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Woźniak AP, Moszyński R. Modeling of High-Harmonic Generation in the C 60 Fullerene Using Ab Initio, DFT-Based, and Semiempirical Methods. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:2683-2702. [PMID: 38534023 PMCID: PMC11017253 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c07865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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We report calculations of the high-harmonic generation spectra of the C60 fullerene molecule carried out by employing a diverse set of real-time time-dependent quantum chemical methods. All methodologies involve expanding the propagated electronic wave function in bases consisting of the ground and singly excited time-independent eigenstates obtained through the solution of the corresponding linear-response equations. We identify the correlation and exchange effect in the spectra by comparing the results from methods relying on the Hartree-Fock reference determinant with those obtained using approaches based on the density functional theory with different exchange-correlation functionals. The effect of the full random-phase approximation treatment of the excited electronic states is also analyzed and compared with the configuration interaction singles and the Tamm-Dancoff approximation. We also showcase the fact that the real-time extension of the semiempirical method INDO/S can be effectively applied for an approximate description of laser-driven dynamics in large systems.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University
of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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Matsko NL, Kruglov IA. Plasmon-Polariton Modes in Fullerenes. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:11873-11877. [PMID: 34874724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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It is well-known that collective electronic excitations in fullerene C60 are manifested as Mie plasmons, and in graphene (the limiting case of an infinitely large fullerene), the collective excitations are of the plasmon-polariton type. How the properties of plasmons change in fullerenes with intermediate sizes is poorly understood. This problem is considered in the current paper in the framework of the GW approximation on the example of fullerenes C60, C240, and C540. The calculations predict that a high-frequency plasmon resonance begins to form in C240, and in C540, the intensity of this resonance becomes comparable to the intensity of Mie plasmon resonance. We associate this resonance with the incipient plasmon-polariton oscillations. The paper is the first identification and study of plasmon-polaritons in the excitation spectrum of fullerenes.
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- N L Matsko
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutsky Lane, Dolgoprudny 141 700, Russia
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninskiy Prospekt, 119 991 Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutsky Lane, Dolgoprudny 141 700, Russia
- Dukhov Research Institute of Automatics (VNIIA), st. Sushchevskaya 22, Moscow 127 055, Russia
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Ponzi A, Manson ST, Decleva P. Photoionization of C 60: Effects of Correlation on Cross Sections and Angular Distributions of Valence Subshells. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:108-125. [PMID: 31769686 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b09423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Calculations of the photoionization cross section and asymmetry parameter, β, are performed at the density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) levels for all 32 valence levels of C60. Accurate numerical results are obtained for the isolated molecule in icosahedral symmetry. A detailed analysis based on the comparison between the DFT and TDDFT results allows the identification of four types of resonances: the well-known confinement resonances of mainly geometrical origin, shape resonances native to the ionization channel, induced shape resonances, and autoionization resonances brought about by interchannel coupling, as well as their different prominence in cross section or asymmetry parameter. Generally, cross sections are enhanced at the TDDFT level, which includes contribution from the bound-state excitations from closed channels, neglected at the DFT level, and the effect persists even well above the highest ionization threshold. This effect is best seen in the total cross section, although not as dramatic as found from simpler models, probably due to the stiffer electronic structure inherent in the full molecular description. The effects of interchannel coupling on individual native resonances are rather less predictable, leading to both enhancement and decreases and often altering the details of the structure significantly. A comparison with the previous accurate total cross-sectional calculations, as well as with the available experimental data, is very good for cross sections but slightly inferior for β's. The results reported can serve as a reference to compare the effects of different environments on C60, as well as chemical substitution, notably endohedral fullerenes.
