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Vu N, Mejia-Rodriguez D, Bauman NP, Panyala A, Mutlu E, Govind N, Foley JJ. Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Complete Active Space Configuration Interaction Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2024; 20:1214-1227. [PMID: 38291561 PMCID: PMC10876286 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Polariton chemistry has attracted great attention as a potential route to modify chemical structure, properties, and reactivity through strong interactions among molecular electronic, vibrational, or rovibrational degrees of freedom. A rigorous theoretical treatment of molecular polaritons requires the treatment of matter and photon degrees of freedom on equal quantum mechanical footing. In the limit of molecular electronic strong or ultrastrong coupling to one or a few molecules, it is desirable to treat the molecular electronic degrees of freedom using the tools of ab initio quantum chemistry, yielding an approach we refer to as ab initio cavity quantum electrodynamics, where the photon degrees of freedom are treated at the level of cavity quantum electrodynamics. Here, we present an approach called Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Complete Active Space Configuration Interaction theory to provide ground- and excited-state polaritonic surfaces with a balanced description of strong correlation effects among electronic and photonic degrees of freedom. This method provides a platform for ab initio cavity quantum electrodynamics when both strong electron correlation and strong light-matter coupling are important and is an important step toward computational approaches that yield multiple polaritonic potential energy surfaces and couplings that can be leveraged for ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of polariton chemistry.
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- Nam Vu
- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina
Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States
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- Physical
and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Physical
and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Physical
and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Physical
and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Physical
and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina
Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States
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Hassan M, Pavošević F, Wang DS, Flick J. Simulating Polaritonic Ground States on Noisy Quantum Devices. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:1373-1381. [PMID: 38287217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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The recent advent of quantum algorithms for noisy quantum devices offers a new route toward simulating strong light-matter interactions of molecules in optical cavities for polaritonic chemistry. In this work, we introduce a general framework for simulating electron-photon-coupled systems on small, noisy quantum devices. This method is based on the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) with the polaritonic unitary coupled cluster (PUCC) ansatz. To achieve chemical accuracy, we exploit various symmetries in qubit reduction methods, such as electron-photon parity, and use recently developed error mitigation schemes, such as the reference zero-noise extrapolation method. We explore the robustness of the VQE-PUCC approach across a diverse set of regimes for the bond length, cavity frequency, and coupling strength of the H2 molecule in an optical cavity. To quantify the performance, we measure two properties: ground-state energy, fundamentally relevant to chemical reactivity, and photon number, an experimentally accessible general indicator of electron-photon correlation.
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- Mohammad Hassan
- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Department of Physics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Department of Physics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010, United States
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Rana B, Hohenstein EG, Martínez TJ. Simulating the Excited-State Dynamics of Polaritons with Ab Initio Multiple Spawning. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:139-151. [PMID: 38110364 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c06607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Over the past decade, there has been a growth of interest in polaritonic chemistry, where the formation of hybrid light-matter states (polaritons) can alter the course of photochemical reactions. These hybrid states are created by strong coupling between molecules and photons in resonant optical cavities and can even occur in the absence of light when the molecule is strongly coupled with the electromagnetic fluctuations of the vacuum field. We present a first-principles model to simulate nonadiabatic dynamics of such polaritonic states inside optical cavities by leveraging graphical processing units (GPUs). Our first implementation of this model is specialized for a single molecule coupled to a single-photon mode confined inside the optical cavity but with any number of excited states computed using complete active space configuration interaction (CASCI) and a Jaynes-Cummings-type Hamiltonian. Using this model, we have simulated the excited-state dynamics of a single salicylideneaniline (SA) molecule strongly coupled to a cavity photon with the ab initio multiple spawning (AIMS) method. We demonstrate how the branching ratios of the photodeactivation pathways for this molecule can be manipulated by coupling to the cavity. We also show how one can stop the photoreaction from happening inside of an optical cavity. Finally, we also investigate cavity-based control of the ordering of two excited states (one optically bright and the other optically dark) inside a cavity for a set of molecules, where the dark and bright states are close in energy.
