scholarly journals Excited States Computation of Models of Phenylalanine Protein Chains: TD-DFT and Composite CC2/TD-DFT Protocols

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 621
Author(s):  
Marine Lebel ◽  
Thibaut Very ◽  
Eric Gloaguen ◽  
Benjamin Tardivel ◽  
Michel Mons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited States ◽  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Vibrational Energy ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Quantitative Agreement ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Dft Methods ◽  
Td Dft

The present benchmark calculations testify to the validity of time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) when exploring the low-lying excited states potential energy surfaces of models of phenylalanine protein chains. Among three functionals suitable for systems exhibiting charge-transfer excited states, LC-ωPBE, CAM-B3LYP, and ωB97X-D, which were tested on a reference peptide system, we selected the ωB97X-D functional, which gave the best results compared to the approximate coupled-cluster singles and doubles (CC2) method. A quantitative agreement for both the geometrical parameters and the vibrational frequencies was obtained for the lowest singlet excited state (a ππ* state) of the series of capped peptides. In contrast, only a qualitative agreement was met for the corresponding adiabatic zero-point vibrational energy (ZPVE)-corrected excitation energies. Two composite protocols combining CC2 and DFT/TD-DFT methods were then developed to improve these calculations. Both protocols substantially reduced the error compared to CC2 and experiment, and the best of both even led to results of CC2 quality at a lower cost, thus providing a reliable alternative to this method for very large systems.

Computing UV–vis spectra of 1-bromo-1-propene: a comparison of model core potential and all-electron basis sets

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meagan Oakley ◽  
Mariusz Klobukowski
Keyword(s):  
Excited States ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Vacuum Ultraviolet ◽  
Heavy Atom ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Core Potential ◽  
Td Dft ◽  
Low Energies ◽  
Potential Basis

Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectroscopy can be used to identify different isomers in complicated mixtures of many molecules. In this work, calculated VUV spectra are compared with spectra of experimental mixtures to benchmark appropriate computational methods. Because the benchmark molecule, 1-bromo-1-propene, contains a heavy atom, both all-electron and model core potential basis sets were investigated. Time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) can accurately compute electronic excited states at low-energy excitations and was cross-checked at higher energies against results from the symmetry adapted cluster–configuration interaction (SAC–CI) method. TD-DFT was determined to be satisfactory at low energies; however, excitation energies can deviate by 0.5 eV at high energies. TD-DFT with both all-electron and model core potential basis sets produced satisfactory excitation energies for the lower excited states. This method is also satisfactory at predicting spectra produced experimentally, including a mixture of isomers (cis- and trans-1-bromo-1-propene), with the exception of underestimating oscillator strength.

scholarly journals Excited states properties of organic molecules: from density functional theory to the GW and Bethe–Salpeter Green's function formalisms

2014 ◽  
Vol 372 (2011) ◽  
pp. 20130271 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Faber ◽  
P. Boulanger ◽  
C. Attaccalite ◽  
I. Duchemin ◽  
X. Blase
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Green’S Function ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Green's Function ◽  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Organic Systems

Many-body Green's function perturbation theories, such as the GW and Bethe–Salpeter formalisms, are starting to be routinely applied to study charged and neutral electronic excitations in molecular organic systems relevant to applications in photovoltaics, photochemistry or biology. In parallel, density functional theory and its time-dependent extensions significantly progressed along the line of range-separated hybrid functionals within the generalized Kohn–Sham formalism designed to provide correct excitation energies. We give an overview and compare these approaches with examples drawn from the study of gas phase organic systems such as fullerenes, porphyrins, bacteriochlorophylls or nucleobases molecules. The perspectives and challenges that many-body perturbation theory is facing, such as the role of self-consistency, the calculation of forces and potential energy surfaces in the excited states, or the development of embedding techniques specific to the GW and Bethe–Salpeter equation formalisms, are outlined.

scholarly journals An investigation of the excitation and emission properties of fluorescence compounds using DFT and TD-DFT methods

