scholarly journals Vibronic coupling in the excited-states of carotenoids

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 11443-11453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Miki ◽  
Tiago Buckup ◽  
Marie S. Krause ◽  
June Southall ◽  
Richard J. Cogdell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Vibronic Coupling ◽  
Relaxation Dynamics ◽  
Dark State ◽  
Electronic Excited States

The ultrafast femtochemistry of carotenoids is governed by the interaction between electronic excited states, which has been explained by the relaxation dynamics within a few hundred femtoseconds from the lowest optically allowed excited state S2to the optically dark state S1.

Excited State Tracking During the Relaxation of Coordination Compounds

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Sanz García ◽  
Martial Boggio-Pasqua ◽  
Ilaria Ciofini ◽  
Marco Campetella
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Photochemical Reactions ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Electronic Excited States ◽  
Ruthenium Nitrosyl ◽  
State Tracking ◽  
Energy Surfaces ◽  
Electronic Wavefunction

<div>The ability to locate minima on electronic excited states (ESs) potential energy surfaces (PESs) both in the case of bright and dark states is crucial for a full understanding of photochemical reactions. This task has become a standard practice for small- to medium-sized organic chromophores thanks to the constant developments in the field of computational photochemistry. However, this remains a very challenging effort when it comes to the optimization of ESs of transition metal complexes (TMCs), not only due to the presence of several electronic excited states close in energy, but also due to the complex nature of the excited states involved. In this article, we present a simple yet powerful method to follow an excited state of interest during a structural optimization in the case of TMC, based on the use of a compact hole-particle representation of the electronic transition, namely the natural transition orbitals (NTOs). State tracking using NTOs is unambiguously accomplished by computing the mono-electronic wavefunction overlap between consecutive steps of the optimization. Here, we demonstrate that this simple but robust procedure works not only in the case of the cytosine but also in the case of the ES optimization of a ruthenium-nitrosyl complex which is very problematic with standard approaches.</div>

scholarly journals Ultrafast excited state dynamics and light-switching of [Ru(phen)2(dppz)]2+ in G-quadruplex DNA

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunfan Yang ◽  
Qian Zhou ◽  
Zeqing Jiao ◽  
Hongmei Zhao ◽  
Chun-Hua Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
State Formation ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Bound Water ◽  
Binding Modes ◽  
Relaxation Dynamics ◽  
Dark State ◽  
Excited State Dynamics ◽  
G Quadruplex ◽  
Mechanistic Basis

AbstractThe triplet metal to ligand charge transfer (3MLCT) luminescence of ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes offers attractive imaging properties, specifically towards the development of sensitive and structure-specific DNA probes. However, rapidly-deactivating dark state formation may compete with 3MLCT luminescence depending on different DNA structures. In this work, by combining femtosecond and nanosecond pump-probe spectroscopy, the 3MLCT relaxation dynamics of [Ru(phen)2(dppz)]2+ (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, dppz = dipyridophenazine) in two iconic G-quadruplexes has been scrutinized. The binding modes of stacking of dppz ligand on the terminal G-quartet fully and partially are clearly identified based on the biexponential decay dynamics of the 3MLCT luminescence at 620 nm. Interestingly, the inhibited dark state channel in ds-DNA is open in G-quadruplex, featuring an ultrafast picosecond depopulation process from 3MLCT to a dark state. The dark state formation rates are found to be sensitive to the content of water molecules in local G-quadruplex structures, indicating different patterns of bound water. The unique excited state dynamics of [Ru(phen)2(dppz)]2+ in G-quadruplex is deciphered, providing mechanistic basis for the rational design of photoactive ruthenium metal complexes in biological applications.

scholarly journals Assessing the Accuracy of Simplified Coupled Cluster Methods for Electronic Excited States in F0 Actinide Compounds

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Nowak ◽  
Paweł Tecmer ◽  
Katharina Boguslawski
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Coupled Cluster ◽  
Electronic Excitations ◽  
Electronic Excited States ◽  
Benchmark Study ◽  
Double Electron ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Cluster Methods

<p>We present a benchmark study of the performance of various recently presented EOM-pCCD-based methods to model ground and excited state properties of a set of f0 actinide species that feature different types of electronic excitations, like local excitations or charge transfer. Our data suggests that the recently developed EOM-pCCD-LCCSD method outperforms conventional approaches like EOM-CCSD reducing the standard error by a factor of 2 (to 0.25 eV). Thus, EOM-pCCD-LCCSD can be considered as an alternative to model excited states in challenging systems, especially those who feature a double electron transfer for which EOM-CCSD typically fails.</p>

scholarly journals Ultrafast and radiationless electronic excited state decay of uracil and thymine cations: computing the effects of dynamic electron correlation

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (26) ◽  
pp. 14322-14330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Segarra-Martí ◽  
Thierry Tran ◽  
Michael J. Bearpark
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Electron Correlation ◽  
Electronic Excited States ◽  
Electronic Excited State ◽  
State Decay ◽  
Radiationless Decay

In this article we characterise the radiationless decay of the first few electronic excited states of the cations of DNA/RNA nucleobases uracil and thymine, including the effects of dynamic electron correlation on energies and geometries (optimised with XMS-CASPT2).

