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Taher-Ghahramani F, Zheng F, Eisfeld A. Gaussian process regression for absorption spectra analysis of molecular dimers. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 275:121091. [PMID: 35306303 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A common task is the determination of system parameters from spectroscopy, where one compares the experimental spectrum with calculated spectra, that depend on the desired parameters. Here we discuss an approach based on a machine learning technique, where the parameters for the numerical calculations are chosen from Gaussian Process Regression (GPR). This approach does not only quickly converge to an optimal parameter set, but in addition provides information about the complete parameter space, which allows for example to identify extended parameter regions where numerical spectra are consistent with the experimental one. We consider as example dimers of organic molecules and aim at extracting in particular the interaction between the monomers, and their mutual orientation. We find that indeed the GPR gives reliable results which are in agreement with direct calculations of these parameters using quantum chemical methods.
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- Farhad Taher-Ghahramani
- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str 38, Dresden, Germany.
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- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str 38, Dresden, Germany.
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High-resolution two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy reveals the homogeneous line profile of chromophores solvated in nanoclusters. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3350. [PMID: 35688839 PMCID: PMC9187667 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31021-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Doped clusters in the gas phase provide nanoconfined model systems for the study of system-bath interactions. To gain insight into interaction mechanisms between chromophores and their environment, the ensemble inhomogeneity has to be lifted and the homogeneous line profile must be accessed. However, such measurements are very challenging at the low particle densities and low signal levels in cluster beam experiments. Here, we dope cryogenic rare-gas clusters with phthalocyanine molecules and apply action-detected two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy to gain insight into the local molecule-cluster environment for solid and superfluid cluster species. The high-resolution homogeneous linewidth analysis provides a benchmark for the theoretical modelling of binding configurations and shows a promising route for high-resolution molecular two-dimensional spectroscopy. Understanding the interaction of single chromophores with nanoparticles remains a challenging task in nanoscience. Here the authors provide insight into the interaction between isolated base-free phthalocyanine molecules and He and Ne nanoclusters in the gas phase using high-resolution two-dimensional spectroscopy.
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Bohlen M, Michiels R, Michelbach M, Ferchane S, Walter M, Eisfeld A, Stienkemeier F. Excitation dynamics in polyacene molecules on rare-gas clusters. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:034305. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0073503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Matthias Bohlen
- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- FIT Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Fraunhofer IWM, MikroTribologie Centrum μTC, Wöhlerstr. 11, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Izadnia S, LaForge AC, Stienkemeier F, Cheeseman JR, Bloino J, Cheramy J, Jäger W, Xu Y. Unusual binary aggregates of perylene bisimide revealed by their electronic transitions in helium nanodroplets and DFT calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:13862-13872. [PMID: 34159991 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01923f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The S1 ← S0 electronic transition of perylene bisimide (PBI) and its binary aggregates were investigated using a combination of helium nanodroplet isolation spectroscopy and computational methods. First, well-resolved vibronic bands of the PBI monomer obtained under the superfluid helium nanodroplet environment were compared to simulated vibronic spectra with anharmonic corrections of the band positions. Second, about ten sets of weaker vibronic bands were observed, which show similar vibronic patterns as that of the PBI monomer and have their band origins red-shifted by about 8 to 218 cm-1. Experimental Poisson curve analyses, performed at the origins of these new sets of bands and the PBI monomer, indicate that the carriers of these weaker red-shifted vibronic bands are binary adducts of PBI. Three types of PBI dimer structures where the electronic transition dipole moments of the two subunits are perpendicular to each other were proposed as possible carriers of these red-shifted vibronic patterns. Extensive vibronic simulations were carried out in a multi-step procedure with TD-DFT, vertical Hessian, and finally adiabatic Hessian approaches. Small red-shifted band origins and very similar vibronic patterns to that of the monomer were predicted for unusual, T-shaped, type I dimer structures and are in close agreement with the experimental data. The combined experimental and theoretical results indicate that the helium nanodroplet environment enables the formation of these unusual T-shaped dimers and stabilizes them.
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- S Izadnia
- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Gaussian Inc., 340 Quinnipiac St., Bldg. 40, Wallingford, Connecticut 06492-4050, USA
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
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Schouder C, Chatterley AS, Calvo F, Christiansen L, Stapelfeldt H. Structure determination of the tetracene dimer in helium nanodroplets using femtosecond strong-field ionization. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2019; 6:044301. [PMID: 31463336 PMCID: PMC6711753 DOI: 10.1063/1.5118005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Dimers of tetracene molecules are formed inside helium nanodroplets and identified through covariance analysis of the emission directions of kinetic tetracene cations stemming from femtosecond laser-induced Coulomb explosion. Next, the dimers are aligned in either one or three dimensions under field-free conditions by a nonresonant, moderately intense laser pulse. The experimental angular covariance maps of the tetracene ions are compared to calculated covariance maps for seven different dimer conformations and found to be consistent with four of these. Additional measurements of the alignment-dependent strong-field ionization yield of the dimer narrow the possible conformations down to either a slipped-parallel or parallel-slightly rotated structure. According to our quantum chemistry calculations, these are the two most stable gas-phase conformations of the dimer and one of them is favorable for singlet fission.