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- Bhaskar Rana
- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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Lyu PT, Yin LX, Shen YT, Gao Z, Chen HY, Xu JJ, Kang B. Plasmonic Cavity-Catalysis by Standing Hot Carrier Waves. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18912-18919. [PMID: 37584625 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
Abstract
Manipulating active sites of catalysts is crucial but challenging in catalysis science and engineering. Beyond the design of the composition and structure of catalysts, the confined electromagnetic field in optical cavities has recently become a promising method for catalyzing chemical reactions via strong light-matter interactions. Another form of confined electromagnetic field, the charge density wave in plasmonic cavities, however, still needs to be explored for catalysis. Here, we present an unprecedented catalytic mode based on plasmonic cavities, called plasmonic cavity-catalysis. We achieve direct control of catalytic sites in plasmonic cavities through standing hot carrier waves. Periodic catalytic hotspots are formed because of localized energy and carrier distribution and can be well tuned by cavity geometry, charge density, and excitation angle. We also found that the catalytic activity of the cavity mode increases several orders of magnitude compared with conventional plasmonic catalysis. We ultimately demonstrate that the locally concentrated long-lived hot carriers in the standing wave mode underlie the formation of the catalytic hotspots. Plasmonic cavity-catalysis provides a new approach to manipulate the catalytic sites and rates and may expand the frontier of heterogeneous catalysis.
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- Pin-Tian Lyu
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Zhang L, Ridier K, Horniichuk OY, Calvez S, Salmon L, Molnár G, Bousseksou A. Reversible Switching of Strong Light-Matter Coupling Using Spin-Crossover Molecular Materials. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:6840-6849. [PMID: 37487224 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
Abstract
The formation of hybrid light-matter states through the resonant interaction of confined electromagnetic fields with matter excitations has emerged as a fascinating tool for controlling quantum-mechanical states and then manipulating the functionalities and chemical reactivity landscape of molecular materials. Here we report the first observation of switchable strong light-matter coupling involving bistable spin-crossover molecules. Spectroscopic measurements, supported by transfer-matrix and coupled-oscillator simulations, reveal Rabi splitting values of up to 550 meV, which at 15% of the molecular excitation energy enter the regime of ultrastrong coupling. We find that the thermally induced switching of molecules between their low-spin and high-spin states allows fine control of the light-matter hybridization strength, offering the appealing possibility of reversible switching between the ultrastrong- and weak-coupling regimes within a single photonic structure. Through this work, we show that spin-crossover molecular compounds constitute a promising class of active nanomaterials in the burgeoning context of tunable polaritonic devices and polaritonic chemistry.
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- Lijun Zhang
- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, Université de Toulouse 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, Université de Toulouse 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, Université de Toulouse 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes, CNRS UPR 8001, Université de Toulouse 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, Université de Toulouse 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, Université de Toulouse 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, Université de Toulouse 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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Hoffmann NM, Wang X, Berkelbach TC. Linear Free Energy Relationships in Electrostatic Catalysis. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Norah M. Hoffmann
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, New York 10010 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 United States
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, New York 10010 United States
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Pavosevic F, Rubio A. Wavefunction embedding for molecular polaritons. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:094101. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0095552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Polaritonic chemistry relies on the strong light-matter interaction phenomena for altering the chemical reaction rates inside optical cavities. To explain and to understand these processes, the development of reliable theoretical models is essential. While computationally efficient quantum electrodynamics self-consistent field (QED-SCF) methods, such as quantum electrodynamics density functional theory (QEDFT) needs accurate functionals, quantum electrodynamics coupled cluster (QED-CC) methods provide a systematic increase in accuracy but at much greater cost. To overcome this computational bottleneck, herein we introduce and develop the QED-CC-in-QED-SCF projection-based embedding method that inherits all the favorable properties from the two worlds, computational efficiency and accuracy. The performance of the embedding method is assessed by studying some prototypical but relevant reactions, such as methyl transfer reaction, proton transfer reaction, as well as protonation reaction in a complex environment. The results obtained with the new embedding method are in excellent agreement with more expensive QED-CC results. The analysis performed on these reactions indicate that the electron-photon correlation effects are local in nature and that only a small region should be treated at the QED-CC level for capturing important effects due to cavity. This work sets the stage for future developments of polaritonic quantum chemistry methods and it will serve as a guideline for development of other polaritonic embedding models.
