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Herrera Rodríguez LE, Sindhu A, Rueda Espinosa KJ, Kananenka AA. Cavity-Mediated Enhancement of the Energy Transfer in the Reduced Fenna-Matthews-Olson Complex. J Chem Theory Comput 2024; 20:7393-7403. [PMID: 39190922 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/29/2024]
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Strong light-matter interaction leads to the formation of hybrid polariton states and can alter the light-harvesting properties of natural photosynthetic systems without modifying their chemical structure. In the present study, we computationally investigate the effect of the resonant cavity on the efficiency and the rate of the population transfer in a quantum system coupled to the cavity and the dissipative environment. The parameters of the model system were chosen to represent the Fenna-Matthews-Olson natural light-harvesting complex reduced to the three essential sites. The dynamics of the total system was propagated using the hierarchical equations of motion. Our results show that the strong light-matter interaction can accelerate the population transfer process compared to the cavity-free case but at the cost of lowering the transfer efficiency. The transition to the strong coupling regime was found to coincide with the degeneracy of polariton eigenvalues. Our findings indicate the potential and the limit of tuning the energy transfer in already efficient natural light-harvesting systems.
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- Luis E Herrera Rodríguez
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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A Theoretical Investigation about Photoswitching of Azobenzene Adsorbed on Ag Nanoparticles. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12020248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The optical properties of hybrid systems composed of silver nanoparticles (NPs) and azobenzene molecules were systematically investigated by combining the real-time time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TDDFT) approach with the classical electrodynamics finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique for the solution of Maxwell’s equations. In order to reflect the chemical interaction between azobenzene and metal more exactly, except for adsorbed molecules, a Ag cluster separated from NP was also dealt, using RT-TDDFT. We studied the different factors affecting the surface-enhanced absorption spectra. It was found that the electric field amplified by plasmon resonance of Ag NPs can have an overall enhancement to the molecular light absorption throughout the whole energy range. The resonance between the electron and the plasmon excitation results in a larger percentage of enhancement in the absorption spectrum the closer the resonance peak is. The enhancement ratio of the resonance peak is the largest. The plasmon–exciton coupling and the optical properties of different isolate isomers influence the line shape of the absorption spectra. The dipole interaction and electronic transfer between azobenzene molecules and Ag NPs also change the shape of spectroscopy from the absorption enhancement ratio and the location of the peak. Physical and chemical factors lead to photoswitching in these hybrid systems together.
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Sun J, Ding Z, Yu Y, Liang W. Nonlinear features of Fano resonance: a QM/EM study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:15994-16004. [PMID: 34318831 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02459k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The nonlinear Fano effects on the absorption of hybrid systems composed of a silver nanosphere and an indoline dye molecule have been systematically investigated by the hybrid approach, which combines the quantum mechanics method (QM) with the computational electromagnetic method (EM). The absorption spectra of the dye molecule in the proximity of an Ag nanoparticle have been calculated by changing the incident field intensity, the phenomenological dephasing of molecular excitation, and the enhancement ratio of the near field. The contribution of molecular nonlinear response properties and the quantum interferences of the incident and scattered fields and of resonant plasmon-molecular excitations to the spectra has been identified. It is in no doubt that Fano resonance due to the plasmon-molecular interaction can appear in both the weak and strong field regimes; however, the Fano effect is more pronounced in the strong field regime where quantum interference leads to a nonlinear Fano effect controlled by a complex field-dependent Fano factor. When the incident field is strong enough, the resonance antisymmetry structure is spectrally resolved, and it changes with the change of the field intensity. As the field intensity varies from weak to strong, the Fano lineshape's asymmetry increases with increasing intensity in the beginning, and then decreases with a further increase of the field intensity attributed to the increase of the detuning energy induced by the integrated energy shift upon field dressing during the excitation. Decreasing the enhancement ratio of the near field or the dephasing of molecular excitation can also control the spectral lineshape transformation from an asymmetric profile to a symmetric Lorentzian lineshape. These findings are consistent with previous experimental and theoretical observations arisen by quantum interferences and are expected to stimulate further work toward exploring the plasmon-molecular interplay and the applications of Fano resonance in optical switching and sensing.
