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Computational Design of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: The Challenges Ahead. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:6149-6163. [PMID: 30265539 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) offers promise for all-organic light-emitting diodes with quantum efficiencies competing with those of transition-metal-based phosphorescent devices. While computational efforts have so far largely focused on gas-phase calculations of singlet and triplet excitation energies, the design of TADF materials requires multiple methodological developments targeting among others a quantitative description of electronic excitation energetics, fully accounting for environmental electrostatics and molecular conformational effects, the accurate assessment of the quantum mechanical interactions that trigger the elementary electronic processes involved in TADF, and a robust picture for the dynamics of these fundamental processes. In this Perspective, we describe some recent progress along those lines and highlight the main challenges ahead for modeling, which we hope will be useful to the whole TADF community.
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Robust singlet fission in pentacene thin films with tuned charge transfer interactions. Nat Commun 2018; 9:954. [PMID: 29507287 PMCID: PMC5838205 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03300-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Singlet fission, the spin-allowed photophysical process converting an excited singlet state into two triplet states, has attracted significant attention for device applications. Research so far has focused mainly on the understanding of singlet fission in pure materials, yet blends offer the promise of a controlled tuning of intermolecular interactions, impacting singlet fission efficiencies. Here we report a study of singlet fission in mixtures of pentacene with weakly interacting spacer molecules. Comparison of experimentally determined stationary optical properties and theoretical calculations indicates a reduction of charge-transfer interactions between pentacene molecules with increasing spacer molecule fraction. Theory predicts that the reduced interactions slow down singlet fission in these blends, but surprisingly we find that singlet fission occurs on a timescale comparable to that in pure crystalline pentacene. We explain the observed robustness of singlet fission in such mixed films by a mechanism of exciton diffusion to hot spots with closer intermolecular spacings.
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Probing the interaction between 2,2'-bithiophene-5-carboxylic acid and TiO 2 by photoelectron spectroscopy: A joint experimental and theoretical study. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:244704. [PMID: 29289152 DOI: 10.1063/1.5008800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The interaction between 2,2'-bithiophene-5-carboxylic acid (PT2) sublimed under ultra-high vacuum conditions and anatase (101) and rutile (110) TiO2 single crystal surfaces is investigated by studying the electronic spectral density near the Fermi level with synchrotron-based spectroscopy. The experimental results are compared to density functional theory calculations of the isolated PT2 molecule and of the molecule adsorbed on an anatase TiO2 (101) cluster. The relative concentrations of Ti, C, and S atoms indicate that the adsorbed molecule remains intact upon deposition, which is typical of a Stranski-Krastanov growth mode. The analysis of the O1s spectrum suggests a predominant bidentate geometry of the adsorption with both rutile and anatase surfaces, as supported by previous theoretical simulations. It is also theoretically and experimentally demonstrated that the PT2 adsorption causes the appearance of new electronic states in the gap near the TiO2 valence band. A pinning effect of the LUMO level of the dye is also theoretically predicted.
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Vibronic coupling in molecular crystals: A Franck-Condon Herzberg-Teller model of H-aggregate fluorescence based on quantum chemical cluster calculations. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:114116. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4930606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Work function shifts of a zinc oxide surface upon deposition of self-assembled monolayers: a theoretical insight. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:20887-99. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp02811b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have investigated at the DFT level the way the work function of ZnO is affected upon deposition of self-assembled monolayers made of 4-tert-butylpyridine and various benzoic acids.
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A joint theoretical/experimental study of the structure, dynamics, and Li+ transport in bis([tri]fluoro[methane]sulfonyl)imide [T]FSI-based ionic liquids. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:034502. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4813413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Charge-transfer excitations steer the Davydov splitting and mediate singlet exciton fission in pentacene. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:226402. [PMID: 23767738 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.226402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Quantum-chemical calculations are combined to a model Frenkel-Holstein Hamiltonian to assess the nature of the lowest electronic excitations in the pentacene crystal. We show that an admixture of charge-transfer excitations into the lowest singlet excited states form the origin of the Davydov splitting and mediate instantaneous singlet exciton fission by direct optical excitation of coherently coupled single and double exciton states, in agreement with recent experiments.