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany
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Li TE, Tao Z, Hammes-Schiffer S. Semiclassical Real-Time Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Dynamics for Molecular Polaritons: Unified Theory of Electronic and Vibrational Strong Couplings. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 18:2774-2784. [PMID: 35420037 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Molecular polaritons have become an emerging platform for remotely controlling molecular properties through strong light-matter interactions. Herein, a semiclassical approach is developed for describing molecular polaritons by self-consistently propagating the real-time dynamics of classical cavity modes and a quantum molecular subsystem described by the nuclear-electronic orbital (NEO) method, where electrons and specified nuclei are treated quantum mechanically on the same level. This semiclassical real-time NEO approach provides a unified description of electronic and vibrational strong couplings and describes the impact of the cavity on coupled nuclear-electronic dynamics while including nuclear quantum effects. For a single o-hydroxybenzaldehyde molecule under electronic strong coupling, this approach shows that the cavity suppression of excited state intramolecular proton transfer is influenced not only by the polaritonic potential energy surface but also by the time scale of the chemical reaction. This work provides the foundation for exploring collective strong coupling in nuclear-electronic quantum dynamical systems within optical cavities.
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- Tao E Li
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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Pavošević F, Hammes-Schiffer S, Rubio A, Flick J. Cavity-Modulated Proton Transfer Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:4995-5002. [PMID: 35271261 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Proton transfer is ubiquitous in many fundamental chemical and biological processes, and the ability to modulate and control the proton transfer rate would have a major impact on numerous quantum technological advances. One possibility to modulate the reaction rate of proton transfer processes is given by exploiting the strong light-matter coupling of chemical systems inside optical or nanoplasmonic cavities. In this work, we investigate the proton transfer reactions in the prototype malonaldehyde and Z-3-amino-propenal (aminopropenal) molecules using different quantum electrodynamics methods, in particular, quantum electrodynamics coupled cluster theory and quantum electrodynamical density functional theory. Depending on the cavity mode polarization direction, we show that the optical cavity can increase the reaction energy barrier by 10-20% or decrease the reaction barrier by ∼5%. By using first-principles methods, this work establishes strong light-matter coupling as a viable and practical route to alter and catalyze proton transfer reactions.
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- Fabijan Pavošević
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue, 10010 New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, 06520 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue, 10010 New York, New York, United States.,Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany.,Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, Universidad del País Vasco, Av. Tolosa 72, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain
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- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue, 10010 New York, New York, United States
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Besalú-Sala P, Solà M, Luis JM, Torrent-Sucarrat M. Fast and Simple Evaluation of the Catalysis and Selectivity Induced by External Electric Fields. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Pau Besalú-Sala
- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P Manuel Lardizabal 3, E-20018 Donostia/San Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain
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Liu D, Xue C. Plasmonic Coupling Architectures for Enhanced Photocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2005738. [PMID: 33891777 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Plasmonic photocatalysis is a promising approach for solar energy transformation. Comparing with isolated metal nanoparticles, the plasmonic coupling architectures can provide further strengthened local electromagnetic field and boosted light-harvesting capability through optimal control over the composition, spacing, and orientation of individual nanocomponents. As such, when integrated with semiconductor photocatalysts, the coupled metal nanostructures can dramatically promote exciton generation and separation through plasmonic-coupling-driven charge/energy transfer toward superior photocatalytic efficiencies. Herein, the principles of the plasmonic coupling effect are presented and recent progress on the construction of plasmonic coupling architectures and their integration with semiconductors for enhanced photocatalytic reactions is summarized. In addition, the remaining challenges as to the rational design and utilization of plasmon coupling structures are elaborated, and some prospects to inspire new opportunities on the future development of plasmonic coupling structures for efficient and sustainable light-driven reactions are raised.