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- Constant Schouder
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Université Grenoble Alpes CNRS, LIPHY, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Lemmens AK, Gruet S, Steber AL, Antony J, Grimme S, Schnell M, Rijs AM. Far-IR and UV spectral signatures of controlled complexation and microhydration of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon acenaphthene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:3414-3422. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp04480e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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UV and IR spectroscopic study of the controlled complexation and microhydration of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon under isolated conditions using free electron laser FELIX.
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- Alexander K. Lemmens
- Radboud University
- Institute for Molecules and Materials
- FELIX Laboratory
- 6525 ED Nijmegen
- The Netherlands
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- D-22607 Hamburg
- Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- D-22607 Hamburg
- Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry
- University of Bonn
- D-53115 Bonn
- Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry
- University of Bonn
- D-53115 Bonn
- Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- D-22607 Hamburg
- Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
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- Radboud University
- Institute for Molecules and Materials
- FELIX Laboratory
- 6525 ED Nijmegen
- The Netherlands
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Bruder L, Bangert U, Binz M, Uhl D, Vexiau R, Bouloufa-Maafa N, Dulieu O, Stienkemeier F. Coherent multidimensional spectroscopy of dilute gas-phase nanosystems. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4823. [PMID: 30446649 PMCID: PMC6240067 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07292-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) is one of the most powerful spectroscopic techniques with unique sensitivity to couplings, coherence properties and real-time dynamics of a quantum system. While successfully applied to a variety of condensed phase samples, high precision experiments on isolated systems in the gas phase have been so far precluded by insufficient sensitivity. However, such experiments are essential for a precise understanding of fundamental mechanisms and to avoid misinterpretations. Here, we solve this issue by extending 2DES to isolated nanosystems in the gas phase prepared by helium nanodroplet isolation in a molecular beam-type experiment. This approach uniquely provides high flexibility in synthesizing tailored, quantum state-selected model systems of single and many-body character. In a model study of weakly-bound Rb2 and Rb3 molecules we demonstrate the method's unique capacity to elucidate interactions and dynamics in tailored quantum systems, thereby also bridging the gap to experiments in ultracold quantum science.
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- Lukas Bruder
- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.,Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, Albertstr. 19, 79194, Freiburg, Germany
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Aranda D, Cerezo J, Pescitelli G, Avila Ferrer FJ, Soto J, Santoro F. A computational study of the vibrationally-resolved electronic circular dichroism spectra of single-chain transoid and cisoid oligothiophenes in chiral conformations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:21864-21880. [PMID: 30105334 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03482f] [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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We simulate the vibronic profile of the electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra of oligothiophenes in cisoid and transoid chiral arrangements. We consider oligomers of different lengths, from two to fifteen units, and investigate extensively how the ECD spectral shapes depend on the inter-ring torsions. In general, the molecular structures we consider are not stationary points of the ground state potential energy surface. Therefore, in order to perform vibronic calculations, we present a new computational protocol able to define reduced-dimensionality models where the effect of the off-equilibrium modes is removed. This is done adopting a description of the vibrational motions in curvilinear internal coordinates, and vertical harmonic models coupled with an iterative application of projectors to define energy Hessians, and therefore effective normal modes, in the space complementary to the one of the off-equilibrium coordinates. Although we consider both Franck-Condon and Herzberg-Teller contributions, the results show that transoid twisted ribbons always give rise to monosignated ECD spectra, while bi-signated and multi-signated spectra are expected for cisoid helices. These findings are explained on the basis of the different transition strengths of the lowest electronic states imparted by the different spatial arrangement, that is almost linear for transoid structures and more globular for cisoid ones. We predicted the chiroptical response of a large number of possible molecular arrangements. These data are employed to critically discuss the experimental ECD of polythiophenes in different experimental conditions, forming either aggregates or host-guest complexes. The method here proposed to perform vibronic calculations in reduced-dimensionality models is of general applicability and its potential interest goes beyond the practical application presented here.