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- Jin Sun
- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Energy Materials and Devices Key Lab of Anhui Province for Photoelectric Conversion, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People's Republic of China
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Coccia E, Fregoni J, Guido CA, Marsili M, Pipolo S, Corni S. Hybrid theoretical models for molecular nanoplasmonics. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:200901. [PMID: 33261492 DOI: 10.1063/5.0027935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The multidisciplinary nature of the research in molecular nanoplasmonics, i.e., the use of plasmonic nanostructures to enhance, control, or suppress properties of molecules interacting with light, led to contributions from different theory communities over the years, with the aim of understanding, interpreting, and predicting the physical and chemical phenomena occurring at molecular- and nano-scale in the presence of light. Multiscale hybrid techniques, using a different level of description for the molecule and the plasmonic nanosystems, permit a reliable representation of the atomistic details and of collective features, such as plasmons, in such complex systems. Here, we focus on a selected set of topics of current interest in molecular plasmonics (control of electronic excitations in light-harvesting systems, polaritonic chemistry, hot-carrier generation, and plasmon-enhanced catalysis). We discuss how their description may benefit from a hybrid modeling approach and what are the main challenges for the application of such models. In doing so, we also provide an introduction to such models and to the selected topics, as well as general discussions on their theoretical descriptions.
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- E Coccia
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Universit di Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche, Universit di Modena e Reggio Emilia, via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universit di Padova, via F. Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universit di Padova, via F. Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Université d'Artois UMR 8181-UCCS Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Dall'Osto G, Gil G, Pipolo S, Corni S. Real-time dynamics of plasmonic resonances in nanoparticles described by a boundary element method with generic dielectric function. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:184114. [PMID: 33187410 DOI: 10.1063/5.0022329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Investigating nanoplasmonics in an explicit time-dependent perspective is a natural choice when light pulses are used and may also reveal aspects that are hidden in a frequency-based picture. In the past, we proposed a method time domain-boundary element method (TD-BEM) to simulate the time dependent polarization of nanoparticles based on a boundary element method that is particularly suitable to interface with a quantum atomistic description of nearby molecules. So far, however, metal dielectric functions in TD-BEM have been modeled through analytic expressions, such as those of Debye and Drude-Lorentz, which cannot account for multiple electronic resonances. Our approach allows us to include in the TD-BEM framework also the description of metals with complicate dielectric function profiles in the frequency domain. Particularly, among all metals, gold is a challenging case due to the presence of many transition frequencies. We applied our methods to different metals (gold, silver, and the less commonly investigated rhodium) and different shaped nanoparticles (spheres, ellipsoids, and cubes), the approach has been tested comparing TD-BEM and frequency domain BEM absorption spectra, and it has been used to investigate the time-dependent field acting locally close to nanoparticle vertices.
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- Giulia Dall'Osto
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, Italy
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Université d'Artois UMR 8181 Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, Italy
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Marcheselli J, Chateau D, Lerouge F, Baldeck P, Andraud C, Parola S, Baroni S, Corni S, Garavelli M, Rivalta I. Simulating Plasmon Resonances of Gold Nanoparticles with Bipyramidal Shapes by Boundary Element Methods. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:3807-3815. [PMID: 32379444 PMCID: PMC7584360 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Computational
modeling and accurate simulations of localized surface
plasmon resonance (LSPR) absorption properties are reported for gold
nanobipyramids (GNBs), a class of metal nanoparticle that features
highly tunable, geometry-dependent optical properties. GNB bicone
models with spherical tips performed best in reproducing experimental
LSPR spectra while the comparison with other geometrical models provided
a fundamental understanding of base shapes and tip effects on the
optical properties of GNBs. Our results demonstrated the importance
of averaging all geometrical parameters determined from transmission
electron microscopy images to build representative models of GNBs.
By assessing the performances of LSPR absorption spectra simulations
based on a quasi-static approximation, we provided an applicability
range of this approach as a function of the nanoparticle size, paving
the way to the theoretical study of the coupling between molecular
electron densities and metal nanoparticles in GNB-based nanohybrid
systems, with potential applications in the design of nanomaterials
for bioimaging, optics and photocatalysis.