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Ultrafast Pump-Push Photocurrent Spectroscopy of Organic Photoconversion Systems. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20134105020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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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Exploring the energy landscape of the charge transport levels in organic semiconductors at the molecular scale. Acc Chem Res 2013; 46:434-43. [PMID: 23140088 DOI: 10.1021/ar300198p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The extraordinary semiconducting properties of conjugated organic materials continue to attract attention across disciplines including materials science, engineering, chemistry, and physics, particularly with application to organic electronics. Such materials are used as active components in light-emitting diodes, field-effect transistors, or photovoltaic cells, as a substitute for (mostly Si-based) inorganic semiconducting materials. Many strategies developed for inorganic semiconductor device building (doping, p-n junctions, etc.) have been attempted, often successfully, with organics, even though the key electronic and photophysical properties of organic thin films are fundamentally different from those of their bulk inorganic counterparts. In particular, organic materials consist of individual units (molecules or conjugated segments) that are coupled by weak intermolecular forces. The flexibility of organic synthesis has allowed the development of more efficient opto-electronic devices including impressive improvements in quantum yields for charge generation in organic solar cells and in light emission in electroluminescent displays. Nonetheless, a number of fundamental questions regarding the working principles of these devices remain that preclude their full optimization. For example, the role of intermolecular interactions in driving the geometric and electronic structures of solid-state conjugated materials, though ubiquitous in organic electronic devices, has long been overlooked, especially when it comes to these interfaces with other (in)organic materials or metals. Because they are soft and in most cases disordered, conjugated organic materials support localized electrons or holes associated with local geometric distortions, also known as polarons, as primary charge carriers. The spatial localization of excess charges in organics together with low dielectric constant (ε) entails very large electrostatic effects. It is therefore not obvious how these strongly interacting electron-hole pairs can potentially escape from their Coulomb well, a process that is at the heart of photoconversion or molecular doping. Yet they do, with near-quantitative yield in some cases. Limited screening by the low dielectric medium in organic materials leads to subtle static and dynamic electronic polarization effects that strongly impact the energy landscape for charges, which offers a rationale for this apparent inconsistency. In this Account, we use different theoretical approaches to predict the energy landscape of charge carriers at the molecular level and review a few case studies highlighting the role of electrostatic interactions in conjugated organic molecules. We describe the pros and cons of different theoretical approaches that provide access to the energy landscape defining the motion of charge carriers. We illustrate the applications of these approaches through selected examples involving OFETs, OLEDs, and solar cells. The three selected examples collectively show that energetic disorder governs device performances and highlights the relevance of theoretical tools to probe energy landscapes in molecular assemblies.
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Methodological aspects of the quantum-chemical description of interface dipoles at tetrathiafulvalene/tetracyanoquinodimethane interfaces. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:174708. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4763542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fingerprints for Structural Defects in Poly(thienylene vinylene) (PTV): A Joint Theoretical–Experimental NMR Study on Model Molecules. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:12040-50. [DOI: 10.1021/jp206663v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Influence of Structural Organization On Optical and Transport Properties in Organic Materials. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-598-bb1.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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ABSTRACTCorrelated quantum-chemical calculations performed on supermolecular structures, i.e., on clusters made of several oligomer chains in interaction, provide insight into structure-property relationships in well-organized molecular films. This supermolecular approach is applied to crystalline phases of two prototypical conjugated oligomers and shows that variations in chain packing can lead to dramatically different optical (Davydov) splittings and carrier mobilities. Optimal chain organizations for various types of devices are discussed.
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2D excitons as primary energy carriers in organic crystals: the case of oligoacenes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 104:206405. [PMID: 20867046 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.206405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A number of organic crystals show anisotropic excitonic couplings, with weak interlayer interactions between molecules that are more strongly coupled within the layers. The resulting energy carriers are intralayer 2D excitons that diffuse along the interlayer direction. We model this analytically for infinite layers and using quantum-chemical calculations of the electronic couplings for anthracene clusters. We show that the exciton hopping rates and diffusion lengths depend in a subtle manner on the size and shape of the interacting aggregates, temperature, and the presence of energetic disorder.
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Shared-mode assisted resonant energy transfer in the weak coupling regime. J Chem Phys 2009; 130:214505. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3140273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Dynamics of guest molecules in PHTP inclusion compounds as probed by solid-state NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:4996-5009. [DOI: 10.1039/b820604j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Modeling of the solid-state packing of charged chains (PEDOT) in the presence of the counterions (TSA) and the solvent (DEG). Theor Chem Acc 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-007-0384-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Fluorescence lifetime fluctuations of single molecules probe the local environment of oligomers around the glass transition temperature. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:184902. [PMID: 17508827 DOI: 10.1063/1.2728902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Single molecule fluorescence experiments have been performed on a BODIPY-based dye embedded in oligo(styrene) matrices to probe the density fluctuations and the relaxation dynamics of chain segments surrounding the dye molecules. The time-dependent fluorescence lifetime of the BODIPY probe was recorded as an observable for the local density fluctuations. At room temperature, the mean fraction of holes surrounding the probes is shown to be unaffected by the molecular weight in the glassy state. In contrast, the free volume increases significantly in the supercooled regime. These observations are discussed in the framework of the entropic theories of the glass transition.
