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Tichý O, Pederzoli M, Pittner J, Burda JV. Vertical Excitation Energies and Lifetimes of the Two Lowest Singlet Excited States of Cytosine, 5-Aza-cytosine, and the Triazine Family: Quantum Mechanics-Molecular Mechanics Studies. J Chem Theory Comput 2023; 19:1976-1985. [PMID: 36961980 PMCID: PMC10100535 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c01262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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A swarm of semi-classical quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics molecular-dynamics simulations where OM2/MNDO is combined with the Gromacs program for consideration of explicit water is performed, solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation in each step of the trajectories together with the Tully's fewest switches algorithm. Within this stochastic treatment, time dependent probabilities of the three lowest electronic states are determined. The fact that nucleobases are quickly deactivated is confirmed in the cytosine case where our best lifetime estimation is τ1=0.82 ps for the model with 100 water molecules with the SPCE force field and a time step of 0.1 fs. Lifetimes of the remaining molecules are visibly longer: 5-azacytosine, 2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazine (DT), and 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine (TT) molecules have an S1 → S0 de-excitation time of slightly above 10 ps. The lifetimes of the triazine family increases with the increasing number of exocyclic amino groups, that is, s-triazine < 2-amino-1,3,5-triazine < DT < TT. This can be explained by a higher mobility of the carbon-bonded hydrogen atoms in comparison with heavier amino groups since their movement is slowed down due to a substantially higher mass than hydrogen atoms, which can easier reach the out-of-plane positions required in the conical intersection structures. Moreover, bulkier NH2 ligands suffer due to greater friction caused by the surrounding water environment. These mechanical aspects caused a change in the explored lifetime dependences in comparison with our previous gas-phase study.
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- Ondřej Tichý
- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Enaki NA, Paslari T, Bazgan S, Starodub E, Munteanu I, Turcan M, Eremeev V, Profir A, Mihailescu IN. UVC radiation intensity dependence of pathogen decontamination rate: semiclassical theory and experiment. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS 2022; 137:1047. [PMID: 36123970 PMCID: PMC9476412 DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-03252-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A semiclassical (light classical and molecule quantum) model describing the dependence of DNA/RNA dimerization rate as function of the ultraviolet C (UVC) radiation's intensity is proposed. Particularly, a nonlinear model is developed based on the Raman-like processes in quantum optics. The main result of the theory shows that the process of dimerization in the DNA/RNA depends strongly on the UVC light's intensity, thus proving a possible quantum microscopical mechanism of the interaction of UV light with the DNA. To corroborate the theoretical findings, we realize some experiments, by which want to investigate how the inactivation rate of the yeast colonies depends on the intensity of the UVC irradiation. The experimental results evidence a nonlinear decreasing of the residual yeast colonies as a function of the intensity in the irradiation process. The possibilities to optimize the intensity of UVC radiation in the considered decontamination equipment by using metamaterials are studied. The application of such equipment in disinfection of fluids (air, water, droplets, etc.), as well for the SARS-CoV-2-infected aerosols, is discussed.
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- Nicolae A. Enaki
- Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes Lab of Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova, Chisinau, MD 2028 Republic of Moldova
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- Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes Lab of Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova, Chisinau, MD 2028 Republic of Moldova
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- Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes Lab of Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova, Chisinau, MD 2028 Republic of Moldova
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- Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes Lab of Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova, Chisinau, MD 2028 Republic of Moldova
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- Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes Lab of Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova, Chisinau, MD 2028 Republic of Moldova
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- Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes Lab of Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova, Chisinau, MD 2028 Republic of Moldova
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- Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes Lab of Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova, Chisinau, MD 2028 Republic of Moldova
- Instituto de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales, Av. Ejercito 441, Santiago, Chile
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- Quantum Optics and Kinetic Processes Lab of Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova, Chisinau, MD 2028 Republic of Moldova
- Moldova State University Department of Computer Science, 60 Alexei Mateevici str., Chisinau, MD-2009 Republic of Moldova
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, P.O. Box MG 36, 77125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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Roldao JC, Oliveira EF, Milián-Medina B, Gierschner J, Roca-Sanjuán D. Accurate Calculation of Excited-State Absorption for Small-to-Medium-Sized Conjugated Oligomers: Multiconfigurational Treatment vs Quadratic Response TD-DFT. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 18:5449-5458. [PMID: 35939053 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Excited-state absorption (ESA) spectra of π-conjugated compounds are frequently calculated by (quadratic response) time-dependent density functional theory, (QR) TD-DFT, often giving a reasonable representation of the experimental results despite the (known) incomplete electronic description. To investigate whether this is inherent to the method, we calculate here the ESA spectra of small-to-medium-sized oligophenylenevinylenes (nPV) and oligothiophenes (nT) using QR TD-DFT as well as CASPT2 based on CASSCF geometries. CASPT2 gives indeed a reliable, theoretically correct description of the ESA features for all compounds; the computational effort can be reduced without significant loss of accuracy using TD-DFT geometries. QR TD-DFT, based on BHandHLYP and CAM-/B3LYP functionals, fails on short nTs but provides a reasonable description for spectral positions of nPVs and long nTs. The failure on short nTs is, however, only partly due to the incomplete configuration description but, in particular, related to an improper MO description, resulting in an asymmetric energy spacing of the occupied vs unoccupied MOs in the DFT scheme. Longer nTs, on the other side, adapt approximately the MO scheme for alternant hydrocarbons just like in nPVs, while contributions by two triplet excitations combined to a singlet (which inhibits an accurate treatment of polyenes with standard TD-DFT) do not play a relevant role in the current case. For such "well-behaved" systems, a reasonable representation of ESA spectra is found at the QR TD-DFT level due to the rather small energy shifts when including higher-order excitations.