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- Jacopo Marcheselli
- SISSA-Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- SISSA-Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.,Istituto di Nanoscienze, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR-NANO, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università degli Studi di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, F-69342 Lyon, France.,Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università degli Studi di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
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Zhang B, Liang W. The vibronic absorption spectra and exciton dynamics of plasmon-exciton hybrid systems in the regimes ranged from Fano antiresonance to Rabi-like splitting. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:014102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5128848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Bin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People’s Republic of China
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Coccia E, Corni S. Role of coherence in the plasmonic control of molecular absorption. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:044703. [PMID: 31370514 DOI: 10.1063/1.5109378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The interpretation of nanoplasmonic effects on molecular properties, such as metal-enhanced absorption or fluorescence, typically assumes a fully coherent picture (in the quantum-mechanical sense) of the phenomena. Yet, there may be conditions where the coherent picture breaks down, and the decoherence effect should be accounted for. Using a state-of-the-art multiscale model approach able to include environment-induced dephasing, here we show that metal nanoparticle effects on the light absorption by a nearby molecule is strongly affected (even qualitatively, i.e., suppression vs enhancement) by molecular electronic decoherence. The present work shows that decoherence can be thought of as a further design element of molecular nanoplasmonic systems.
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- Emanuele Coccia
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, Italy
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Luo Y, Chen G, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Yu Y, Kong F, Tian X, Zhang Y, Shan C, Luo Y, Yang J, Sandoghdar V, Dong Z, Hou JG. Electrically Driven Single-Photon Superradiance from Molecular Chains in a Plasmonic Nanocavity. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:233901. [PMID: 31298910 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.233901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We demonstrate single-photon superradiance from artificially constructed nonbonded zinc-phthalocyanine molecular chains of up to 12 molecules. We excite the system via electron tunneling in a plasmonic nanocavity and quantitatively investigate the interaction of the localized plasmon with single-exciton superradiant states resulting from dipole-dipole coupling. Dumbbell-like patterns obtained by subnanometer resolved spectroscopic imaging disclose the coherent nature of the coupling associated with superradiant states while second-order photon correlation measurements demonstrate single-photon emission. The combination of spatially resolved spectral measurements with theoretical considerations reveals that nanocavity plasmons dramatically modify the linewidth and intensity of emission from the molecular chains, but they do not dictate the intrinsic coherence of the superradiant states. Our studies shed light on the optical properties of molecular collective states and their interaction with nanoscopically localized plasmons.
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- Yang Luo
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Caprasecca S, Corni S, Mennucci B. Shaping excitons in light-harvesting proteins through nanoplasmonics. Chem Sci 2018; 9:6219-6227. [PMID: 30090309 PMCID: PMC6062888 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc01162a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Nanoplasmonics has been used to enhance molecular spectroscopic signals, with exquisite spatial resolution down to the sub-molecular scale. By means of a rigorous, state-of-the-art multiscale model based on a quantum chemical description, here we show that optimally tuned tip-shaped metal nanoparticles can selectively excite localized regions of typically coherent systems, eventually narrowing down to probing one single pigment. The well-known major light-harvesting complex LH2 of purple bacteria has been investigated because of its unique properties, as it presents both high and weak delocalization among subclusters of pigments. This finding opens the way to the direct spectroscopic investigation of quantum-based processes, such as the quantum diffusion of the excitation among the chromophores, and their external manipulation.
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- Stefano Caprasecca
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale , Università di Pisa , I-56124 Pisa , Italy . ;
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche , Università di Padova , I-35131 Padova , Italy .
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale , Università di Pisa , I-56124 Pisa , Italy . ;
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Kaminska I, Bohlen J, Mackowski S, Tinnefeld P, Acuna GP. Strong Plasmonic Enhancement of a Single Peridinin-Chlorophyll a-Protein Complex on DNA Origami-Based Optical Antennas. ACS NANO 2018; 12:1650-1655. [PMID: 29353479 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b08233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In this contribution, we fabricate hybrid constructs based on a natural light-harvesting complex, peridinin-chlorophyll a-protein, coupled to dimer optical antennas self-assembled with the help of the DNA origami technique. This approach enables controlled positioning of individual complexes at the hotspot of the optical antennas based on large, colloidal gold and silver nanoparticles. Our approach allows us to selectively excite the different pigments present in the harvesting complex, reaching a fluorescence enhancement of 500-fold. This work expands the range of self-assembled functional hybrid constructs for harvesting sunlight and can be further developed for other pigment-proteins and proteins.
