Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Confirmation of Charge Transfer Vibronic Excitons and Their Phase in ABO3 Perovskite Crystals

The current theoretical and experimental knowledge of new polaronic-type excitons in ferroelectric oxides - charge transfer vibronic excitons (CTVE) is discussed. It is shown that quantum chemical Hartree-Fock-type calculations using a semiempirical Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap (INDO) method (modified for ionic/partly ionic solids) as well as photoluminescence studies in ferroelectric oxygen-octahedral perovskites confirm the CTVE existence. Our INDO calculations for KTaO3 and KNbO3 have demonstrated that the triplet exciton is a triad centre containing one active O atom and two Ta atoms sitting on the opposite sites from this O atom. The total energy of a system is lowered by the combination of Coulomb attraction between electron and hole and the vibronic effect in this charge transfer vibronic exciton. It is shown by means of our INDO calculations that polaronic-type CTVE in ferroelectric oxides could lead to the formation of a new crystalline phase. The ground state energy of this phase consisting of strongly correlated CTVEs lies within an optical gap of a pure crystal, and is characterized by a strong tetragonal lattice distortion, as well as by the ferroelectric ordering.

Calculations on the electronic structure and nonlinear second-order susceptibilities of fulleropyrrolidine–tetrathiafulvalene(C60PY–TTF) based on donor–bridge–acceptor dyads

The semiempirical INDO calculations were carried out to investigate the charge-transfer interaction and to evaluate the second-order nonlinear susceptibilities for a series of fulleropyrrolidine–tetrathiafulvalene(C60PY–TTF) dyads, C60PY, and C60PY-(CH=CH)n-TTF (n = 0–6). The equilibrium geometries, electronic structures, and UV–vis spectra of these C60PY–TTFs D–B–A dyads were determined by using ZINDO methods. On the basis of electronic spectra, we calculated the β for the dyads using the ZINDO-SOS expression, and found that these dyads have relatively large β. The calculated values of β are 48.78, 62.34, 97.90, 123.24, 183.78, 189.43, 193.45, 195.82 × 10–30 esu for C60PY and C60PY-(CH=CH)n-TTF (n = 0–6), respectively, which shows the enhancing effect when TTF is introduced. The β significantly increases as n increases from 0–3; and it tends to be saturated in the end.Key words: ZINDO-SOS, CI, structure, spectra, C60PY–TTF.

New Polaronic-Type Excitons in Ferroelectric Oxides: INDO-Calculations and Experimental Manifestation

ABSTRACTThe current experimental and theoretical knowledge of new polaronic-type excitons in ferroelectric oxides – charge transfer vibronic excitons (CTVE) – is discussed. It is shown that Hartree-Fock-type INDO calculations as well as photoluminescence studies in ferroelectric oxygen-octahedral perovskites confirm the CTVE-concept. Single CTVE as well as a new phase of strongly correlated CTVEs are analysed.