely, M. L. Cable, N. Chaouche-Mechidal, R. Hodyss, C. Ennis, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26 (2024) 26842 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP03437F )
J. J. Jureta, A. R. Milosavljević, B. P. Marinković, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 365–366 (2014) 114 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2014.03.002 )
J. Vukalović, B. P. Marinković, J. Rosado, F. Blanco, G. García, J. B. Maljković, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26 (2024) 985 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP05052A )
A. Cassidy, M. R. S. McCoustra, D. Field, Acc. Chem. Res. 56 (2023) 1909 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00094 )
I. Chakraborty, N. Sinha, B. Antony, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 216 (2024) 111421 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2023.111421 )
P. Nag, M. Tarana, J. Fedor, Phys. Rev. A 103 (2021) 032830 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.032830 )
N. Cvetanović, M. M. Martinović, B. M. Obradović, M. M. Kuraica, J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. 48 (2015) 205201 (https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/48/20/205201 )
A. Kumar, N. Škoro, W. Gernjak, N. Puač, Eur. Phys. J. D 75 (2021) 283 (https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00283-5 )
E. R. S. Paz, C. P. Souza, J. C. De Oliveira, R. G. Almeida, C. Herrera‐Acevedo, S. Lakoh, G. A. M. Jardim, E. N. da Silva Júnior, F. Fantuzzi, ChemistryOpen (2025) e202500465 (https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202500465 )
T. M. Cardozo, D. W. Oliveira De Sousa, F. Fantuzzi, M. A. C. Nascimento, The Chemical Bond as a Manifestation of Quantum Mechanical Interference: Theory and Applications of the Interference Energy Analysis Using SCGVB Wave Functions, in Compr. Comput. Chem., Elsevier, 2024, pp. 552 (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821978-2.00027-1 )
J. Zhang, A. T. Muiña, D. V Mifsud, Z. Kaňuchová, K. Cielinska, P. Herczku, K. K. Rahul, S. T. S. Kovács, R. Rácz, J. C. Santos, A. T. Hopkinson, L. Craciunescu, N. C. Jones, S. V Hoffmann, S. Biri, I. Vajda, I. Rajta, A. Dawes, B. Sivaraman, Z. Juhász, B. Sulik, H. Linnartz, L. Hornekær, F. Fantuzzi, N. J. Mason, S. Ioppolo, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 533 (2024) 826 (https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1860 )
M. D. Dickers, D. V. Mifsud, N. J. Mason, F. Fantuzzi, Space Sci. Rev. 221 (2025) 106 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01228-9 )
D. S. Kretić, I. S. Veljković, D. Ž. Veljković, Chemistry 5 (2023) 1843 (https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry5030126 )
J. Londoño-Restrepo, S. Gómez, H. M. Quitián-Lara, F. Fantuzzi, A. Restrepo, Chem. Sci. 16 (2025) 3051 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC07986H )
H. M. Quitián-Lara, J. Londoño-Restrepo, S. Gómez, K. V García-González, A. Restrepo, N. J. Mason, P. Caselli, H. M. Boechat-Roberty, F. Fantuzzi, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 539 (2025) 3778 (https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf595 )
D. S. Kretić, V. B. Medaković, I. S. Veljković, Comput. Theor. Chem. 1230 (2023) 114381 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2023.114381 )
N. S. Simonović, D. B. Popović, A. Bunjac, Atoms 11 (2023) 20 (https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms11020020 )
S. Dujko, J. Atić, D. Bošnjaković, R. D. White, P. Stokes, K. R. Hamilton, O. Zatsarinny, K. Bartschat, M. S. Rabasović, D. Šević, B. P. Marinković, D. V Fursa, I. Bray, R. P. McEachran, F. Blanco, G. García, D. B. Jones, L. Campbell, M. J. Brunger, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30 (2021) 115019 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac3343 )
V. Vujčić, B. P. Marinković, V. A. Srećković, S. Tošić, D. Jevremović, L. M. Ignjatović, M. S. Rabasović, D. Šević, N. Simonović, N. J. Mason, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25 (2023) 26972 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP03752E )
MOLecular Excited State spectroscopy - MOLESs https://www.moless-spectroscopy.org/ (accessed 19/11/2025)
M. B. Robin, Higher Excited States of Polyatomic Molecules, Volume I, Elsevier, New York, 1974 (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-589901-7.X5001-0 )
M. B. Robin, Higher Excited States of Polyatomic Molecules, Volume II, Elsevier, New York, 1975 (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-589902-4.X5001-1 )
M. B. Robin, Higher Excited States of Polyatomic Molecules, Volume III, Elsevier, Orlando, 1985 (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-589903-1.X5001-2 ).