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- Juan Carlos Roldao
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanoscience, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, C. Faraday 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department for Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Valencia, Av. Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanoscience, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, C. Faraday 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular Science, University of Valencia, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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Wu CC, Li EY, Chou PT. Reducing the internal reorganization energy via symmetry controlled π-electron delocalization. Chem Sci 2022; 13:7181-7189. [PMID: 35799804 PMCID: PMC9214956 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01851a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The magnitude of the reorganization energy is closely related to the nonradiative relaxation rate, which affects the photoemission quantum efficiency, particularly for the emission with a lower energy gap toward the near IR (NIR) region. In this study, we explore the relationship between the reorganization energy and the molecular geometry, and hence the transition density by computational methods using two popular models of NIR luminescent materials: (1) linearly conjugated cyanine dyes and (2) electron donor-acceptor (D-A) composites with various degrees of charge transfer (CT) character. We find that in some cases, reorganization energies can be significantly reduced to 50% despite slight structural modifications. Detailed analyses indicate that the reflection symmetry plays an important role in linear cyanine systems. As for electron donor-acceptor systems, both the donor strength and the substitution position affect the relative magnitude of reorganization energies. If CT is dominant and creates large spatial separation between HOMO and LUMO density distributions, the reorganization energy is effectively increased due to the large electron density variation between S0 and S1 states. Mixing a certain degree of local excitation (LE) with CT in the S1 state reduces the reorganization energy. The principles proposed in this study are also translated into various pathways of canonically equivalent π-conjugation resonances to represent intramolecular π-delocalization, the concept of which may be applicable, in a facile manner, to improve the emission efficiency especially in the NIR region.
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- Chi-Chi Wu
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University No. 88, Section 4, Tingchow Road Taipei 116 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University No. 88, Section 4, Tingchow Road Taipei 116 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 106 Taiwan
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Fedotov DA, Paul AC, Koch H, Santoro F, Coriani S, Improta R. Excited state absorption of DNA bases in the gas phase and in chloroform solution: a comparative quantum mechanical study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:4987-5000. [PMID: 35142309 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04340d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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We study the excited state absorption (ESA) properties of the four DNA bases (thymine, cytosine, adenine, and guanine) by different single reference quantum mechanical methods, namely, equation of motion coupled cluster singles and doubles (EOM-CCSD), singles, doubles and perturbative triples (EOM-CC3), and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT), with the long-range corrected CAM-B3LYP functional. Preliminary results at the Tamm-Dancoff (TDA) CAM-B3LYP level using the maximum overlap method (MOM) are reported for thymine. In the gas phase, the three methods predict similar One Photon Absorption (OPA) spectra, which are consistent with the experimental results and with the most accurate computational studies available in the literature. The ESA spectra are then computed for the ππ* states (one for pyrimidine, two for purines) associated with the lowest-energy absorption band, and for the close-lying nπ* state. The EOM-CC3, EOM-CCSD and CAM-B3LYP methods provide similar ESA spectral patterns, which are also in qualitative agreement with literature RASPT2 results. Once validated in the gas phase, TD-CAM-B3LYP has been used to compute the ESA in chloroform, including solvent effects by the polarizable continuum model (PCM). The predicted OPA and ESA spectra in chloroform are very similar to those in the gas phase, most of the bands shifting by less than 0.1 eV, with a small increase of the intensities and a moderate destabilization of the nπ* state. Finally, ESA spectra have been computed from the minima of the lowest energy ππ* state, and found in line with the available experimental transient absorption spectra of the nucleosides in solution, providing further validation of our computational approach.
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- Daniil A Fedotov
- DTU Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Chemistry, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway.,Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, I-56126, Pisa, Italy.
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- Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (ICCOM-CNR), Area della Ricerca del CNR, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- DTU Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. .,Department of Chemistry, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini-CNR, I-80134 Napoli, Italy.
