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Reimann LK, Dalberto BT, Schneider PH, de Castro Silva Junior H, Rodembusch FS. Benzazole-Based ESIPT Fluorophores: Proton Transfer from the Chalcogen Perspective. A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study. J Fluoresc 2024:10.1007/s10895-024-03595-y. [PMID: 38507128 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-024-03595-y] [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: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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In this study, we present a comprehensive photophysical investigation of ESIPT-reactive benzazole derivatives in both solution and the solid state. These derivatives incorporate different chalcogen atoms (O, S, and Se) into their structures, and we explore how these variations impact their electronic properties in both ground and excited states. Changes in the UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence emission spectra were analyzed and correlated with the chalcogen atom and solvent polarity. In general, the spectral band of the benzazole derivative containing selenium was redshifted in both the ground and excited states compared to that of its oxygen and sulfur counterparts. Furthermore, we observed that the solvent played a distinctive role in influencing the ESIPT process within these compounds, underscoring once again the significant influence of the chalcogen atom on their photophysical behavior. Theoretical calculations provided a deeper understanding of the molecular dynamics, electronic structures, and photophysical properties of these compounds. These calculations highlighted the effect of chalcogen atoms on the molecular geometry, absorption and emission characteristics, and intramolecular hydrogen bonding, revealing intricate details of the ESIPT mechanism. The integration of experimental and computational data offers a detailed view of the structural and electronic factors governing the photophysical behavior of benzazole derivatives.
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- Louise Kommers Reimann
- Instituto de Química, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), PO Box 15003, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, ZIP Code91501-970, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), PO Box 15003, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, ZIP Code91501-970, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), PO Box 15003, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, ZIP Code91501-970, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), PO Box 15003, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, ZIP Code91501-970, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Química, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), PO Box 15003, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, ZIP Code91501-970, Brazil.
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Kathiravan A, Narayanan M, Asha Jhonsi M, Anbazhagan V. Receptor-free phenothiazine derivative as fluorescent probe for picric acid: Investigation of the inner filter effect channel. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 303:123166. [PMID: 37481841 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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In this study, a highly fluorescent and receptor-free phenothiazine derivative (PDAB) was developed to detect picric acid. A combination of steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence studies was conducted to examine the excited state behavior of PDAB with picric acid in solution. The PDAB probe displayed a significant degree of selectivity and was highly sensitive to picric acid, with an extremely low detection limit of 9.82 nM. Time-resolved fluorescence quenching studies exhibit direct evidence of an inner filter effect-based sensing mechanism. Using the Parker equation, a thorough analysis was done to correct the inner filter effect on the sensing of picric acid. Overall, these studies provide critical information on the sensing mechanism for picric acid detection.
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- Arunkumar Kathiravan
- Department of Chemistry & (1)Centre for Molecular Photoscience, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai - 600 062, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemistry & (1)Centre for Molecular Photoscience, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai - 600 062, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai-600 048, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Arts and Science College, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Salem 636 308, India.
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Finkelmeyer SJ, Askins EJ, Eichhorn J, Ghosh S, Siegmund C, Täuscher E, Dellith A, Hupfer ML, Dellith J, Ritter U, Strzalka J, Glusac K, Schacher FH, Presselt M. Tailoring the Weight of Surface and Intralayer Edge States to Control LUMO Energies. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2305006. [PMID: 37572365 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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The energies of the frontier molecular orbitals determine the optoelectronic properties in organic films, which are crucial for their application, and strongly depend on the morphology and supramolecular structure. The impact of the latter two properties on the electronic energy levels relies primarily on nearest-neighbor interactions, which are difficult to study due to their nanoscale nature and heterogeneity. Here, an automated method is presented for fabricating thin films with a tailored ratio of surface to bulk sites and a controlled extension of domain edges, both of which are used to control nearest-neighbor interactions. This method uses a Langmuir-Schaefer-type rolling transfer of Langmuir layers (rtLL) to minimize flow during the deposition of rigid Langmuir layers composed of π-conjugated molecules. Using UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, it is shown that the rtLL method advances the deposition of multi-Langmuir layers and enables the production of films with defined morphology. The variation in nearest-neighbor interactions is thus achieved and the resulting systematically tuned lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energies (determined via square-wave voltammetry) enable the establishment of a model that functionally relates the LUMO energies to a morphological descriptor, allowing for the prediction of the range of accessible LUMO energies.
