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Crisci L, Coppola F, Petrone A, Rega N. Tuning ultrafast time-evolution of photo-induced charge-transfer states: A real-time electronic dynamics study in substituted indenotetracene derivatives. J Comput Chem 2024; 45:210-221. [PMID: 37706600 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
Abstract
Photo-induced charge transfer (CT) states are pivotal in many technological and biological processes. A deeper knowledge of such states is mandatory for modeling the charge migration dynamics. Real-time time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TD-DFT) electronic dynamics simulations are employed to explicitly observe the electronic density time-evolution upon photo-excitation. Asymmetrically substituted indenotetracene molecules, given their potential application as n-type semiconductors in organic photovoltaic materials, are here investigated. Effects of substituents with different electron-donating characters are analyzed in terms of the overall electronic energy spacing and resulting ultrafast CT dynamics through linear response (LR-)TD-DFT and RT-TD-DFT based approaches. The combination of the computational techniques here employed provided direct access to the electronic density reorganization in time and to its spatial and rational representation in terms of molecular orbital occupation time evolution. Such results can be exploited to design peculiar directional charge dynamics, crucial when photoactive materials are used for light-harvesting applications.
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- Luigi Crisci
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
- Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo ed. 6, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
- Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M.S. Angelo ed. 6, Naples, Italy
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Zahoor A, Sadiq S, Khera RA, Essid M, Aloui Z, Alatawi NS, Ibrahim MAA, Hasanin THA, Waqas M. A DFT study for improving the photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells by designing symmetric non-fullerene acceptors by quantum chemical modification on pre-existed LC81 molecule. J Mol Graph Model 2023; 125:108613. [PMID: 37659133 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2023.108613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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Minimizing the energy loss and improving the open circuit voltage of organic solar cells is still a primary concern for scientists working in this field. With the aim to enhance the photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells by minimizing energy loss and improving open circuit voltage, seven new acceptor molecules (LC1-LC7) are presented in this work. These molecules are designed by modifying the terminal acceptors of pre-existed "LC81" molecule based on an indacinodithiophene (IDT) fused core. The end-group modification approach is very fruitful in ameliorating the efficacy and optoelectric behavior of OSCs. The newly developed molecules presented remarkable improvements in performance-related parameters and optoelectronic properties. Among all designed molecules, LC7 exhibited the highest absorption maxima (λmax = 869 nm) with the lowest band-gap (1.79 eV), lowest excitation energy (Ex = 1.42 eV), lowest binding energy, and highest excited state lifetime (0.41 ns). The newly designed molecules LC2, LC3, and LC4 exhibited remarkably improved Voc that was 1.84 eV, 1.82 eV, and 1.79 eV accordingly, compared to the LC81 molecule with Voc of 1.74 eV LC2 molecule showed significant improvement in fill factor compared to the previously presented LC81 molecule. LC2, LC6, and LC7 showed a remarkable reduction in energy loss by showing Eloss values of 0.26 eV, 0.18 eV, and 0.25 eV than LC81 molecule (0.37 eV). These findings validate the supremacy of these developed molecules (especially LC2) as potential components of future OSCs.
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- Amna Zahoor
- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan.
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Khalid University (KKU), Abha, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Khalid University (KKU), Abha, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71421, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt; School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka, P.O. Box 2014, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan.
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Holzer C. Practical Post-Kohn-Sham Methods for Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking References. J Chem Theory Comput 2023. [PMID: 37183702 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The applicability of reduced scaling algorithms based on auxiliary subspace methods for the correlation energy from the random phase approximation (RPA) as well as the correlation part of the self-energy obtained from the GW method is outlined for time-reversal symmetry breaking Kohn-Sham (KS) references. The updated algorithms allow for an efficient evaluation of RPA energies and GW quasiparticle energies for molecular systems with KS references that break time-reversal symmetry. The latter occur, for example, in magnetic fields. Furthermore, KS references for relativistic open-shell molecules also break time-reversal symmetry due to the single determinant ansatz used. Errors of the updated reduced-scaling algorithms are shown to be negligible compared to reference implementations, while the overall computational scaling is reduced by 2 orders of magnitude. Ionization energies obtained from the GW approximation are shown to be robust even for the electronically complicated group of trivalent lanthanoid ions. Starting from GW quasiparticle energies, it is subsequently shown that light-matter interactions of these systems can be calculated using the Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE). Using the combined GW-BSE method, the absorption and emission spectra of a molecular europium(III) complex can be obtained including spin-orbit coupling.