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- A Ponzi
- Department of Physical Chemistry , Institut Ruđer Bošković , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy , Georgia State University , Atlanta , Georgia 30303 , United States
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche , Universita' di Trieste , Via Giorgieri 1 , I-34127 Trieste , Italy.,CNR IOM , I-34149 Trieste , Italy
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Guidez EB, Aikens CM. Quantum mechanical origin of the plasmon: from molecular systems to nanoparticles. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:11512-27. [PMID: 25163494 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr02225d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of noble metal nanoparticles is reviewed in terms of both classical and quantum mechanical approaches. The collective oscillation of the free electrons responsible for the plasmon is well described using classical electromagnetic theory for large systems (from about 10 to 100 nm). In cases where quantum effects are important, this theory fails and first principle approaches like time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) must be used. In this paper, we give an account of the current understanding of the quantum mechanical origin of plasmon resonances. We provide some insight into how the discrete absorption spectrum of small noble metal clusters evolves into a strong plasmon peak with increasing particle size. The collective character of the plasmon is described in terms of the constructive addition of single-particle excitations. As the system size increases, the number of single-particle excitations increases as well. A configuration interaction (CI) approach can be applied to describe the optical properties of particles of all shapes and sizes, providing a consistent definition of plasmon resonances. Finally, we expand our analysis to thiolate-protected nanoparticles and analyze the effects of ligands on the plasmon.
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- Emilie B Guidez
- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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Plasmons in graphene have unusual properties and offer promising prospects for plasmonic applications covering a wide frequency range, ranging from terahertz up to the visible. Plasmon modes have been recently studied in both free-standing and supported graphene. Here, we review plasmons in graphene with particular emphasis on plasmonic excitations in epitaxial graphene and on the influence of the underlying substrate on the screening processes. Although the theoretical comprehension of plasmons in supported graphene is still incomplete, several experimental results provide clues regarding the nature of plasmonic excitations in graphene on metals and semiconductors. Plasmon in graphene can be tuned by chemical doping and gating potentials. We show through selected examples that the adsorbates can be used to tune the plasmon frequency, while the intercalation of chemical species allows the decoupling of the graphene sheet from the substrate to recover the plasmon dispersion of pristine graphene. Finally, we also report intriguing effects due to many-body interaction, such as the excitations generated by electron-electron coupling (magnetoplasmons) and the composite modes arising from the coupling of plasmons with phonons and with charge carriers.
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- Antonio Politano
- Università degli Studi della Calabria, Dipartimento di Fisica, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy.
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We study the multipole plasmon mode frequencies of a pair of C60 molecules by means of the linearized hydrodynamic theory for electronic excitations on the each C60 surface. We apply the two-center spherical coordinate system for mathematical convenience and find an explicit form of the surface plasmon energies. Numerical result shows when approaching the two C60 molecules, the coupling between the bare plasmon modes leads to the appearance of additional modes having energies that are different from those of the isolated C60 molecules.
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- Afshin Moradi
- Department of Engineering Physics, Kermanshah University of Technology, Kermanshah, Iran and Department of Nano Sciences, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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Yagi H, Nakajima K, Koswattage KR, Nakagawa K, Katayanagi H, Mitsuke K. Photoabsorption cross section of C70 thin films from visible to vacuum ultraviolet. J Chem Phys 2009; 130:234510. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3153275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Scully SWJ, Emmons ED, Gharaibeh MF, Phaneuf RA, Kilcoyne ALD, Schlachter AS, Schippers S, Müller A, Chakraborty HS, Madjet ME, Rost JM. Photoexcitation of a volume plasmon in C60 ions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 94:065503. [PMID: 15783744 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.065503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Neutral C60 is well known to exhibit a giant resonance in its photon absorption spectrum near 20 eV. This is associated with a surface plasmon, where delocalized electrons oscillate as a whole relative to the ionic cage. Absolute photoionization cross-section measurements for C+60, C2+60, and C3+60 ions in the 17-75 eV energy range show an additional resonance near 40 eV. Time-dependent density functional calculations confirm the collective nature of this feature, which is characterized as a dipole-excited volume plasmon made possible by the special fullerene geometry.
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- S W J Scully
- Department of Physics, MS 220, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0058, USA
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Ling Y, Lifshitz C. Plasmon excitation in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons studied by photoionization. Chem Phys Lett 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(96)00592-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hansen MS, Pacheco JM, Onida G. Microscopic structure of collective density oscillations C60 and C70. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01437699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Davids PS, Wang L, Saxena A, Bishop AR. Inelastic electron scattering and magnetic collective response of mesoscopic carbon structures. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 51:4557-4568. [PMID: 9979302 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.4557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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