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Maroń AM, Cannelli O, Socie EC, Lodowski P, Oppermann M, Machura B, Chergui M. Early bird or night owl? Controlling the ultrafast photodynamics of triphenylamine substituted 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:6265-6276. [PMID: 38305747 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04492k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Controlling the ultrafast photodynamics of metal-free organic molecules has great potential for technological applications. In this work, we use solvent polarity and viscosity as "external knobs" to govern the photodynamics of an electron-donating derivative of 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (terpy), namely 4'-(4-(di(4-tert-butylphenyl)amine)phenyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (tBuTPAterpy). We combine femtosecond fluorescence upconversion (FlUC), transient absorption (TA) and quantum mechanical calculations to provide a comprehensive description of the tBuTPAterpy's photodynamics. Our results demonstrate that, by changing the solvent, the time scale of light-induced conformational changes of the system can be tuned over two orders of magnitude, controlling the tBuTPAterpy fluorescence spectral region and yield. As a result, depending on the local environment, tBuTPAterpy can act either as an "early bird" or a "night owl", with a tunability that makes it a promising candidate for metal-free sensors.
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- Anna Maria Maroń
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC CH H1 625, Station 6, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC CH H1 625, Station 6, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC CH H1 625, Station 6, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC CH H1 625, Station 6, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., S.S.14 Km.163, 5 in Area Science Park, I - 34149, Trieste, Italy
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Herbert JM. Visualizing and characterizing excited states from time-dependent density functional theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:3755-3794. [PMID: 38226636 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04226j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) is the most widely-used electronic structure method for excited states, due to a favorable combination of low cost and semi-quantitative accuracy in many contexts, even if there are well recognized limitations. This Perspective describes various ways in which excited states from TD-DFT calculations can be visualized and analyzed, both qualitatively and quantitatively. This includes not just orbitals and densities but also well-defined statistical measures of electron-hole separation and of Frenkel-type exciton delocalization. Emphasis is placed on mathematical connections between methods that have often been discussed separately. Particular attention is paid to charge-transfer diagnostics, which provide indicators of when TD-DFT may not be trustworthy due to its categorical failure to describe long-range electron transfer. Measures of exciton size and charge separation that are directly connected to the underlying transition density are recommended over more ad hoc metrics for quantifying charge-transfer character.
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- John M Herbert
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
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Twisted intramolecular charge transfer of nitroaromatic push-pull chromophores. Sci Rep 2022; 12:6557. [PMID: 35449231 PMCID: PMC9023442 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10565-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The structural changes during the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) of nitroaromatic chromophores, 4-dimethylamino-4′-nitrobiphenyl (DNBP) and 4-dimethylamino-4′-nitrostilbene (DNS) were investigated by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) with both high spectral and temporal resolutions. The kinetically resolved Raman spectra of DNBP and DNS in the locally-excited and charge-transferred states of the S1 state appear distinct, especially in the skeletal vibrational modes of biphenyl and stilbene including ν8a and νC=C. The ν8a of two phenyls and the νC=C of the central ethylene group (only for stilbene), which are strongly coupled in the planar geometries, are broken with the twist of nitrophenyl group with the ICT. Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy measurements and the time-dependent density functional theory simulations support the ultrafast ICT dynamics of 220–480 fs with the twist of nitrophenyl group occurring in the S1 state of the nitroaromatic chromophores. While the ICT of DNBP occurs via a barrier-less pathway, the ICT coordinates of DNS are strongly coupled to several low-frequency out-of-phase deformation modes relevant to the twist of the nitrophenyl group.
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Lee S, Jen M, Lee G, Jang T, Pang Y. Intramolecular charge transfer of a push-pull chromophore with restricted internal rotation of an electron donor. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:5794-5802. [PMID: 35195633 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05541k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) of 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-[2-(2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-1H,5H-benzo[ij]quinolizin-9-yl)vinyl]-4H-pyran (LD688) in DMSO solution was investigated by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) with 403 nm excitation. The molecular structure of LD688 is similar to that of a well-known push-pull chromophore, 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran (DCM), except that the internal rotation of the electron-donating dimethylamino group is restricted with the introduction of the julolidine moiety. Upon photo-excitation, LD688 shows an ultrafast (1.0 ps) ICT followed by the vibrational relaxation (3-8 ps) in the charge-transfer (CT) state. Two distinct Raman spectra of LD688 in the locally excited (LE) and CT state of the S1 state were retrieved from FSRS measurements. Based on the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) simulations, a "twisted" julolidine geometry of LD688 was proposed for the ICT state, which was further confirmed in comparison to the spectral changes of several push-pull chromophores with the π-conjugated backbone of stilbene, biphenyl, styrylpyran, styrylpyridinium, and styrene in terms of the skeletal vibrational modes of ν19b,py, νCC,ph, and νCN.