2018 ◽  
Vol 127 (1A) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Duong Tuan Quang
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Dft Methods ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Emission Properties ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
Optimized Geometries

<p class="03Abstract">The density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory methods were used for investigation of the excitation and emission properties of some fluorophores. The calculations were based on the optimized geometries of ground states and excited states at the B3LYP functional and LanL2DZ basis set. The results clarified the nature of the optical properties of the compounds and agreed well with the experimental data. The approximate values of excitation energies and emission energies of compounds were also identified. The calculated excitation energies were about 0.01 to 0.56 eV higher than experimental values. Meanwhile, the emission energies were from 0.34 to 0.89 eV higher than experimental values. These large errors occurred when there were great variations between the optimized geometries of ground state and excited states. They could be due to the presence of components of solvent in real solution that stabilized the excited states, leading to reduce the excitation and emission energies in the experiments.</p>

scholarly journals Exploitation of Baird Aromaticity and Clar’s Rule for Tuning the Triplet Energies of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Chemistry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 532-549
Author(s):  
Felix Plasser
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Triplet States ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are a prominent substance class with a variety of applications in molecular materials science. Their electronic properties crucially depend on the bond topology in ways that are often highly non-intuitive. Here, we study, using density functional theory, the triplet states of four biphenylene-derived PAHs finding dramatically different triplet excitation energies for closely related isomeric structures. These differences are rationalised using a qualitative description of Clar sextets and Baird quartets, quantified in terms of nucleus independent chemical shifts, and represented graphically through a recently developed method for visualising chemical shielding tensors (VIST). The results are further interpreted in terms of a 2D rigid rotor model of aromaticity and through an analysis of the natural transition orbitals involved in the triplet excited states showing good consistency between the different viewpoints. We believe that this work constitutes an important step in consolidating these varying viewpoints of electronically excited states.

Spectroscopic trends in a series of Re(I) α-diimine complexes as a function of the antenna/photoisomerizable ligands: a TD-DFT and MS-CASPT2 study

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 979-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megumi Kayanuma ◽  
Chantal Daniel ◽  
Etienne Gindensperger
Keyword(s):  
Excited States ◽  
Electronic Structures ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
B3lyp Level ◽  
Ligand Charge Transfer ◽  
Td Dft ◽  
Energy Domain ◽  
Diimine Complexes

The absorption spectra of 11 rhenium(I) complexes with photoisomerizable stilbene-like ligands have been investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT). The electronic structures of the ground and excited states were determined for [Re(CO)3(N,N)(L)]+ (N,N = bpy (2,2′-bipyridine), phen (1,10-phenanthroline), Me4phen (3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline), ph2phen (4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline), or Clphen (5-chloro-1,10-phenanthroline); L = bpe (1,2-bis(4-pyrydil)ethylene), stpy (4-styrylpyridine), or CNstpy (4-(4-cyano)styrylpyridine)) at the time–dependent (TD) DFT/CAM-B3LYP level of theory in vacuum and acetonitrile to highlight the effects of both antenna N,N and isomerizable L ligands. The TD-DFT spectra of two representative complexes, namely [Re(CO)3(bpy)(stpy)]+ and [Re(CO)3(phen)(bpe)]+, have been compared with MS-CASPT2 spectra. The TD-DFT spectra obtained in vacuum and acetonitrile agree rather well both with the ab initio and experimental spectra. The absorption spectroscopy of this series of molecules is characterized by the presence of three low-lying metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) states absorbing in the visible energy domain. The nature of the isomerizable ligands (bpe, stpy, or CNstpy) and the type of antenna ligands (bpy, phen, and substituted phen) control the degree of mixing between the MLCT and intraligand excited states, their relative energies, as well as their intensities.

scholarly journals Predicting the UV–vis spectra of oxazine dyes

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 432-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Fleming ◽  
Andrew Mills ◽  
Tell Tuttle
Keyword(s):  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Polarizable Continuum Model ◽  
Implicit Solvent ◽  
Continuum Approach ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Partial Charges ◽  
Td Dft ◽  
Polarizable Continuum

