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Wang YS, Zhong Manis JX, Rohan MC, Orlando TM, Kretchmer JS. Modeling Intermolecular Coulombic Decay with Non-Hermitian Real-Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:7806-7813. [PMID: 39052307 PMCID: PMC11299181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Revised: 06/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
Abstract
In this work, we investigate the capability of using real-time time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TDDFT) in conjunction with a complex absorbing potential (CAP) to simulate the intermolecular Coulombic decay (ICD) processes following the ionization of an inner-valence electron. We examine the ICD dynamics in a series of noncovalent bonded dimer systems, including hydrogen-bonded and purely van der Waals (VdW)-bonded systems. In comparison to previous work, we show that RT-TDDFT simulations with a CAP correctly capture the ICD phenomenon in systems exhibiting a stronger binding energy. The calculated time scales for ICD of the studied systems are in the range of 5-50 fs, in agreement with previous studies. However, there is a breakdown in the accuracy of the methodology for the pure VdW-bonded systems. Overall, the presented RT-TDDFT/CAP methodology provides a powerful tool for differentiating between competing electronic relaxation pathways following inner-valence or core ionization without necessitating any a priori assumptions.
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- Yi-Siang Wang
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Langkabel F, Albrecht PA, Bande A, Krause P. Making Optical Excitations Visible - an Exciton Wavefunction Extension to the Time-dependent Configuration Interaction Method. Chem Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2022.111502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jahnke T, Hergenhahn U, Winter B, Dörner R, Frühling U, Demekhin PV, Gokhberg K, Cederbaum LS, Ehresmann A, Knie A, Dreuw A. Interatomic and Intermolecular Coulombic Decay. Chem Rev 2020; 120:11295-11369. [PMID: 33035051 PMCID: PMC7596762 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Interatomic or intermolecular Coulombic decay (ICD) is a nonlocal electronic decay mechanism occurring in weakly bound matter. In an ICD process, energy released by electronic relaxation of an excited atom or molecule leads to ionization of a neighboring one via Coulombic electron interactions. ICD has been predicted theoretically in the mid nineties of the last century, and its existence has been confirmed experimentally approximately ten years later. Since then, a number of fundamental and applied aspects have been studied in this quickly growing field of research. This review provides an introduction to ICD and draws the connection to related energy transfer and ionization processes. The theoretical approaches for the description of ICD as well as the experimental techniques developed and employed for its investigation are described. The existing body of literature on experimental and theoretical studies of ICD processes in different atomic and molecular systems is reviewed.
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- Till Jahnke
- Institut
für Kernphysik, Goethe Universität, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut
der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Max
Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Wendelsteinstr. 1, 17491 Greifswald, Germany
- Leibniz
Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut
der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut
für Kernphysik, Goethe Universität, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institut
für Experimentalphysik and Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Physik und CINSaT, Universität
Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Physical-Chemistry
Institute, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physical-Chemistry
Institute, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut
für Physik und CINSaT, Universität
Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Institut
für Physik und CINSaT, Universität
Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary
Center for Scientific Computing, Ruprecht-Karls
University, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Berg M, Uranga-Piña L, Martínez-Mesa A, Bande A. Wavepacket golden rule treatment of interparticle Coulombic decay in paired quantum dots. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:244111. [PMID: 31893903 DOI: 10.1063/1.5131849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The interparticle Coulombic decay process in paired quantum dots is studied by electron dynamics calculations. We consider a pair of Coulomb-coupled one-electron charged gallium arsenide quantum dots embedded in a nanowire. The two-electron decay process is approximately described by a single active electron model. Within this model, we employ the time-dependent wavepacket approach to the Fermi golden rule (introduced in the context of vibrational predissociation) to calculate autoionization rates, which are compared to exact rates obtained from fully correlated two-electron dynamics calculations. We found that the approximate decay rates agree well with the exact results in the limit of sufficiently separated quantum dots. Finally, we explore whether the short-range behavior of the new model can be further enhanced by the inclusion of local exchange effects by means of regularization of the Coulomb-potential based on a Jastrow-Slater wavefunction. The proposed method may open a route to study the interparticle Coulombic decay in more intricate systems, e.g., paired metal-nanoparticle-quantum dot systems.
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- Matthias Berg
- Department of Locally Sensitive and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- DynAMoS (Dynamical Processes in Atomic and Molecular Systems), Faculty of Physics, University of Havana, San Lázaro y L, CP 10400 Havana, Cuba
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- DynAMoS (Dynamical Processes in Atomic and Molecular Systems), Faculty of Physics, University of Havana, San Lázaro y L, CP 10400 Havana, Cuba
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- Department of Locally Sensitive and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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Affiliation(s)
- A. Bande
- Institute of Methods for Material Development, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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