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- Dong Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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Yang PY, Cao J. Quantum Effects in Chemical Reactions under Polaritonic Vibrational Strong Coupling. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:9531-9538. [PMID: 34569800 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The electromagnetic field in an optical cavity can dramatically modify and even control chemical reactivity via vibrational strong coupling (VSC). Since the typical vibration and cavity frequencies are considerably larger than thermal energy, it is essential to adopt a quantum description of cavity-catalyzed adiabatic chemical reactions. Using quantum transition state theory (TST), we examine the coherent nature of adiabatic reactions in cavities and derive the cavity-induced changes in eigenfrequencies, zero-point energy, and quantum tunneling. The resulting quantum TST calculation allows us to explain and predict the resonance effect (i.e., maximal kinetic modification via tuning the cavity frequency), collective effect (i.e., linear scaling with the molecular density), and selectivity (i.e., cavity-induced control of the branching ratio). The TST calculation is further supported by perturbative analysis of polariton normal modes, which not only provides physical insights to cavity-catalyzed chemical reactions but also presents a general approach to treat other VSC phenomena.
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- Pei-Yun Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Fregoni J, Haugland TS, Pipolo S, Giovannini T, Koch H, Corni S. Strong Coupling between Localized Surface Plasmons and Molecules by Coupled Cluster Theory. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:6664-6670. [PMID: 34283614 PMCID: PMC8361433 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Plasmonic nanocavities enable the confinement of molecules and electromagnetic fields within nanometric volumes. As a consequence, the molecules experience a remarkably strong interaction with the electromagnetic field to such an extent that the quantum states of the system become hybrids between light and matter: polaritons. Here, we present a nonperturbative method to simulate the emerging properties of such polaritons: it combines a high-level quantum chemical description of the molecule with a quantized description of the localized surface plasmons in the nanocavity. We apply the method to molecules of realistic complexity in a typical plasmonic nanocavity, featuring also a subnanometric asperity (picocavity). Our results disclose the effects of the mutual polarization and correlation of plasmons and molecular excitations, disregarded so far. They also quantify to what extent the molecular charge density can be manipulated by nanocavities and stand as benchmarks to guide the development of methods for molecular polaritonics.
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- Jacopo Fregoni
- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, University of Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Institute
of Nanosciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche CNR-Nano, I-41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- UCCS
Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, Université de Lille, Université
d’Artois UMR 8181, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
- Scuola
Normale Superiore, I-56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute
of Nanosciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche CNR-Nano, I-41125 Modena, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche and Padua Quantum Technologies Research Center, University of Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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Garcia-Vidal FJ, Ciuti C, Ebbesen TW. Manipulating matter by strong coupling to vacuum fields. Science 2021; 373:373/6551/eabd0336. [PMID: 34244383 DOI: 10.1126/science.abd0336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Over the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in the ability of hybrid light-matter states to control the properties of matter and chemical reactivity. Such hybrid states can be generated by simply placing a material in the spatially confined electromagnetic field of an optical resonator, such as that provided by two parallel mirrors. This occurs even in the dark because it is electromagnetic fluctuations of the cavity (the vacuum field) that strongly couple with the material. Experimental and theoretical studies have shown that the mere presence of these hybrid states can enhance properties such as transport, magnetism, and superconductivity and modify (bio)chemical reactivity. This emerging field is highly multidisciplinary, and much of its potential has yet to be explored.
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- Francisco J Garcia-Vidal
- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. .,Donostia International Physics Center, E-20018 Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, CNRS-UMR7162, 75013 Paris, France.
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DePrince AE. Cavity-modulated ionization potentials and electron affinities from quantum electrodynamics coupled-cluster theory. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:094112. [PMID: 33685167 DOI: 10.1063/5.0038748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Quantum electrodynamics coupled-cluster (QED-CC) theory is used to model vacuum-field-induced changes to ground-state properties of a series of sodium halide compounds (NaX, X = F, Cl, Br, and I) strongly coupled to an optical cavity. Ionization potentials (IPs) and electron affinities (EAs) are presented, and it is demonstrated that EAs are easily modulated by cavity interactions, while IPs for these compounds are far less sensitive to the presence of the cavity. EAs predicted by QED-CC can be reduced by as much as 0.22 eV (or ≈50%) when considering experimentally accessible coupling parameters.