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- Sebok Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
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Kochman MA, Durbeej B. Simulating the Nonadiabatic Relaxation Dynamics of 4-( N, N-Dimethylamino)benzonitrile (DMABN) in Polar Solution. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:2193-2206. [PMID: 32083861 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The compound 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzonitrile (DMABN) represents the archetypal system for dual fluorescence, a rare photophysical phenomenon in which a given fluorophore shows two distinct emission bands. Despite extensive studies, the underlying mechanism remains the subject of debate. In the present contribution, we address this issue by simulating the excited-state relaxation process of DMABN as it occurs in polar solution. The potential energy surfaces for the system are constructed with the use of the additive quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) method, and the coupled dynamics of the electronic wave function and the nuclei is propagated with the semiclassical fewest switches surface hopping method. The DMABN molecule, which comprises the QM subsystem, is treated with the use of the second-order algebraic diagrammatic construction (ADC(2)) method with the imposition of spin-opposite scaling (SOS). It is verified that this level of theory achieves a realistic description of the excited-state potential energy surfaces of DMABN. The simulation results qualitatively reproduce the main features of the experimentally observed fluorescence spectrum, thus allowing the unambiguous assignment of the two fluorescence bands: the normal band is due to the near-planar locally excited (LE) structure of DMABN, while the so-called "anomalous" second band arises from the twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) structure. The transformation of the LE structure into the TICT structure takes place directly via intramolecular rotation, and is not mediated by another excited-state structure. In particular, the oft-discussed rehybridized intramolecular charge transfer (RICT) structure, which is characterized by a bent nitrile group, does not play a role in the relaxation process.
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- Michał Andrzej Kochman
- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry, University College London (UCL), 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0A, United Kingdom
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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Ho EKL, Lasorne B. Diabatic pseudofragmentation and nonadiabatic excitation-energy transfer in meta-substituted dendrimer building blocks. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2019.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wang F, Archirel P, Muroya Y, Yamashita S, Pernot P, Yin C, El Omar AK, Schmidhammer U, Teuler JM, Mostafavi M. Effect of the solvation state of electron in dissociative electron attachment reaction in aqueous solutions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:23068-23077. [PMID: 28817148 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03997b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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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It is generally considered that the pre-solvated electron and the solvated electron reacting with a solute yield the same product. Silver cyanide complex, Ag(CN)2-, is used as a simple probe to demonstrate unambiguously the existence of a different reduction mechanism for pre-hydrated electrons. Using systematic multichannel transient absorption measurements at different solute concentrations from millimolar to decimolar, global data analysis and theoretical calculations, we present the dissociative electron attachment on Ag(CN)2-. The short-lived silver complex, Ag0(CN)22-, formed by hydrated electron with nanosecond pulse radiolysis, can be observed at room temperature. However, at higher temperatures only the free silver atom, Ag0, is detected, suggesting that Ag0(CN)22- dissociation is fast. Surprisingly, pulse radiolysis measurements on Ag(CN)2- reduction, performed by a 7 ps electron pulse at room temperature, show clearly that a new reduced form of silver complex, AgCN-, is produced within the pulse. This species, absorbing at 560 nm, is not formed by the hydrated electron but exclusively by its precursor. DFT calculations show that the different reactivity of the hydrated and pre-hydrated electrons can be due to the formation of different electronic states of Ag0(CN)22-: the prehydrated electron can form an excited state of this complex, which mainly dissociates into Ag0CN- + CN-.
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- Furong Wang
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, Orsay, 91405, Cedex, France.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, Orsay, 91405, Cedex, France.
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- Department of Beam Materials Science, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Nuclear Professional School, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2-22 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1188, Japan
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, Orsay, 91405, Cedex, France.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, Orsay, 91405, Cedex, France.
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation, Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, Orsay, 91405, Cedex, France.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, Orsay, 91405, Cedex, France.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, Orsay, 91405, Cedex, France.
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Perveaux A, Lorphelin M, Lasorne B, Lauvergnat D. Fast and slow excited-state intramolecular proton transfer in 3-hydroxychromone: a two-state story? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:6579-6593. [PMID: 28203670 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06603h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The photodynamics of 3-hydroxychromone in its first-excited singlet electronic state (bright state of ππ* character) is investigated with special emphasis given to two types of reaction pathways: the excited-state intramolecular-proton-transfer coordinate and the hydrogen-torsion coordinate linking the excited cis and trans isomers. A newly-found conical intersection with the second-excited singlet electronic state (dark state of nπ* character) is suspected to be, to some extent, the reason for the slower rate constant. This hypothesis based on quantum-chemistry calculations is supported by quantum-dynamics simulations in full dimensionality. They show significant transfer of electronic population and provide consistently a vibronic interpretation for the forbidden band in the UV absorption spectrum.