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Tichý O, Burda JV. Estimation of electron absorption spectra and lifetime of the two lowest singlet excited states of pyrimidine nucleobases and their derivatives. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Roldao JC, Oliveira EF, Milián-Medina B, Gierschner J, Roca-Sanjuán D. Quantum-chemistry study of the ground and excited state absorption of distyrylbenzene: Multi vs single reference methods. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:044102. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0073189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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- Juan Carlos Roldao
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanoscience, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, C. Faraday 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
- Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences (CCES), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department for Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Valencia, Av. Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanoscience, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, C. Faraday 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular Science, University of Valencia, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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Fanciullo G, Conti I, Didier P, Klymchenko A, Léonard J, Garavelli M, Rivalta I. Modelling quenching mechanisms of disordered molecular systems in the presence of molecular aggregates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:1787-1794. [PMID: 34985481 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04260b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Exciton density dynamics recorded in time-resolved spectroscopic measurements is a useful tool to recover information on energy transfer (ET) processes that can occur at different timescales, up to the ultrafast regime. Macroscopic models of exciton density decays, involving both direct Förster-like ET and diffusion mechanisms for exciton-exciton annihilation, are largely used to fit time-resolved experimental data but generally neglect contributions from molecular aggregates that can work as quenching species. In this work, we introduce a macroscopic model that includes contributions from molecular aggregate quenchers in a disordered molecular system. As an exemplifying case, we considered a homogenous distribution of rhodamine B dyes embedded in organic nanoparticles to set the initial parameters of the proposed model. The influence of such model parameters is systematically analysed, showing that the presence of molecular aggregate quenchers can be monitored by evaluating the exciton density long time decays. We showed that the proposed model can be applied to molecular systems with ultrafast decays, and we anticipated that it could be used in future studies for global fitting of experimental data with potential support from first-principles simulations.
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- Giacomo Fanciullo
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM, Università di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM, Università di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 74 Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 74 Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM, Università di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", ALMA MATER STUDIORUM, Università di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40126 Bologna, Italy. .,Université de Lyon, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5182, Laboratoire de Chimie, 46 Allée d'Italie, F69364 Lyon, France
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Rankine CD. Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of promising nucleobase ancestor 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4007-4017. [PMID: 33554987 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05609j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The ultrafast excited-state dynamics of 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine - thought to be a promising candidate for a proto-RNA nucleobase - have been investigated via static multireference quantum-chemical calculations and mixed-quantum-classical/trajectory surface-hopping dynamics with a focus on the lowest-lying electronic states of the singlet manifold and with a view towards understanding the UV(C)/UV(B) photostability of the molecule. Ultrafast internal conversion channels have been identified that connect the lowest-lying ππ* electronically-excited state of 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine with the ground electronic state, and non-radiative decay has been observed to take place on the picosecond timescale via a ππ* out-of-plane NH2 ("oop-NH2") minimum-energy crossing point. The short excited-state lifetime is competitive with the excited-state lifetimes of the canonical pyrimidine nucleobases, affirming the promise of 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine as an ancestor. Evidence for energy-dependent excited-state dynamics is presented, and the open question of intersystem crossing is discussed speculatively.
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- Conor D Rankine
- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
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Fedotov DA, Paul AC, Posocco P, Santoro F, Garavelli M, Koch H, Coriani S, Improta R. Excited-State Absorption of Uracil in the Gas Phase: Mapping the Main Decay Paths by Different Electronic Structure Methods. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:1638-1652. [PMID: 33529532 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We present a computational study of the one-photon and excited-state absorption (ESA) from the two lowest energy excited states of uracil in the gas phase: an nπ* dark state (1n) and the lowest energy bright ππ* state (1π). The predictions of six different linear response electronic structure methods, namely, TD-CAM-B3LYP, EOM-CCSD, EOM-CC3, ADC(2), ADC(2)-x, and ADC(3) are critically compared. In general, the spectral shapes predicted by TD-CAM-B3LYP, EOM-CCSD, EOM-CC3, and ADC(3) are fairly similar, though the quality of TD-CAM-B3LYP slightly deteriorates in the high-energy region. By computing the spectra at some key structures on different potential energy surfaces (PES), that is, the Franck-Condon point, the 1n minimum, and structures representative of different regions of the 1π PES, we obtain important insights into the shift of the ESA spectra, following the motion of the wavepacket on the excited-state PES. Though 1π has larger ESA than 1n, some spectral regions are dominated by these latter signals. Aside from its methodological interest, we thus obtain interesting indications to interpret transient absorption spectra to disentangle the photoactivated dynamics of nucleobases.
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- Daniil A Fedotov
- DTU Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Bldg 207, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (ICCOM-CNR), Area della Ricerca del CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Università degli Studi di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway.,Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
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- DTU Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Bldg 207, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.,Department of Chemistry, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini-CNR, Via Mezzocannone 6, I-80134 Napoli, Italy
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