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- Izabela Kaminska
- Institute for Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, and Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Braunschweig University of Technology , 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University , Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Institute for Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, and Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Braunschweig University of Technology , 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
- Department Chemie and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen , Butenandtstr. 5-13 Haus E, 81377 Muenchen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University , Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Institute for Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, and Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Braunschweig University of Technology , 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
- Department Chemie and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen , Butenandtstr. 5-13 Haus E, 81377 Muenchen, Germany
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- Institute for Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, and Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Braunschweig University of Technology , 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Pipolo S, Corni S. Real-Time Description of the Electronic Dynamics for a Molecule Close to a Plasmonic Nanoparticle. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2016; 120:28774-28781. [PMID: 28035246 PMCID: PMC5184370 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The optical properties of molecules close to plasmonic nanostructures greatly differ from their isolated molecule counterparts. To theoretically investigate such systems from a quantum-chemistry perspective, one has to take into account that the plasmonic nanostructure (e.g., a metal nanoparticle-NP) is often too large to be treated atomistically. Therefore, a multiscale description, where the molecule is treated by an ab initio approach and the metal NP by a lower level description, is needed. Here we present an extension of one such multiscale model [Corni, S.; Tomasi, J. J. Chem. Phys.2001, 114, 3739], originally inspired by the polarizable continuum model, to a real-time description of the electronic dynamics of the molecule and of the NP. In particular, we adopt a time-dependent configuration interaction (TD CI) approach for the molecule, the metal NP is described as a continuous dielectric of complex shape characterized by a Drude-Lorentz dielectric function, and the molecule-NP electromagnetic coupling is treated by an equation-of-motion (EOM) extension of the quasi-static boundary element method (BEM). The model includes the effects of both the mutual molecule-NP time-dependent polarization and the modification of the probing electromagnetic field due to the plasmonic resonances of the NP. Finally, such an approach is applied to the investigation of the light absorption of a model chromophore, LiCN, in the presence of a metal-NP of complex shape.
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- Silvio Pipolo
- Institut
de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Sorbonne
Universités, 75005 Paris, France
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Caprasecca S, Guido CA, Mennucci B. Control of Coherences and Optical Responses of Pigment-Protein Complexes by Plasmonic Nanoantennae. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:2189-2196. [PMID: 27223268 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The key for light-harvesting in pigment-protein complexes are molecular excitons, delocalized excited states comprising a superposition of excitations at different molecular sites. There is experimental evidence that the optical response due to such excitons can be largely affected by plasmonic nanoantennae. Here we employ a multiscale approach combining time-dependent density functional theory and polarizable classical models to study the optical behavior of the LH2 complex present in bacteria when interacting with a gold nanorod. The simulation not only reproduces the experiments but also explains their molecular origin. By tuning the chromophoric unit and selectively switching on/off the excitonic interactions, as well as by exploring different setups, we clearly show that the dramatic enhancement in the optical response, unexpectedly, is not accompanied by changes in the coherences. Instead polarization effects are dominant. These results can be used to design an optimal control of the light-harvesting process through plasmonic nanoantennae.
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- Stefano Caprasecca
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa , Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa , Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa , Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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Lipparini F, Mennucci B. Perspective: Polarizable continuum models for quantum-mechanical descriptions. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:160901. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4947236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Filippo Lipparini
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, D55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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The design of optimal light-harvesting (supra)molecular systems and materials is one of the most challenging frontiers of science. Theoretical methods and computational models play a fundamental role in this difficult task, as they allow the establishment of structural blueprints inspired by natural photosynthetic organisms that can be applied to the design of novel artificial light-harvesting devices. Among theoretical strategies, the application of quantum chemical tools represents an important reality that has already reached an evident degree of maturity, although it still has to show its real potentials. This Review presents an overview of the state of the art of this strategy, showing the actual fields of applicability but also indicating its current limitations, which need to be solved in future developments.
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- Carles Curutchet
- Departament de Fisicoquímica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona , Av. Joan XXIII s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa , via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Si G, Leong ESP, Jiang X, Lv J, Lin J, Dai H, Liu YJ. All-optical, polarization-insensitive light tuning properties in silver nanorod arrays covered with photoresponsive liquid crystals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:13223-7. [PMID: 25758775 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00185d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Active plasmonics has been an interesting and important topic recently. Here we demonstrate the all-optical, polarization-insensitive tunable manipulation of a hybrid system that integrates a silver nanorod array with photoresponsive liquid crystals. The large-area plasmonic nanorod arrays are fabricated by laser interference lithography and ion milling. By covering a layer of photoresponsive liquid crystals, tunable control of plasmon resonance is achieved under an external light pump. The silver nanorod array also enables the homeotropic alignment of the liquid crystals, which makes the all-optical tuning behavior polarization-insensitive. With its advantages of cost-effective fabrication, easy integration, all-optical control, and polarization-insensitivity, the hybrid system could be valuable in many nanophotonic applications.