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- A Eugene DePrince
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, USA
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Hertzog M, Munkhbat B, Baranov D, Shegai T, Börjesson K. Enhancing Vibrational Light-Matter Coupling Strength beyond the Molecular Concentration Limit Using Plasmonic Arrays. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:1320-1326. [PMID: 33502874 PMCID: PMC7883392 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Vibrational strong coupling is emerging as a promising tool to modify molecular properties by making use of hybrid light-matter states known as polaritons. Fabry-Perot cavities filled with organic molecules are typically used, and the molecular concentration limits the maximum reachable coupling strength. Developing methods to increase the coupling strength beyond the molecular concentration limit are highly desirable. In this Letter, we investigate the effect of adding a gold nanorod array into a cavity containing pure organic molecules using FT-IR microscopy and numerical modeling. Incorporation of the plasmonic nanorod array that acts as artificial molecules leads to an order of magnitude increase in the total coupling strength for the cavity with matching resonant frequency filled with organic molecules. Additionally, we observe a significant narrowing of the plasmon line width inside the cavity. We anticipate that these results will be a step forward in exploring vibropolaritonic chemistry and may be used in plasmon based biosensors.
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- Manuel Hertzog
- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Gothenburg, Kemigården 4, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Gothenburg, Kemigården 4, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Lather J, George J. Improving Enzyme Catalytic Efficiency by Co-operative Vibrational Strong Coupling of Water. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:379-384. [PMID: 33356291 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Here, we report enhancement of catalytic efficiency of an enzymatic reaction by co-operative vibrational strong coupling (VSC) of water and the enzyme α-chymotrypsin. Selective strong coupling of the O-H stretching mode of water along with O-H and N-H stretching modes of the enzyme modify the rate of the enzymatic ester hydrolysis, increasing the catalytic efficiency by more than 7 times. This is specifically achieved by controlling the rate-determining proton-transfer process through a co-operative mechanism. Here, VSC is also used as a spectroscopic tool to understand the mechanism of the enzymatic reaction, suggesting its potential applications in chemistry.
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- Jyoti Lather
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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Shaik S. Stories of My Journeys Through Valence Bond Theory, DFT, MD and their Applications to Complex Objects. Isr J Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202000090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sason Shaik
- Institute of Chemistry The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram 91904 Jerusalem Israel
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Davidsson E, Kowalewski M. Simulating photodissociation reactions in bad cavities with the Lindblad equation. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:234304. [PMID: 33353334 PMCID: PMC7116731 DOI: 10.1063/5.0033773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Optical cavities, e.g., as used in organic polariton experiments, often employ low finesse mirrors or plasmonic structures. The photon lifetime in these setups is comparable to the timescale of the nuclear dynamics governing the photochemistry. This highlights the need for including the effect of dissipation in the molecular simulations. In this study, we perform wave packet dynamics with the Lindblad master equation to study the effect of a finite photon lifetime on the dissociation of the MgH+ molecule model system. Photon lifetimes of several different orders of magnitude are considered to encompass an ample range of effects inherent to lossy cavities.
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- Eric Davidsson
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Albanova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Albanova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Climent C, Feist J. On the S N2 reactions modified in vibrational strong coupling experiments: reaction mechanisms and vibrational mode assignments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:23545-23552. [PMID: 33063807 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04154h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent experiments have reported modified chemical reactivity under vibrational strong coupling (VSC) in microfluidic Fabry-Pérot cavities. In particular, the reaction rate of nucleophilic substitution reactions at silicon centers (SN2@Si) has been altered when a vibrational mode of the reactant was coupled to a confined light mode in the strong coupling regime. In this situation, hybrid light-matter states known as polaritons are formed and seem to be responsible for the modified chemical kinetics. These results are very encouraging for future applications of polaritonic chemistry to catalyze chemical reactions, with the ability to manipulate chemical phenomena without any external excitation of the system. Still, there is no theory capable of explaining the mechanism behind these results. In this work we address two points that are crucial for the interpretation of these experiments. Firstly, by means of electronic structure calculations we report the reaction mechanism in normal conditions of the two recently modified SN2@Si reactions, obtaining in both cases a triple-well PES where the rate-determining step is due to the Si-C and Si-O bond cleavage. Secondly, we characterize in detail the normal modes of vibration of the reactants. In the VSC experiments, reaction rates were modified only when specific vibrations of the reactants were coupled to a cavity mode. We find that these vibrations are highly mixed among the different fragments of the reactants leading to a completely new assignment of the IR peaks coupled to cavity modes in the original experimental works. Our results are fundamental for the interpretation of the VSC experiments given that in the absence of a theory explaining these results, the current phenomenological understanding relies on the assignment of the character of the vibrational IR peaks.