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- Daniel Aranda
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Málaga, E-29071-Málaga, Spain
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Kerfoot J, Korolkov VV, Nizovtsev AS, Jones R, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Lesanovsky I, Olmos B, Besley NA, Besley E, Beton PH. Substrate-induced shifts and screening in the fluorescence spectra of supramolecular adsorbed organic monolayers. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:054701. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5041418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- James Kerfoot
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Lavrentiev Avenue 3, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Centre for the Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Quantum Non-Equilibrium Systems, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Centre for the Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Quantum Non-Equilibrium Systems, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Centre for the Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Quantum Non-Equilibrium Systems, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Kringle L, Sawaya NPD, Widom J, Adams C, Raymer MG, Aspuru-Guzik A, Marcus AH. Temperature-dependent conformations of exciton-coupled Cy3 dimers in double-stranded DNA. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:085101. [PMID: 29495791 DOI: 10.1063/1.5020084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Understanding the properties of electronically interacting molecular chromophores, which involve internally coupled electronic-vibrational motions, is important to the spectroscopy of many biologically relevant systems. Here we apply linear absorption, circular dichroism, and two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy to study the polarized collective excitations of excitonically coupled cyanine dimers (Cy3)2 that are rigidly positioned within the opposing sugar-phosphate backbones of the double-stranded region of a double-stranded (ds)-single-stranded (ss) DNA fork construct. We show that the exciton-coupling strength of the (Cy3)2-DNA construct can be systematically varied with temperature below the ds-ss DNA denaturation transition. We interpret spectroscopic measurements in terms of the Holstein vibronic dimer model, from which we obtain information about the local conformation of the (Cy3)2 dimer, as well as the degree of static disorder experienced by the Cy3 monomer and the (Cy3)2 dimer probe locally within their respective DNA duplex environments. The properties of the (Cy3)2-DNA construct we determine suggest that it may be employed as a useful model system to test fundamental concepts of protein-DNA interactions and the role of electronic-vibrational coherence in electronic energy migration within exciton-coupled bio-molecular arrays.
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- Loni Kringle
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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Zhang PP, Bentley CDB, Eisfeld A. Flexible scheme to truncate the hierarchy of pure states. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:134103. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5022225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- P.-P. Zhang
- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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Eisfeld A, Marquardt C, Paulheim A, Sokolowski M. Superradiance from Two Dimensional Brick-Wall Aggregates of Dye Molecules: The Role of Size and Shape for the Temperature Dependence. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:097402. [PMID: 28949584 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.097402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Aggregates of interacting molecules can exhibit electronically excited states that are coherently delocalized over many molecules. This can lead to a strong enhancement of the fluorescence decay rate which is referred to as superradiance (SR). To date, the temperature dependence of SR is described by a 1/T law. Using an epitaxial dye layer and a Frenkel-exciton based model we provide both experimental and theoretical evidence that significant deviations from the 1/T behavior can occur for brick-wall-type aggregates of finite size leading even to a maximum of the SR at finite temperature. This is due to the presence of low energy excitations of weak or zero transition strength. These findings are relevant for designing light-emitting molecular materials.
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- Alexander Eisfeld
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Universität Bonn, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Universität Bonn, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Universität Bonn, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Celestino A, Eisfeld A. Tuning Nonradiative Lifetimes via Molecular Aggregation. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:5948-5953. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b06259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alan Celestino
- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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Electronic Spectroscopy of Phthalocyanine and Porphyrin Derivatives in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22081244. [PMID: 28757568 PMCID: PMC6152379 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22081244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Phthalocyanine and porphyrin were among the first organic compounds investigated by means of electronic spectroscopy in superfluid helium nanodroplets. Superfluid helium nanodroplets serve as a very gentle host system for preparing cold and isolated molecules. The uniqueness of helium nanodroplets is with respect to the superfluid phase which warrants the vanishing viscosity and, thus, minimal perturbation of the dopant species at a temperature as low as 0.37 K. These are ideal conditions for the study of molecular spectra in order to analyze structures as well as dynamic processes. Besides the investigation of the dopant species itself, molecular spectroscopy in helium droplets provides information on the helium droplet and in particular on microsolvation. This article, as part of a special issue on phthalocyanines and porphyrins, reviews electronic spectroscopy of phthalocyanine and porphyrin compounds in superfluid helium nanodroplets. In addition to the wide variety of medical as well as technical and synthetical aspects, this article discusses electronic spectroscopy of phthalocyanines and porphyrins in helium droplets in order to learn about both the dopant and the helium environment.
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Brüning C, Engel V. On the time-dependent calculation of angular averaged vibronic absorption spectra with an application to molecular aggregates. Chem Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2016.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Engels B, Engel V. The dimer-approach to characterize opto-electronic properties of and exciton trapping and diffusion in organic semiconductor aggregates and crystals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:12604-12619. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01599b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We present the recently developed dimer approach which seems to include all main effects determining the photo-physics of organic semiconductor aggregates.