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- Sarah Jasmin Finkelmeyer
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60607, USA
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, USA
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
- sciclus GmbH & Co. KG, Moritz-von-Rohr-Str. 1a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ilmenau University of Technology, 98684, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ilmenau University of Technology, 98684, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ilmenau University of Technology, 98684, Ilmenau, Germany
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- X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60607, USA
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, USA
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 7, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- sciclus GmbH & Co. KG, Moritz-von-Rohr-Str. 1a, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Weng G, Pang A, Vlček V. Spatial Decay and Limits of Quantum Solute-Solvent Interactions. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:2473-2480. [PMID: 36867592 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Molecular excitations in the liquid-phase environment are renormalized by the surrounding solvent molecules. Herein, we employ the GW approximation to investigate the solvation effects on the ionization energy of phenol in various solvent environments. The electronic effects differ by up to 0.4 eV among the five investigated solvents. This difference depends on both the macroscopic solvent polarizability and the spatial decay of the solvation effects. The latter is probed by separating the electronic subspace and the GW correlation self-energy into fragments. The fragment correlation energy decays with increasing intermolecular distance and vanishes at ∼9 Å, and this pattern is independent of the type of solvent environment. The 9 Å cutoff defines an effective interacting volume within which the ionization energy shift per solvent molecule is proportional to the macroscopic solvent polarizability. Finally, we propose a simple model for computing the ionization energies of molecules in an arbitrary solvent environment.
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- Guorong Weng
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510, United States
- Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5050, United States
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Hupfer ML, Dellith J, Seyring M, Diegel M, Dellith A, Ghosh S, Rettenmayr M, Dietzek-Ivanšić B, Presselt M. Bifacial Dye Membranes: Ultrathin and Free-Standing although not Being Covalently Bound. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2204874. [PMID: 36300596 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202204874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Layers of aligned dyes are key to photo-driven charge separation in dye sensitized solar cells, but cannot be exploited as rectifying membranes in photocatalysis to separate half-cells because they are not sufficiently stable. While impressive work on the fabrication of stable noncovalent membranes has been recently demonstrated, these membranes are inherently suffering from non-uniform orientation of the constituting dyes. To stabilize layers made from uniformly assembled and aligned dyes, they can be covalently cross-linked via functional groups or via chromophores at the expense of their optical properties. Here stable membranes from established dyes are reported that do not need to be elaborately functionalized nor do their chromophores need to be destroyed. These membranes are free-standing, although being only non-covalently linked. To enable uniform dye-alignment, Langmuir layers made from linear, water-insoluble dyes are used. That water-soluble charge transfer dyes adsorb onto and intercalate into the Langmuir layer from the aqueous subphase, thus yielding free-standing, molecularly thin membranes are demonstrated. The developed bifacial layers consist almost entirely of π-conjugated units and thus can conduct charges and can be further engineered for optoelectronic and photocatalytic applications.
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- Maximilian L Hupfer
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Sciclus GmbH & Co. KG, Moritz-von-Rohr-Str. 1a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Sciclus GmbH & Co. KG, Moritz-von-Rohr-Str. 1a, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Singer NK, Sánchez‐Murcia PA, Ernst M, González L. Unravelling the Turn-On Fluorescence Mechanism of a Fluorescein-Based Probe in GABA A Receptors. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 134:e202205198. [PMID: 38529084 PMCID: PMC10962554 DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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GABAA (γ-aminobutyric acid type A) receptors are ligand-gated ion channels mediating fast inhibitory transmission in the mammalian brain. Here we report the molecular and electronic mechanism governing the turn-on emission of a fluorescein-based imaging probe able to target the human GABAA receptor. Multiscale calculations evidence a drastic conformational change of the probe from folded in solution to extended upon binding to the receptor. Intramolecular ππ-stacking interactions present in the folded probe are responsible for quenching fluorescence in solution. In contrast, unfolding within the GABAA receptor changes the nature of the bright excited state triggering emission. Remarkably, this turn-on effect only manifests for the dianionic prototropic form of the imaging probe, which is found to be the strongest binder to the GABAA receptor. This study is expected to assist the design of new photoactivatable screening tools for allosteric modulators of the GABAA receptor.
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- Nadja K. Singer
- Institute of Theoretical ChemistryFaculty of ChemistryUniversity of ViennaWähringer Str. 171090ViennaAustria
- Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem)University of ViennaWähringer Str. 421090ViennaAustria
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- Institute of Theoretical ChemistryFaculty of ChemistryUniversity of ViennaWähringer Str. 171090ViennaAustria
- Present address: Division of Physiological ChemistryOtto-Loewi Research CenterMedical University of GrazNeue Stiftingtalstr. 6/III8010GrazAustria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences (Center for Brain Research)Medical University of ViennaSpitalgasse 41090ViennaAustria
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- Institute of Theoretical ChemistryFaculty of ChemistryUniversity of ViennaWähringer Str. 171090ViennaAustria
- Vienna Research Platform on Accelerating Photoreaction DiscoveryUniversity of ViennaWähringer Str. 171090ViennaAustria
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Singer NK, Sánchez‐Murcia PA, Ernst M, González L. Unravelling the Turn‐On Fluorescence Mechanism of a Fluorescein‐Based Probe in GABA
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Receptors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205198. [PMID: 35482315 PMCID: PMC9400872 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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GABAA (γ‐aminobutyric acid type A) receptors are ligand‐gated ion channels mediating fast inhibitory transmission in the mammalian brain. Here we report the molecular and electronic mechanism governing the turn‐on emission of a fluorescein‐based imaging probe able to target the human GABAA receptor. Multiscale calculations evidence a drastic conformational change of the probe from folded in solution to extended upon binding to the receptor. Intramolecular ππ‐stacking interactions present in the folded probe are responsible for quenching fluorescence in solution. In contrast, unfolding within the GABAA receptor changes the nature of the bright excited state triggering emission. Remarkably, this turn‐on effect only manifests for the dianionic prototropic form of the imaging probe, which is found to be the strongest binder to the GABAA receptor. This study is expected to assist the design of new photoactivatable screening tools for allosteric modulators of the GABAA receptor.
