Theory and methodology

1. String method for the study of rare Events, Phys. Rev. B,  66, 052301 (2002)
2. Higher order string method for finding minimum energy paths,  Comm. Math. Sci.,1,377-384, (2003)
3. Metastability, conformation dynamics, and transition pathways in complex system, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 39, Springer (2004)
   
4. Minimal action method for the study of rare events, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 57, 637 (2004).
5. Finite-temperature string method for the study of rare events , J. Phys. Chem.,  109,6688-6693 (2005)
6. Transition pathways in complex systems: Reaction coordinates, isocommittor surfaces, and transition Tubes, Chem. Phys. Lett.413, 242 (2005)
7. Transition pathways in complex systems: Application of the finite-temperature string method to the alanine didpeptide,  J. Chem. Phys.,123, 134109 (2005).
8. Towards a theory of transition paths, J. Stat. Phys.,123(3),503 (2006)
9. Simplified and improved string method for computing the minimum energy paths in barrier-crossing events, J. Chem. Phys.,126(16),164103 (2007)
10. Revisiting the finite temperature string method for the calculation of reaction tubes and free energies, J. Chem. Phys.,130(19),194103 (2009)
11. Transition-Path Theory and Path-Finding Algorithms for the Study of Rare Events, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem.,61,391 (2010)

Applications

1. Energy landscape and thermally activated switching of submicron-sized ferromagnetic elements,  J. Appl. Phys.,93,  2275-2282 (2003)
2. Current dissipation in thin superconducting wires: Accurate numerical evaluation using the String method,  Phys. Rev. B,  72, 014512(2005)
3. Solvent coarse-graining and the string method applied to the hydrophobic collapse of a hydrated chain,  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.,104,  14559-14564 (2007)
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Similar methods/Comparison

1. Optimization methods for finding minimum energy paths,  J. Chem. Phys., 128,  134106(2008)
2. Here is some bechmarking done by Graham Henkelman