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- Clàudia Climent
- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Fregoni J, Corni S, Persico M, Granucci G. Photochemistry in the strong coupling regime: A trajectory surface hopping scheme. J Comput Chem 2020; 41:2033-2044. [PMID: 32609934 PMCID: PMC7891387 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The strong coupling regime between confined light and organic molecules turned out to be promising in modifying both the ground state and the excited states properties. Under this peculiar condition, the electronic states of the molecule are mixed with the quantum states of light. The dynamical processes occurring on such hybrid states undergo several modifications accordingly. Hence, the dynamical description of chemical reactivity in polaritonic systems needs to explicitly take into account the photon degrees of freedom and nonadiabatic events. With the aim of describing photochemical polaritonic processes, in the present work, we extend the direct trajectory surface hopping scheme to investigate photochemistry under strong coupling between light and matter.
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- Jacopo Fregoni
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche Informatiche e MatematicheUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Scienze ChimicheUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversity of PisaPisaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversity of PisaPisaItaly
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Shaik S, Danovich D, Joy J, Wang Z, Stuyver T. Electric-Field Mediated Chemistry: Uncovering and Exploiting the Potential of (Oriented) Electric Fields to Exert Chemical Catalysis and Reaction Control. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:12551-12562. [PMID: 32551571 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This Perspective discusses oriented external-electric-fields (OEEF), and other electric-field types, as "smart reagents", which enable in principle control over wide-ranging aspects of reactivity and structure. We discuss the potential of OEEFs to control nonredox reactions and impart rate-enhancement and selectivity. An OEEF along the "reaction axis", which is the direction whereby electronic reorganization converts reactants' to products' bonding, will accelerate reactions, control regioselectivity, induce spin-state selectivity, and elicit mechanistic crossovers. Simply flipping the direction of the OEEF will lead to inhibition. Orienting the OEEF off the reaction axis enables control over stereoselectivity, enantioselectivity, and product selectivity. For polar/polarizable reactants, the OEEF itself will act as tweezers, which orient the reactants and drive their reaction. OEEFs also affect bond-dissociation energies and dissociation modes (covalent vs ionic), as well as alteration of molecular geometries and supramolecular aggregation. The "key" to gaining access to this toolbox provided by OEEFs is microscopic control over the alignment between the molecule and the applied field. We discuss the elegant experimental methods which have been used to verify the theoretical predictions and describe various alternative EEF sources and prospects for upscaling OEEF catalysis in solvents. We also demonstrate the numerous ways in which the OEEF effects can be mimicked by use of (designed) local-electric fields (LEFs), i.e., by embedding charges or dipoles into molecules. LEFs and OEEFs are shown to be equivalent and to obey the same ground rules. Outcomes are exemplified for Diels-Alder cycloadditions, oxidative addition of bonds by transition-metal complexes, H-abstractions by oxo-metal species, ionic cleavage of halogen bonds, methane activation, etc.
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- Sason Shaik
- Institute of Chemistry, Edmond J. Safra Compus at Givat Ram, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Edmond J. Safra Compus at Givat Ram, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Edmond J. Safra Compus at Givat Ram, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Edmond J. Safra Compus at Givat Ram, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Edmond J. Safra Compus at Givat Ram, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.,Algemene Chemie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo JA, Yuen-Zhou J. Polaritonic normal modes in transition state theory. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:161101. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0007547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Hertzog M, Börjesson K. The Effect of Coupling Mode in the Vibrational Strong Coupling Regime. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202000047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Manuel Hertzog
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Gothenburg Kemigården 4 412 96 Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Gothenburg Kemigården 4 412 96 Gothenburg Sweden
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Schäfer C, Ruggenthaler M, Rokaj V, Rubio A. Relevance of the Quadratic Diamagnetic and Self-Polarization Terms in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics. ACS PHOTONICS 2020; 7:975-990. [PMID: 32322607 PMCID: PMC7164385 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Experiments at the interface of quantum optics and chemistry have revealed that strong coupling between light and matter can substantially modify the chemical and physical properties of molecules and solids. While the theoretical description of such situations is usually based on nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics, which contains quadratic light-matter coupling terms, it is commonplace to disregard these terms and restrict the treatment to purely bilinear couplings. In this work, we clarify the physical origin and the substantial impact of the most common quadratic terms, the diamagnetic and self-polarization terms, and highlight why neglecting them can lead to rather unphysical results. Specifically, we demonstrate their relevance by showing that neglecting these terms leads to the loss of gauge invariance, basis set dependence, disintegration (loss of bound states) of any system in the basis set limit, unphysical radiation of the ground state, and an artificial dependence on the static dipole. Besides providing important guidance for modeling of strongly coupled light-matter systems, the presented results also indicate conditions under which those effects might become accessible.