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- Christof Holzer
- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Wolfgang-Gaede-Straße 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Liu X, Hayes D, Chen LX, Li X. Bridge-Mediated Metal-to-Metal Electron and Hole Transfer in a Supermolecular Dinuclear Complex: A Computational Study Using Quantum Electron-Nuclear Dynamics. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:1831-1838. [PMID: 36800527 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c07870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
Abstract
Bimetallic electron donor-acceptor complexes can facilitate electron and energy transfer with excellent structural control through synthetic design. In this work, we investigate the photochemical dynamics in a Ru-Cu bimetallic complex after photoexcitation of the Ru-centered charge transfer state. The physical underpinnings of the metal-to-metal directional charge transfer process are unraveled via analyses of the quantum electronic dynamics and electron-nuclear trajectories. The effects of molecular vibrations in the photoexcited state on the charge transfer processes are also analyzed.
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- Xiaolin Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Liao C, Kasper JM, Jenkins AJ, Yang P, Batista ER, Frisch MJ, Li X. State Interaction Linear Response Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory with Perturbative Spin-Orbit Coupling: Benchmark and Perspectives. JACS AU 2023; 3:358-367. [PMID: 36873704 PMCID: PMC9975852 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is an important driving force in photochemistry. In this work, we develop a perturbative spin-orbit coupling method within the linear response time-dependent density function theory framework (TDDFT-SO). A full state interaction scheme, including singlet-triplet and triplet-triplet coupling, is introduced to describe not only the coupling between the ground and excited states, but also between excited states with all couplings between spin microstates. In addition, expressions to compute spectral oscillator strengths are presented. Scalar relativity is included variationally using the second-order Douglas-Kroll-Hess Hamiltonian, and the TDDFT-SO method is validated against variational SOC relativistic methods for atomic, diatomic, and transition metal complexes to determine the range of applicability and potential limitations. To demonstrate the robustness of TDDFT-SO for large-scale chemical systems, the UV-Vis spectrum of Au25(SR)18 - is computed and compared to experiment. Perspectives on the limitation, accuracy, and capability of perturbative TDDFT-SO are presented via analyses of benchmark calculations. Additionally, an open-source Python software package (PyTDDFT-SO) is developed and released to interface with the Gaussian 16 quantum chemistry software package to perform this calculation.
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- Can Liao
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington98195, United States
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- Theoretical
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico87545, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington98195, United States
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- Theoretical
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico87545, United States
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- Theoretical
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico87545, United States
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- Gaussian
Inc., 340 Quinnipiac Street, Bldg 40, Wallingford, Connecticut06492, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington98195, United States
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C R A, Jose D, Joy S. DFT Studies on the Molecular Structure, Regioisomerism, Ground and Excited state Charge Transfer Properties of Spiro‐heterocycles. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202203188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Anumol C R
- Department of chemistry Mar Athanasius College Kothamangalam
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- Department of chemistry Mar Athanasius College Kothamangalam
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- Department of chemistry Baselius College Kottayam
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Ali U, Abbas F. An extension of electron acceptor sites around Thiazolothiazole unit for evaluation of large power conversion efficiency: A theoretical insight. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 281:121610. [PMID: 35841860 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Small organic solar cells containing thiazolothiazole unit as an electron acceptor for solution processed bulk heterojunction (BHJ) small donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D) type materials have been designed and studied theoretically with state-of-the-art density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) for reliable estimation of their excited state and charge transfer photophysical characteristics for estimating their power conversion efficiencies. The suggested possible synthetic routes with complete reaction information have been also provided for synthesis. The electron acceptor sites around the thiazolothiazole unit have been enlarged by introducing different strong electron withdrawing groups and checked their effects on the voltages (VOC) and fill factor (FF) which are the two main parameters directly influences on power conversion efficiencies. Out of five theoretically studied molecules, the experimental reported data of TT-TTPA (Thiazolothiazole-thiaophene triphenyl amine) has been compared with four designed molecules and concluded that extension of acceptor sites significantly contributed towards the better charge transport properties of electron and hole.
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- Usman Ali
- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, PR China; Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Li P, Zhou C, Zhang Y, Chen C, Zheng C, Chen R. Constructing high-performance TADF polymers from non-TADF monomers: a computational investigation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:17686-17694. [PMID: 35838115 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01698b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) polymers excelling in simple, low-cost and large-area solution process ability have attracted tremendous attention recently, but it remains a great challenge for the design of such materials due to the lack of reliable molecular construction guidelines. Here we perform a systematic computational investigation on the construction of TADF polymers from non-TADF monomers to elucidate the effects of polymerization sites, substituent positions and substituent types. The results indicate that the polymerization of 3,6-carbazole-based monomers with different substituents is efficient to build TADF polymers due to their facile π-conjugation extendability. Especially, polymers with para-phenyl-substituted monomers are promising in light of their separated frontier molecular orbitals for small ΔEST with favorable energy levels, bipolar charge transport properties and relatively strong absorption/emission intensity, which should be highly attractive for experimental investigations. These findings and insights are important in revealing the structure-property relation of TADF polymers made from non-TADF monomers with important clues for understanding the construction mechanism and molecular design principles of TADF polymers.
