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Chawla S, Dhamija S, Bhutani G, De AK. On the nature of initial solvation in bulk polar liquids: Gaussian or exponential? J Chem Phys 2024; 161:064201. [PMID: 39132795 DOI: 10.1063/5.0218336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Measurement of time evolution of fluorescence of a probe solute has been a quintessential technique to quantify how dipolar solvent molecules dynamically minimize the free energy of an electronically excited probe. During such solvation dynamics in bulk liquids, a substantial part of relaxation was shown to complete within sub-100 fs from time-gated fluorescence measurements, as also predicted by molecular dynamics simulation studies. However, equivalent quantification of solvation timescales by femtosecond pump-probe and broadband fluorescence measurements revealed an exponential nature of this initial relaxation having quite different timescales. Here, we set out to unveil the reason behind these puzzling contradictions. We introduce a method for estimating probe wavelength-dependent instrument response and demonstrate that the observation of the Gaussian vs exponential nature of initial relaxation is indeed dependent on the method of data analysis. These findings call for further experimental investigation and parallel development of theoretical models to elucidate the molecular-level mechanism accounting for different types of early time solvation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sakshi Chawla
- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140 306, India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140 306, India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140 306, India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140 306, India
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Silori Y, Yadav A, Chawla S, De AK. Effect of nanoscale confinement on ultrafast dynamics of singlet fission in TIPS-pentacene. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202200454. [PMID: 35830606 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Singlet fission (SF) is a phenomenon for the generation of a pair of triplet excitons from a singlet excited molecule interacting with another adjacent molecule in its ground electronic state. By increasing the effective number of charge carriers and reducing thermal dissipation of excess energy, SF is promised to enhance light-harvesting efficiency for photovoltaic applications. While SF has been extensively studied in thin films and crystals, the same has not been explored much within a confined medium. Here, we report the ultrafast SF dynamics of triisopropylsilylethynyl pentacene (TIPS-Pn) in micellar nanocavity of varying sizes (prepared from TX-100, CTAB, and SDS surfactants). The nanoparticle with a smaller size contains weakly coupled chromophores and is shown to be more efficient for SF followed by triplet generation as compared to the nanoparticles of larger size which contain strongly coupled chromophores and are less efficient due to the presence of singlet exciton traps. Through these studies, we delineate how a subtle interplay between short-range and long-range interaction among chromophores confined within nanoparticles, fine-tuned by the curvature of the micellar interface but irrespective of the nature of the micelle (cationic or anionic or neutral), play a crucial role in SF through and generation of triplets.
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- Yogita Silori
- IISER Mohali: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Chemical Sciences, INDIA
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- IISER Mohali: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Chemical Sciences, INDIA
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- IISER Mohali: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Chemical Sciences, INDIA
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Chemical Sciences, Knowledge City, Sector 81, 140306, SAS Nagar,, INDIA
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Capistran BA, Yuwono SH, Moemeni M, Maity S, Vahdani A, Borhan B, Jackson JE, Piecuch P, Dantus M, Blanchard GJ. Intramolecular Relaxation Dynamics Mediated by Solvent-Solute Interactions of Substituted Fluorene Derivatives. Solute Structural Dependence. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:12486-12499. [PMID: 34752096 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Several fluorene derivatives exhibit excited-state reactivity and relaxation dynamics that remain to be understood fully. We report here the spectral relaxation dynamics of two fluorene derivatives to evaluate the role of structural modification in the intramolecular relaxation dynamics and intermolecular interactions that characterize this family of chromophores. We have examined the time-resolved spectral relaxation dynamics of two compounds, NCy-FR0 and MK-FR0, in protic and aprotic solvents using steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy and quantum chemical computations. Both compounds exhibit spectral relaxation characteristics similar to those seen in FR0, indicating that hydrogen bonding interactions between the chromophore and solvent protons play a significant role in determining the relaxation pathways available to three excited electronic states.
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- Briana A Capistran
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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Capistran BA, Yuwono SH, Moemeni M, Maity S, Vahdani A, Borhan B, Jackson JE, Piecuch P, Dantus M, Blanchard GJ. Excited-State Dynamics of a Substituted Fluorene Derivative. The Central Role of Hydrogen Bonding Interactions with the Solvent. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:12242-12253. [PMID: 34726920 PMCID: PMC9254887 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Substituted fluorene structures have demonstrated unusual photochemical properties. Previous reports on the substituted fluorene Schiff base FR0-SB demonstrated super photobase behavior with a ΔpKb of ∼14 upon photoexcitation. In an effort to understand the basis for this unusual behavior, we have examined the electronic structure and relaxation dynamics of the structural precursor of FR0-SB, the aldehyde FR0, in protic and aprotic solvents using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. The calculations show three excited singlet states in relatively close energetic proximity. The spectroscopic data are consistent with relaxation dynamics from these electronic states that depend on the presence and concentration of solvent hydroxyl functionality. These results underscore the central role of solvent hydrogen bonding to the FR0 aldehyde oxygen in mediating the relaxation dynamics within this molecule.
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- Briana A Capistran
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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An analytically solvable reaction-diffusion model for chemical dynamics in solutions. Chem Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Silori Y, Seliya P, De AK. Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Tricarbocyanine Dyes Probed by Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy: Polar Solvation vs Photoisomerization. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:6825-6834. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Yogita Silori
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140 306, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140 306, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140 306, India
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Silori Y, De AK. Controlling balance between homo-FRET and hetero-FRET within hetero-chromophoric systems by tuning nature of solvent. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Silori Y, Seliya P, De AK. Early Time Solvation Dynamics Probed by Spectrally Resolved Degenerate Pump‐Probe Spectroscopy. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:1488-1496. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yogita Silori
- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
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- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
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- Department of Chemical SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
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Silori Y, De AK. Tuning effect of local environment to control mechanism of fluorescence depolarization: Rotational diffusion and resonance energy transfer within homo-aggregates of xanthenes. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dhamija S, Thakur B, Guptasarma P, De AK. Probing the excited state dynamics of Venus: origin of dual-emission in fluorescent proteins. Faraday Discuss 2018; 207:39-54. [DOI: 10.1039/c7fd00187h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We present studies on a yellow fluorescent protein variant, Venus, and investigate the photophysics behind the dual emission upon UV excitation in fluorescent proteins.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shaina Dhamija
- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali
- Mohali
- India
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- Department of Biological Sciences
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali
- Mohali
- India
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- Department of Biological Sciences
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali
- Mohali
- India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali
- Mohali
- India
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