Effects of dephasing and vibronic structure on the first hyperpolarizability of strongly charge-transfer molecules

2000 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 1917-1924 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Wang
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pralok K. Samanta ◽  
Md Mehboob Alam ◽  
Ramprasad Misra ◽  
Swapan K. Pati

Solvents play an important role in shaping the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) properties of π-conjugated molecules, which in turn can affect their one-photon absorption (OPA) and two-photon absorption (TPA) as well as the static (hyper)polarizabilities. Here, we study the effect of solvent and donor-acceptor arrangement on linear and nonlinear optical (NLO) response properties of two novel ICT-based fluorescent sensors, one consisting of hemicyanine and dimethylaniline as electron withdrawing and donating groups (molecule 1), respectively and its boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY, molecule 2)-fused counterpart (molecule 3). Density functional theoretical (DFT) calculations using long-range corrected CAM-B3LYP and M06-2X functionals, suitable for studying properties of ICT molecules, are employed to calculate the desired properties. The dipole moment (µ) as well as the total first hyperpolarizability (β<sub>total</sub>) of the studied molecules in the gas phase is dominantly dictated by the component in the direction of charge transfer. The ratios of vector component of first hyperpolarizability (β<sub>vec</sub>) to β<sub>total</sub> also reveal unidirectional charge transfer process. The properties of the medium significantly affect the OPA, hyperpolarizability and TPA properties of the studied molecules. Time dependent DFT (TDDFT) calculations suggest interchanging between two lowest excited states of molecule 3 from the gas phase to salvation. The direction of charge polarization and dominant transitions among molecular orbitals involved in the OPA and TPA processes are studied. The results presented are expected to be useful in tuning the NLO response of many ICT-based chromophores, especially those with BODIPY acceptors.<br>


2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Wei Gao ◽  
Rong-Lin Zhong ◽  
Shi-Ling Sun ◽  
Hong-Liang Xu ◽  
Liang Zhao ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltán G. Soos ◽  
Margaret H. Hennessy ◽  
Vladimir Bulovic

ABSTRACTSolution spectra of perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) show an equilibrium between monomers and dimers, with fluorescence exclusively from monomers and absorption from both. The dimer absorption follows closely the spectrum of PTCDA stacks in crystalline films, which indicate strong coupling to a molecular vibration and mixing of Frenkel and charge-transfer excitons. The same model accounts for solution spectra.


1996 ◽  
Vol 195 (2) ◽  
pp. 611-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dong ◽  
K. Yakushi ◽  
Y. Yamashita ◽  
K. Imaeda ◽  
H. Inokuchi

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1636
Author(s):  
Emna Rtibi ◽  
Benoit Champagne

Density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory have been enacted to investigate the effects of donor and acceptor on the first hyperpolarizability of Lindquist-type organo-imido polyoxometalates (POMs). These calculations employ a range-separated hybrid exchange-correlation functional (ωB97X-D), account for solvent effects using the implicit polarizable continuum model, and analyze the first hyperpolarizabilities by using the two-state approximation. They highlight the beneficial role of strong donors as well as of π-conjugated spacers (CH=CH rather than C≡C) on the first hyperpolarizabilities. Analysis based on the unit sphere representation confirms the one-dimensional push-pull π-conjugated character of the POMs substituted by donor groups and the corresponding value of the depolarization ratios close to 5. Furthermore, the use of the two-state approximation is demonstrated to be suitable for explaining the origin of the variations of the first hyperpolarizabilities as a function of the characteristics of a unique low-energy charge-transfer excited state and to attribute most of the first hyperpolarizability changes to the difference of dipole moment between the ground and that charge-transfer excited state.


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