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- Guangyuan Si
- College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China
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Fihey A, Le Guennic B, Jacquemin D. Toward an Enhancement of the Photoactivity of Multiphotochromic Dimers Using Plasmon Resonance: A Theoretical Study. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:3067-3073. [PMID: 26267018 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Building dimers of organic photochromic compounds paves the way to multifunctional switches, but such architectures often undergo partial photoreactivity only. Combining photochromism of molecules and plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles (NPs) is known to affect the photochromism of monomers, yet the impact on multimers remains unknown. Here we propose a theoretical study of dimers of dithienylethenes by the mean of a hybrid calculation scheme (discrete-interaction model/quantum mechanics). We aim to assess how the optical properties of multiphotochromes are tuned by the influence of the plasmon resonances. We show that, for a typical chemisorption orientation on the NP, the absorption bands responsible for the photochromism are significantly enhanced for both the doubly open and mixed closed-open isomers of the dyad, hinting that plasmon resonance could be used to boost the generally poor photoactivity of dithienylethene dyads.
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- Arnaud Fihey
- †Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation (CEISAM), UMR CNRS no. 6230, BP 92208, Université de Nantes, 2, Rue de la Houssinière, 44322 Nantes, Cedex 3, France
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- ‡Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- †Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation (CEISAM), UMR CNRS no. 6230, BP 92208, Université de Nantes, 2, Rue de la Houssinière, 44322 Nantes, Cedex 3, France
- §Institut Universitaire de France, 103, Boulevard Saint-Michel, F-75005 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Carbonera D, Di Valentin M, Spezia R, Mezzetti A. The unique photophysical properties of the Peridinin-Chlorophyll-α-Protein. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2015; 15:332-50. [PMID: 24678668 PMCID: PMC4030626 DOI: 10.2174/1389203715666140327111139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Revised: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Peridinin-Chlorophyll-a-Proteins (PCPs) are water-soluble light harvesting complexes from dinoflagellates.
They have unique light-harvesting and energy transfer properties which have been studied in details in the last 15 years.
This review aims to give an overview on all the main aspects of PCPs photophysics, with an emphasis on some aspects
which have not been reviewed in details so far, such as vibrational spectroscopy studies, theoretical calculations, and
magnetic resonance studies. A paragraph on the present development of PCPs towards technological applications is also
included.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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Voityuk AA. Interaction of Dark Excited States. Comparison of Computational Approaches. J Phys Chem B 2014; 119:7417-21. [DOI: 10.1021/jp511035p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Alexander A. Voityuk
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC), Universitat de Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain
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Andreussi O, Caprasecca S, Cupellini L, Guarnetti-Prandi I, Guido CA, Jurinovich S, Viani L, Mennucci B. Plasmon Enhanced Light Harvesting: Multiscale Modeling of the FMO Protein Coupled with Gold Nanoparticles. J Phys Chem A 2014; 119:5197-206. [DOI: 10.1021/jp509870b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Oliviero Andreussi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 3, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 3, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 3, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 3, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 3, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 3, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 3, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Liquid-Crystal-Enabled Active Plasmonics: A Review. MATERIALS 2014; 7:1296-1317. [PMID: 28788515 PMCID: PMC5453087 DOI: 10.3390/ma7021296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 02/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Liquid crystals are a promising candidate for development of active plasmonics due to their large birefringence, low driving threshold, and versatile driving methods. We review recent progress on the interdisciplinary research field of liquid crystal based plasmonics. The research scope of this field is to build the next generation of reconfigurable plasmonic devices by combining liquid crystals with plasmonic nanostructures. Various active plasmonic devices, such as switches, modulators, color filters, absorbers, have been demonstrated. This review is structured to cover active plasmonic devices from two aspects: functionalities and driven methods. We hope this review would provide basic knowledge for a new researcher to get familiar with the field, and serve as a reference for experienced researchers to keep up the current research trends.
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