Electron–Vibrational Coupling and Fluorescence Spectra of Tetra-, Penta-, and Hexacoordinated Chlorophylls c1 and c2

The significance of the metal cation in guanine-quartet – metalloporphyrin complexes

The distinct positions of the divalent metal ions with respect to the porphyrin ring are responsible for different interaction energies between metalloporphyrins and the guanine quartet.

Excited State Frequencies of Chlorophyll f and Chlorophyll a and Evaluation of Displacement through Franck-Condon Progression Calculations

We present ground and excited state frequency calculations of the recently discovered extremely red-shifted chlorophyll f. We discuss the experimentally available vibrational mode assignments of chlorophyll f and chlorophyll a which are characterised by particularly large downshifts of 13¹-keto mode in the excited state. The accuracy of excited state frequencies and their displacements are evaluated by the construction of Franck–Condon (FC) and Herzberg–Teller (HT) progressions at the CAM-B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. Results show that while CAM-B3LYP results are improved relative to B3LYP calculations, the displacements and downshifts of high-frequency modes are underestimated still, and that the progressions calculated for low temperature are dominated by low-frequency modes rather than fingerprint modes that are Resonant Raman active.

Calculation of vibrationally resolved absorption spectra of acenes and pyrene

Absorption spectra of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been simulated by using a real-time generating function method that combines adiabatic electronic excitation energies with vibrational energies of the excited states.

Gas adsorption in Mg-porphyrin-based porous organic frameworks: A computational simulation by first-principles derived force field

A novel type of porous organic frameworks, based on Mg-porphyrin, with diamond-like topology, named POF-Mgs is computationally designed, and the gas uptakes of CO₂ , H₂ , N₂ , and H₂ O in POF-Mgs are investigated by Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations based on first-principles derived force fields (FF). The FF, which describes the interactions between POF-Mgs and gases, are fitted by dispersion corrected double-hybrid density functional theory, B2PLYP-D3. The good agreement between the obtained FF and the first-principle energies data confirms the reliability of the FF. Furthermore our simulation shows the presence of a small amount of H₂ O (≤ 0.01 kPa) does not much affect the adsorption quantity of CO₂ , but the presence of higher partial pressure of H₂ O (≥ 0.1 kPa) results in the CO₂ adsorption decrease significantly. The good performance of POF-Mgs in the simulation inspires us to design novel porous materials experimentally for gas adsorption and purification. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Virtual eyes for technology and cultural heritage: toward computational strategy for new and old indigo-based dyes

A cost-effective, robust, and reliable computational strategy is applied to simulate peak positions and band-shapes of UV-vis spectra together with the dye colours perceived by human eyes. The features of our virtual multifrequency spectrometer (VMS) relevant to this topic are sketched with special focus on the selection of density functional, vibronic model, and solvent description. Furthermore, the new VMS-Draw graphical user interface (GUI) is employed for user-friendly pre- and post-processing of the computed data. The family of indigo dyes is used as case study in view of their continued use in the field of cultural heritage, together with new promising applications for photonics and sustainable energy. After assessment of different simplified models employed in previous studies, the role of several substituents and of dimerization in tuning the colour and spectral features are analyzed in detail by means of both accurate computations and interpretative models. The results are in remarkable agreement with experiment and allow to rationalize the behaviour of this class of dyes.