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- Nadja K. Singer
- Institute of Theoretical ChemistryFaculty of ChemistryUniversity of ViennaWähringer Str. 171090ViennaAustria
- Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem)University of ViennaWähringer Str. 421090ViennaAustria
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- Institute of Theoretical ChemistryFaculty of ChemistryUniversity of ViennaWähringer Str. 171090ViennaAustria
- Present address: Division of Physiological ChemistryOtto-Loewi Research CenterMedical University of GrazNeue Stiftingtalstr. 6/III8010GrazAustria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences (Center for Brain Research)Medical University of ViennaSpitalgasse 41090ViennaAustria
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- Institute of Theoretical ChemistryFaculty of ChemistryUniversity of ViennaWähringer Str. 171090ViennaAustria
- Vienna Research Platform on Accelerating Photoreaction DiscoveryUniversity of ViennaWähringer Str. 171090ViennaAustria
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Olasunkanmi LO, Govender PP. Theoretical probe of absorption and fluorescence emission characteristics of highly luminescent ReL(CO)3X (L = 12H-indazolo[5,6-f][1,10]phenanthroline and X = F, Cl, Br, I): a DFT/TD-DFT study. Mol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.2018062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Lukman O. Olasunkanmi
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
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Sia RCE, Arellano-Reyes RA, Keyes TE, Guthmuller J. Radiative lifetime of a BODIPY dye as calculated by TDDFT and EOM-CCSD methods: solvent and vibronic effects. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:26324-26335. [PMID: 34787616 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03775g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The radiative emission lifetime and associated S1 excited state properties of a BODIPY dye are investigated with TDDFT and EOM-CCSD calculations. The effects of a solvent are described with the polarizable continuum model using the linear response (LR) approach as well as state-specific methods. The Franck-Condon (FC), Herzberg-Teller (HT) and Duschinsky vibronic effects are evaluated for the absorption and emission spectra, and for the radiative lifetime. The transition energies, spectra shapes and radiative lifetime are assessed with respect to experimental results. It is found that the TDDFT transition energies are overestimated by about 0.4-0.5 eV, whereas EOM-CCSD improves the vertical emission energy by about 0.1 eV in comparison to TDDFT. The solvatochromic and Stokes shifts are better reproduced by the state-specific solvation methods, which show that these methods are more suited than the LR model to describe the solvent effects on the BODIPY dye. The vibronic effects lead to an increase of the radiative lifetime of about 0.4 to 1.0 ns depending on the theoretical approach, which highlights the importance of such effects. Moreover, the HT effects are negligible on both the spectra and lifetime, which demonstrates that the FC approximation is accurate for the BODIPY dye. Finally, the comparison with experimental data shows that the radiative lifetimes predicted by EOM-CCSD and TDDFT have comparable accuracy.
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- Rengel Cane E Sia
- Institute of Physics and Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80233 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Institute of Physics and Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80233 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Alipour M, Damiri S. Unveiling the role of short-range exact-like exchange in the optimally tuned range-separated hybrids for fluorescence lifetime modeling. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:204301. [PMID: 32486652 DOI: 10.1063/5.0007767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We propose and validate several variants of the optimally tuned range-separated hybrid functionals (OT-RSHs) including different density functional approximations for predicting the fluorescence lifetimes of different categories of fluorophores within the time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) framework using both the polarizable continuum and state-specific solvation models. Our main idea originates from performing the optimal tuning in the presence of a contribution of the exact-like exchange at the short-range part, which, in turn, leads to the small values of the range-separation parameter, and computing the fluorescence lifetimes using the models including no or small portions of the short-range exact-like exchange. Particular attention is also paid to the influence of the geometries of emitters on fluorescence lifetime computations. It is shown that our developed OT-RSHs along with the polarizable continuum model can be considered as the promising candidates within the TD-DFT framework for the prediction of fluorescence lifetimes for various fluorophores. We find that the proposed models not only outperform their standard counterparts but also provide reliable data better than or comparable to the conventional hybrid functionals with both the fixed and interelectronic distance-dependent exact-like exchanges. Furthermore, it is also revealed that when the excited state geometries come into play, more accurate descriptions of the fluorescence lifetimes can be achieved. Hopefully, our findings can give impetus for future developments of OT-RSHs for computational modeling of other characteristics in fluorescence spectroscopy as well as for verification of the related experimental observations.
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- Mojtaba Alipour
- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71946-84795, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71946-84795, Iran
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