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- Aurelie Perveaux
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique (UMR 8000), CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France. and Institut Charles Gerhardt (UMR 5253), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique (UMR 8000), CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt (UMR 5253), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique (UMR 8000), CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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Dereka B, Svechkarev D, Rosspeintner A, Tromayer M, Liska R, Mohs AM, Vauthey E. Direct Observation of a Photochemical Alkyne–Allene Reaction and of a Twisted and Rehybridized Intramolecular Charge-Transfer State in a Donor–Acceptor Dyad. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:16885-16893. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Bogdan Dereka
- Department of Physical
Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical
Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/163/MC, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/163/MC, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Physical
Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Wu Y, Zhang C, Ma H. Ab initio conical intersections for the Si( 1D) + H 2 reaction system: a lowest five singlet states study. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra01021d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Conical intersections and geometric phase effects of the Si(1D) + H2 system were clarified intuitively, and important features of them are revealed.
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- Yanan Wu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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Ghosh R, Manna B. Comparative photophysics and ultrafast dynamics of dimethylaminochalcone and a structurally rigid derivative: experimental identification of TICT coordinate. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:23078-23084. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03461j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Restriction of torsional relaxation and solvent dependent competing photophysical dynamics of free and rigid dimethylaminochalcones were investigated by time resolved spectroscopy.
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- Rajib Ghosh
- Radiation and Photochemistry Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai 400085
- India
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- Radiation and Photochemistry Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai 400085
- India
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Kumpulainen T, Lang B, Rosspeintner A, Vauthey E. Ultrafast Elementary Photochemical Processes of Organic Molecules in Liquid Solution. Chem Rev 2016; 117:10826-10939. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Tatu Kumpulainen
- Department of Physical Chemistry,
Sciences II, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry,
Sciences II, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry,
Sciences II, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry,
Sciences II, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Karunakaran V, Das S. Direct Observation of Cascade of Photoinduced Ultrafast Intramolecular Charge Transfer Dynamics in Diphenyl Acetylene Derivatives: Via Solvation and Intramolecular Relaxation. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:7016-23. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Venugopal Karunakaran
- Photosciences
and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 019, Kerala, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110 001, India
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- Photosciences
and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 019, Kerala, India
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560 064, India
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Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1627-1640. [PMID: 27372198 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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While the majority of the photochemical states and pathways related to the biological capture of solar energy are now well understood and provide paradigms for artificial device design, additional low-energy states have been discovered in many systems with obscure origins and significance. However, as low-energy states are naively expected to be critical to function, these observations pose important challenges. A review of known properties of low energy states covering eight photochemical systems, and options for their interpretation, are presented. A concerted experimental and theoretical research strategy is suggested and outlined, this being aimed at providing a fully comprehensive understanding.
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Segado M, Gómez I, Reguero M. Intramolecular charge transfer in aminobenzonitriles and tetrafluoro counterparts: fluorescence explained by competition between low-lying excited states and radiationless deactivation. Part I: A mechanistic overview of the parent system ABN. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:6861-74. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04690d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The simplicity of the fluorescence pattern of ABN is in fact the outcome of an intricate interplay between locally excited and charge transfer excited states.
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- Mireia Segado
- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
- Facultat de Química
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- Tarragona
- Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
- Facultat de Química
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- Tarragona
- Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
- Facultat de Química
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- Tarragona
- Spain
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Segado M, Mercier Y, Gómez I, Reguero M. Intramolecular charge transfer in aminobenzonitriles and tetrafluoro counterparts: fluorescence explained by competition between low lying excited states and radiationless deactivation. Part II: influence of substitution on luminescence patterns. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:6875-84. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04693a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Same fluorescence paterns, diferent topographies of excited states.
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- Mireia Segado
- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- 43007-Tarragona
- Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- 43007-Tarragona
- Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- 43007-Tarragona
- Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- 43007-Tarragona
- Spain
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Chen B, Sun X, Evans RE, Zhou R, Demas JN, Trindle CO, Zhang G. Aggregation-Induced Emission from Fluorophore–Quencher Dyads with Long-Lived Luminescence. J Phys Chem A 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b06906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Biao Chen
- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department
of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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