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- Bernd Engels
- Universität Würzburg
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
- Am Hubland
- 97074 Würzburg
- Germany
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- Universität Würzburg
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
- Am Hubland
- 97074 Würzburg
- Germany
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Zhang PP, Eisfeld A. Non-Perturbative Calculation of Two-Dimensional Spectra Using the Stochastic Hierarchy of Pure States. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:4488-4494. [PMID: 27775345 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy has become an important experimental technique to obtain information on, for example, electronic coherences in large molecular complexes or vibronic couplings. For the correct interpretation of two-dimensional spectra, however, detailed theoretical calculations are required. Reliable theoretical calculations are impeded by large system sizes and large numbers of vibrational degrees of freedom that need to be explicitly taken into account. Here, we demonstrate that a numerical approach based on a stochastic hierarchy of pure states (HOPS) does allow the calculation of two-dimensional spectra, notwithstanding the stochasticity of the method. The number of coupled equations as well as the hierarchy depth shows a superior scaling with system size as compared to the previously developed hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM). Large systems thus become accessible for numerical calculation of two-dimensional spectra.
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- Pan-Pan Zhang
- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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Organic (opto)electronic materials have received considerable attention due to their applications in thin-film-transistors, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, sensors, photorefractive devices, and many others. The technological promises include low cost of these materials and the possibility of their room-temperature deposition from solution on large-area and/or flexible substrates. The article reviews the current understanding of the physical mechanisms that determine the (opto)electronic properties of high-performance organic materials. The focus of the review is on photoinduced processes and on electronic properties important for optoelectronic applications relying on charge carrier photogeneration. Additionally, it highlights the capabilities of various experimental techniques for characterization of these materials, summarizes top-of-the-line device performance, and outlines recent trends in the further development of the field. The properties of materials based both on small molecules and on conjugated polymers are considered, and their applications in organic solar cells, photodetectors, and photorefractive devices are discussed.
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- Oksana Ostroverkhova
- Department of Physics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Keß M, Worth G, Engel V. Two-dimensional vibronic spectroscopy of molecular aggregates: Trimers, dimers, and monomers. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:084305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4961388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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- M. Keß
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Campus Nord, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Campus Nord, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Wehner J, Engel V. Two-dimensional optical spectroscopy of homo- and heterodimers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:32910-32920. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04936b] [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]
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We theoretically study the two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopy of molecular dimers.
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- Johannes Wehner
- Universität Würzburg
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
- 97074 Würzburg
- Germany
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- Universität Würzburg
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
- 97074 Würzburg
- Germany
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Dvorak M, Müller M, Bünermann O, Stienkemeier F. Size dependent transition to solid hydrogen and argon clusters probed via spectroscopy of PTCDA embedded in helium nanodroplets. J Chem Phys 2015; 140:144301. [PMID: 24735293 DOI: 10.1063/1.4870395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Complexes made of either Ar(N) or (H2)N clusters (N = 1-170) and a single PTCDA molecule (3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride) are assembled inside helium droplets and spectroscopically studied via laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. The frequency shift and line-broadening are analyzed as a function of N and of the pick-up order of the PTCDA and cluster material in order to track liquid or solid properties of the clusters. For argon, the solid phase is observed for N > 10 above which the pick-up order dramatically influences the localization of the chromophore with respect to the Ar cluster. If the droplets are doped first with Ar, the chromophore remains on the surface of a solid cluster whereas for the reversed pick-up order the molecule is surrounded by an argon shell. At N < 10 wetting and the formation of the first solvation shell are observed. For para-hydrogen, a transition to the solid is observed at N ~ 20-25, confirming previous theoretical predictions on the existence of a liquid-like phase at such small sizes, even below the bulk hydrogen freezing temperature.