Excited State Enhancement Mechanism for Nonresonant Nonlinear Optical Processes

1992 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Heflem ◽  
Q. L. Zhou ◽  
D. C. Rodenberger ◽  
Y. M. Cai ◽  
A. F. Garito
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Harmonic Generation ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Third Harmonic Generation ◽  
Optically Pumped ◽  
Third Harmonic ◽  
Electronic Excited States ◽  
Enhancement Mechanism ◽  
Real Population

ABSTRACTA general enhancement mechanism is discussed for nonlinear optical processes originating from real population of electronic excited states. Enhancement of greater than two orders of magnitude of nonresonant third harmonic generation from an optically pumped s1 electronic excited state is experimentally observed in a conjugated disc-like metallophthalocyanine.

scholarly journals Assessing the Accuracy of Simplified Coupled Cluster Methods for Electronic Excited States in F0 Actinide Compounds

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Nowak ◽  
Paweł Tecmer ◽  
Katharina Boguslawski
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Coupled Cluster ◽  
Electronic Excitations ◽  
Electronic Excited States ◽  
Benchmark Study ◽  
Double Electron ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Cluster Methods

<p>We present a benchmark study of the performance of various recently presented EOM-pCCD-based methods to model ground and excited state properties of a set of f0 actinide species that feature different types of electronic excitations, like local excitations or charge transfer. Our data suggests that the recently developed EOM-pCCD-LCCSD method outperforms conventional approaches like EOM-CCSD reducing the standard error by a factor of 2 (to 0.25 eV). Thus, EOM-pCCD-LCCSD can be considered as an alternative to model excited states in challenging systems, especially those who feature a double electron transfer for which EOM-CCSD typically fails.</p>

Excited State Tracking During the Relaxation of Coordination Compounds

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Sanz García ◽  
Martial Boggio-Pasqua ◽  
Ilaria Ciofini ◽  
Marco Campetella
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Photochemical Reactions ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Electronic Excited States ◽  
Ruthenium Nitrosyl ◽  
State Tracking ◽  
Energy Surfaces ◽  
Electronic Wavefunction

<div>The ability to locate minima on electronic excited states (ESs) potential energy surfaces (PESs) both in the case of bright and dark states is crucial for a full understanding of photochemical reactions. This task has become a standard practice for small- to medium-sized organic chromophores thanks to the constant developments in the field of computational photochemistry. However, this remains a very challenging effort when it comes to the optimization of ESs of transition metal complexes (TMCs), not only due to the presence of several electronic excited states close in energy, but also due to the complex nature of the excited states involved. In this article, we present a simple yet powerful method to follow an excited state of interest during a structural optimization in the case of TMC, based on the use of a compact hole-particle representation of the electronic transition, namely the natural transition orbitals (NTOs). State tracking using NTOs is unambiguously accomplished by computing the mono-electronic wavefunction overlap between consecutive steps of the optimization. Here, we demonstrate that this simple but robust procedure works not only in the case of the cytosine but also in the case of the ES optimization of a ruthenium-nitrosyl complex which is very problematic with standard approaches.</div>

scholarly journals Interstate vibronic coupling constants between electronic excited states for complex molecules

2018 ◽  
Vol 148 (12) ◽  
pp. 124119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Fumanal ◽  
Felix Plasser ◽  
Sebastian Mai ◽  
Chantal Daniel ◽  
Etienne Gindensperger
Keyword(s):  
Excited States ◽  
Vibronic Coupling ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Complex Molecules ◽  
Electronic Excited States

Non-adiabatic dynamics simulation exploration of the wavelength-dependent photoinduced relaxation mechanism of trans-N-1-methyl-2-(tolylazo) imidazole in the gas phase

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (69) ◽  
pp. 64323-64331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zhao ◽  
Pan-Wang Zhou ◽  
Guang-Jiu Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Relaxation Mechanism ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Relaxation Dynamics ◽  
Surface Hopping ◽  
Electronic Excited States ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Adiabatic Dynamics

A comprehensive picture of the photoinduced non-adiabatic relaxation dynamics of trans-N-1-methyl-2-(tolylazo) imidazole (trans-MTAI) in different electronic excited states has been revealed using the on-the-fly surface hopping method at the ab initio CASSCF level.

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