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- Ping Li
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Hou B, Zhang YM, Liao HY, Fu LF, Li DD, Zhao X, Qi JX, Yang W, Xiao GF, Yang L, Zuo ZY, Wang L, Zhang XL, Bai F, Yang L, Gao GF, Song H, Hu JM, Shang WJ, Zhou J. Target-Based Virtual Screening and LC/MS-Guided Isolation Procedure for Identifying Phloroglucinol-Terpenoid Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2022; 85:327-336. [PMID: 35084181 PMCID: PMC8806002 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to more than 5 million deaths worldwide to date. Due to the limited therapeutic options so far available, target-based virtual screening with LC/MS support was applied to identify the novel and high-content compounds 1-4 with inhibitory effects on SARS-CoV-2 in Vero E6 cells from the plant Dryopteris wallichiana. These compounds were also evaluated against SARS-CoV-2 in Calu-3 cells and showed unambiguous inhibitory activity. The inhibition assay of targets showed that compounds 3 and 4 mainly inhibited SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro, with effective Kd values. Through docking and molecular dynamics modeling, the binding site is described, providing a comprehensive understanding of 3CLpro and interactions for 3, including hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic bonds, and the spatial occupation of the B ring. Compounds 3 and 4 represent new, potential lead compounds for the development of anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs. This study has led to the development of a target-based virtual screening method for exploring the potency of natural products and for identifying natural bioactive compounds for possible COVID-19 treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bo Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant
Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Kunming 650201, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan
Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republic of
China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and
Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and
Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and
Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and
Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and
Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and
Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan
Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republic of
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant
Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Kunming 650201, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant
Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Kunming 650201, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies
and School of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech
University, Shanghai 201210, People’s Republic of
China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies
and School of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech
University, Shanghai 201210, People’s Republic of
China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies
and School of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech
University, Shanghai 201210, People’s Republic of
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant
Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Kunming 650201, People’s Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and
Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and
Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
- Research Network of Immunity and Health (RNIH),
Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant
Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Kunming 650201, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan
Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republic of
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant
Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Kunming 650201, People’s Republic of China
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Feng R, Yu X, Autschbach J. Spin-Orbit Natural Transition Orbitals and Spin-Forbidden Transitions. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:7531-7544. [PMID: 34792327 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Natural transition orbitals (NTOs) are in widespread use for visualizing and analyzing electronic transitions. The present work introduces the analysis of formally spin-forbidden transitions with the help of complex-valued spin-orbit (SO) NTOs. The analysis specifically focuses on the components in such transitions that cause their intensity to be nonzero because of SO coupling. Transition properties such as transition dipole moments are partitioned into SO-NTO hole-particle pairs, such that contributions to the intensity from specific occupied and unoccupied orbitals are obtained. The method has been implemented within the restricted active space (RAS) self-consistent field wave function theory framework, with SO coupling treated by RAS state interaction. SO-NTOs have a broad range of potential applications, which is illustrated by the T2-S1 state mixing in pyrazine, spin-forbidden versus spin-allowed 4f-5d transitions in the Tb3+ ion, and the phosphorescence of tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium [Ir(ppy)3].
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- Rulin Feng
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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Lachowicz A, Perez EH, Shuman NS, Ard SG, Viggiano AA, Armentrout PB, Goings JJ, Sharma P, Li X, Johnson MA. Determination of the SmO + bond energy by threshold photodissociation of the cryogenically cooled ion. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:174303. [PMID: 34742201 DOI: 10.1063/5.0068734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The SmO+ bond energy has been measured by monitoring the threshold for photodissociation of the cryogenically cooled ion. The action spectrum features a very sharp onset, indicating a bond energy of 5.596 ± 0.004 eV. This value, when combined with the literature value of the samarium ionization energy, indicates that the chemi-ionization reaction of atomic Sm with atomic oxygen is endothermic by 0.048 ± 0.004 eV, which has important implications on the reactivity of Sm atoms released into the upper atmosphere. The SmO+ ion was prepared by electrospray ionization followed by collisional breakup of two different precursors and characterized by the vibrational spectrum of the He-tagged ion. The UV photodissociation threshold is similar for the 10 K bare ion and the He tagged ion, which rules out the possible role of metastable electronically excited states. Reanalysis and remeasurement of previous reaction kinetics experiments that are dependent on D0(SmO+) are included, bringing all experimental results in accord.
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- Anton Lachowicz
- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Kasper JM, Jenkins AJ, Sun S, Li X. Perspective on Kramers symmetry breaking and restoration in relativistic electronic structure methods for open-shell systems. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:090903. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0015279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Joseph M. Kasper
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Dong X, Mahler AD, Kempfer-Robertson EM, Thompson LM. Global Elucidation of Self-Consistent Field Solution Space Using Basin Hopping. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:5635-5644. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xinju Dong
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40205, United States
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