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- Matthieu Dvorak
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Ritschel G, Suess D, Möbius S, Strunz WT, Eisfeld A. Non-Markovian Quantum State Diffusion for temperature-dependent linear spectra of light harvesting aggregates. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:034115. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4905327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Jumper CC, Anna JM, Stradomska A, Schins J, Myahkostupov M, Prusakova V, Oblinsky DG, Castellano FN, Knoester J, Scholes GD. Intramolecular radiationless transitions dominate exciton relaxation dynamics. Chem Phys Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Schubert A, Falge M, Kess M, Settels V, Lochbrunner S, Strunz WT, Würthner F, Engels B, Engel V. Theoretical Analysis of the Relaxation Dynamics in Perylene Bisimide Dimers Excited by Femtosecond Laser Pulses. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:1403-12. [DOI: 10.1021/jp412166a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alexander Schubert
- Institut
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Hubland Campus Nord, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Hubland Campus Nord, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Hubland Campus Nord, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Hubland Campus Nord, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Physik, Universität Rostock, Universitätsplatz 3, 18055 Rostock, Germany
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- Institut
für Theoretische Physik, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Hubland Campus Nord, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Hubland Campus Nord, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Müller M, Paulheim A, Eisfeld A, Sokolowski M. Finite size line broadening and superradiance of optical transitions in two dimensional long-range ordered molecular aggregates. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:044302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4813521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Charaf-Eddin A, Planchat A, Mennucci B, Adamo C, Jacquemin D. Choosing a Functional for Computing Absorption and Fluorescence Band Shapes with TD-DFT. J Chem Theory Comput 2013; 9:2749-60. [DOI: 10.1021/ct4000795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Azzam Charaf-Eddin
- Laboratoire CEISAM - UMR CNR
6230, Université de Nantes, 2 Rue
de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Laboratoire CEISAM - UMR CNR
6230, Université de Nantes, 2 Rue
de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Risorgimento 35, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratoire LECIME, CNRS UMR-7575, Chimie-ParisTech, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, F-75231 Paris
Cedex 05 France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 103, bd Saint-Michel, F-75005 Paris Cedex
05, France
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- Laboratoire CEISAM - UMR CNR
6230, Université de Nantes, 2 Rue
de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 103, bd Saint-Michel, F-75005 Paris Cedex
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Padula D, Picconi D, Lami A, Pescitelli G, Santoro F. Electronic Circular Dichroism in Exciton-Coupled Dimers: Vibronic Spectra from a General All-Coordinates Quantum-Dynamical Approach. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:3355-68. [DOI: 10.1021/jp400894v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Daniele Padula
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica
Industriale, Università degli Studi di Pisa, via Risorgimento 35, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa,
Italy
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr.
4, D-85747 Garching, Germany
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
− CNR, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa, Area della Ricerca
del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica
Industriale, Università degli Studi di Pisa, via Risorgimento 35, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
− CNR, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa, Area della Ricerca
del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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Valleau S, Eisfeld A, Aspuru-Guzik A. On the alternatives for bath correlators and spectral densities from mixed quantum-classical simulations. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:224103. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4769079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Roden J, Strunz WT, Whaley KB, Eisfeld A. Accounting for intra-molecular vibrational modes in open quantum system description of molecular systems. J Chem Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4765329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Oltean M, Calborean A, Mile G, Vidrighin M, Iosin M, Leopold L, Maniu D, Leopold N, Chiş V. Absorption spectra of PTCDI: a combined UV-Vis and TD-DFT study. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 97:703-710. [PMID: 22885930 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2012.07.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Revised: 06/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
Absorption spectra of PTCDI (3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic-diimide) have been investigated in chloroform, N,N'-dimethylformamide (DMF) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). While no signature of assembled PTCDI molecules is observed in chloroform solution, distinct bands assigned to their aggregation have been identified in DMF and DMSO solutions. PTCDI monomers show very similar absorption patterns in chloroform and DMSO solutions. Experimental data, including the vibronic structure of the absorption spectra were explained based on the Franck-Condon approximation and quantum chemical results obtained at PBE0-DCP/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory. Geometry optimization of the first excited state leads to a nice agreement between the calculated adiabatic transition energies and experimental data.
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- Mircea Oltean
- Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, Kogălniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Dvorak M, Müller M, Knoblauch T, Bünermann O, Rydlo A, Minniberger S, Harbich W, Stienkemeier F. Spectroscopy of 3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) attached to rare gas samples: Clusters vs. bulk matrices. II. Fluorescence emission spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:164302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4759445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Seibt J, Eisfeld A. Intermolecular torsional motion of a π-aggregated dimer probed by two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:024109. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3674993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Kistler KA, Pochas CM, Yamagata H, Matsika S, Spano FC. Absorption, Circular Dichroism, and Photoluminescence in Perylene Diimide Bichromophores: Polarization-Dependent H- and J-Aggregate Behavior. J Phys Chem B 2011; 116:77-86. [DOI: 10.1021/jp208794t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- K. A. Kistler
- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine Campus Media, Pennsylvania 19063, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine Campus Media, Pennsylvania 19063, United States
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Roden J, Strunz WT, Eisfeld A. Non-Markovian quantum state diffusion for absorption spectra of molecular aggregates. J Chem Phys 2011; 134:034902. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3512979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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