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- Christian Schäfer
- Max
Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center
for Free-Electron Laser Science & Department of Physics, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center
for Free-Electron Laser Science & Department of Physics, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center
for Free-Electron Laser Science & Department of Physics, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center
for Free-Electron Laser Science & Department of Physics, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Nano-Bio
Spectroscopy Group, Departamento de Fisica de Materiales, Universidad del País Vasco, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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Herrera F, Owrutsky J. Molecular polaritons for controlling chemistry with quantum optics. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:100902. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5136320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Felipe Herrera
- Department of Physics, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Ecuador 3493, Santiago, Chile and Millennium Institute for Research in Optics MIRO, Concepción, Chile
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Lather J, Bhatt P, Thomas A, Ebbesen TW, George J. Cavity Catalysis by Cooperative Vibrational Strong Coupling of Reactant and Solvent Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:10635-10638. [PMID: 31189028 PMCID: PMC6771697 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Here, we report the catalytic effect of vibrational strong coupling (VSC) on the solvolysis of para-nitrophenyl acetate (PNPA), which increases the reaction rate by an order of magnitude. This is observed when the microfluidic Fabry-Perot cavity in which the VSC is generated is tuned to the C=O vibrational stretching mode of both the reactant and solvent molecules. Thermodynamic experiments confirm the catalytic nature of VSC in the system. The change in the reaction rate follows an exponential relation with respect to the coupling strength of the solvent, indicating a cooperative effect between the solvent molecules and the reactant. Furthermore, the study of the solvent kinetic isotope effect clearly shows that the vibrational overlap of the C=O vibrational bands of the reactant and the strongly coupled solvent molecules is critical for the catalysis in this reaction. The combination of cooperative effects and cavity catalysis confirms the potential of VSC as a new frontier in chemistry.
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- Jyoti Lather
- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)MohaliPunjab-140306India
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- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)MohaliPunjab-140306India
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- University of StrasbourgCNRSISIS & icFRC8 allée G. Monge67000StrasbourgFrance
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- University of StrasbourgCNRSISIS & icFRC8 allée G. Monge67000StrasbourgFrance
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- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)MohaliPunjab-140306India
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Lather J, Bhatt P, Thomas A, Ebbesen TW, George J. Cavity Catalysis by Cooperative Vibrational Strong Coupling of Reactant and Solvent Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201905407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jyoti Lather
- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali Punjab- 140306 India
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- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali Punjab- 140306 India
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- University of StrasbourgCNRSISIS & icFRC 8 allée G. Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- University of StrasbourgCNRSISIS & icFRC 8 allée G. Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali Punjab- 140306 India
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Climent C, Galego J, Garcia‐Vidal FJ, Feist J. Plasmonic Nanocavities Enable Self-Induced Electrostatic Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:8698-8702. [PMID: 30969014 PMCID: PMC6973273 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The potential of strong interactions between light and matter remains to be further explored within a chemical context. Towards this end herein we study the electromagnetic interaction between molecules and plasmonic nanocavities. By means of electronic structure calculations, we show that self-induced catalysis emerges without any external stimuli through the interaction of the molecular permanent and fluctuating dipole moments with the plasmonic cavity modes. We also exploit this scheme to modify the transition temperature T1/2 of spin-crossover complexes as an example of how strong light-matter interactions can ultimately be used to control a materials responses.
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- Clàudia Climent
- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC)Universidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC)Universidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC)Universidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC)Universidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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