In the current work we have investigated the ability of time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) to predict the absorption spectra of a series of oxazine dyes and the effect of solvent on the accuracy of these predictions. Based on the results of this study, it is clear that for the series of oxazine dyes an accurate prediction of the excitation energy requires the inclusion of solvent. Implicit solvent included via a polarizable continuum approach was found to be sufficient in reproducing the excitation energies accurately in the majority of cases. Moreover, we found that the SMD solvent model, which is dependent on the full electron density of the solute without partitioning into partial charges, gave more reliable results for our systems relative to the conductor-like polarizable continuum model (CPCM), as implemented in Gaussian 09. In all cases the inclusion of solvent reduces the error in the predicted excitation energy to <0.3 eV and in the majority of cases to <0.1 eV.

Multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory for doublet excitation energies and excited state geometries: the excited states of CN

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (44) ◽  
pp. 30089-30096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie J. Bao ◽  
Laura Gagliardi ◽  
Donald G. Truhlar
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Pair Density

MC-PDFT is more accurate than CR-EOM-CCSD(T) or TDDFT when averaged over the first four adiabatic excitation energies of CN.

scholarly journals Exploitation of Baird Aromaticity and Clar's Rule for Tuning the Triplet Energies of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Plasser
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Triplet States ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are a prominent substance class with a variety of applications in molecular materials science. Their electronic properties crucially depend on the bond topology in ways that are often highly non-intuitive. Here, we study, using density functional theory, the triplet states of four PAHs based on the biphenylene motif finding dramatically different triplet excitation energies for closely related isomeric structures. These differences are rationalised using a qualitative description of Clar sextets and Baird quartets, quantified in terms of nucleus independent chemical shifts, and represented graphically through a recently developed method for visualising chemical shielding tensors (VIST). These results are further interpreted in terms of a 2D rigid rotor model of aromaticity and through an analysis of the natural transition orbitals involved in the triplet excited states showing good consistency between the different viewpoints. We believe that this work constitutes an important step in consolidating these varying viewpoints of electronically excited states.

TD-DFT calculations of the excited states of metalloporphyrins relevant to organic solar photovoltaic cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (06) ◽  
pp. 475-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Agnihotri ◽  
Ronald P. Steer
Keyword(s):  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Electronic State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Photovoltaic Cells ◽  
Oscillator Strengths ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Dft Methods ◽  
Radiative Transitions ◽  
Td Dft ◽  
Triplet Excited States

The molecular orbital energies and symmetries, electronic state energies and symmetries, and orbital compositions and oscillator strengths for one-photon radiative transitions up to an energy of 4 eV have been calculated by DFT and TD-DFT methods for 15 d0 and d10 metalloporphyrins. Data for both singlet and triplet excited states are reported and used to identify potential candidates for use as photon upconverters by homomolecular triplet–triplet annihilation.

ON THE NECKING-IN PROCESS IN CLUSTER DECAYS

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (20) ◽  
pp. 3901-3928 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. DEPTA ◽  
J. A. MARUHN ◽  
HOU-JI WANG ◽  
A. SĂNDULESCU ◽  
W. GREINER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Vibrational Energy ◽  
Correction Term ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Alpha Decay ◽  
Shell Correction ◽  
Macroscopic Models ◽  
Excellent Description ◽  
Energy Surfaces ◽  
Zero Point Vibrational Energy

Two new macroscopic models (liquid drop and Yukawa-plus-exponential) describing the decays with emission of large fragments including alpha decay are developed. The proposed shape parametrization consists of two intersecting spheres smoothly joined by a third "rolling sphere". The first two spheres describe asymptotically the charge and mass asymmetries and the third one the necking-in process. It is shown that the potential energy surfaces in the neck and the relative distance between the centers of the spheres (for a given mass and charge fragmentation) lead to different dynamical paths depending on the mass and charge of the emitted fragment. Along the path a phenomenological shell correction term and a zero point vibrational energy are introduced. It is shown that this model gives an excellent description of the present experimental data.

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