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Influence of copolymer interface orientation on the optical emission of polymeric semiconductor heterojunctions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:117403. [PMID: 16605870 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.117403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We have examined the Coulombic interactions at the interface in a blend of two copolymers with intramolecular charge-transfer character and optimized band offsets for photoinduced charge generation. The combination of both time-resolved measurements of photoluminescence, and quantum-chemical modeling of the heterojunction allows us to show that relative orientation across the heterojunction can lead to either a repulsive barrier ( approximately 65 meV) or an attractive interaction which can enhance the charge-transfer processes. We conclude that polymer orientation at the heterojunction can be as important as energy-band offsets in determining the dynamics of charge separation and optical emission.
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Pathways for Photoinduced Charge Separation and Recombination at Donor−Acceptor Heterojunctions: The Case of Oligophenylenevinylene−Perylene Bisimide Complexes. J Phys Chem A 2006; 110:3447-53. [PMID: 16526623 DOI: 10.1021/jp055719d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Semiempirical Hartree-Fock techniques have been applied to assess the molecular parameters governing the efficiency of photoinduced charge generation and recombination processes in donor/acceptor complexes involving a three-ring oligophenylenevinylene as donor and perylene bisimide as acceptor. The corresponding rates have been estimated in the framework of the Marcus-Levich-Jortner formalism for different geometries of the complexes. The results indicate that dissociation pathways involving the lowest two charge transfer excited states contribute significantly to the dynamics of the whole process. The rates are found to be strongly sensitive to the relative position of the donor and acceptor units and can be rationalized in terms of symmetry arguments applied to relevant electronic levels.
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Impact of the Computational Method on the Geometric and Electronic Properties of Oligo(phenylene vinylene) Radical Cations. J Phys Chem B 2005; 109:20237-43. [PMID: 16853617 DOI: 10.1021/jp0519417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report on a quantum-chemical study of the electronic and optical properties of unsubstituted oligo(phenylene vinylene) (OPV) radical cations. Our goal is to distinguish the impact of the choice of molecular geometry from the impact of the choice of quantum-chemical method, on the calculated optical transition energies. The geometry modifications upon ionization of the OPV chains are found to depend critically on the theoretical formalism: Hartree-Fock (HF) geometry optimizations lead to self-localization of the charged defects while pure density functional theory (DFT) results in a complete delocalization of the geometric modifications over the whole conjugated backbone. The electronic structure and vertical transition energy associated with the lowest excited state of the radical cations have been calculated at the post-Hartree-Fock level within a configuration interaction (HF-CI) scheme and using the time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) formalism for different radical cation geometries. Interestingly, the changes in the calculated optical properties obtained when using different geometric structures are less important within a given method than the differences between methods for a given structure. The optical excitation is localized with HF-CI and delocalized with TD-DFT, almost irrespective of the molecular geometry; as a result, HF-CI excitation energies tend to saturate as the chain length increases, in contrast to the results from TD-DFT.
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Excitation Migration along Oligophenylenevinylene-Based Chiral Stacks: Delocalization Effects on Transport Dynamics. J Phys Chem B 2005; 109:10594-604. [PMID: 16852286 DOI: 10.1021/jp050792p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Atomistic models based on quantum-chemical calculations are combined with time-resolved spectroscopic investigations to explore the migration of electronic excitations along oligophenylenevinylene-based chiral stacks. It is found that the usual Pauli master equation (PME) approach relying on uncoherent transport between individual chromophores underestimates the excitation diffusion dynamics, monitored here by the time decay of the transient polarization anisotropy. A better agreement to experiment is achieved when accounting for excitation delocalization among acceptor molecules, as implemented in a modified version of the PME model. The same models are applied to study light harvesting and trapping in guest-host systems built from oligomers of different lengths.
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The effects of sulfon on the structural and optical properties in the low-bandgap conjugated polymer poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2003.12.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Optical properties of singly charged conjugated oligomers: A coupled-cluster equation of motion study. J Chem Phys 2004; 121:5567-78. [PMID: 15366979 DOI: 10.1063/1.1776113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have implemented a coupled-cluster equation of motion approach combined with the intermediate neglect of differential overlap parametrization and applied it to study the excited states and optical absorptions in positively and negatively charged conjugated oligomers. The method is found to be both reliable and efficient. The theoretical results are in very good agreement with experiments and confirm that there appear two subgap absorption peaks upon polaron formation. Interestingly, the relative intensities of the polaron-induced subgap absorptions can be related to the extent of the lattice geometry relaxations.
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Singlet-triplet splitting of geminate electron-hole pairs in conjugated polymers. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 93:066803. [PMID: 15323650 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.066803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The singlet-triplet splitting of geminate polaron pairs in a ladder-type conjugated polymer has been studied by the thermally stimulated luminescence technique. The energy gap separating the singlet and triplet states of the geminate pairs is measured to be in the range of 3-6 meV, depending on the polymer morphology. The results of correlated quantum-chemical calculations on a long ladder-type oligomer are fully consistent with the observed values of the geminate polaron pair singlet-triplet gap. Such low splitting values have important implications for the spin-dependent exciton formation in conjugated polymers.
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A joint theoretical and experimental study on the electronic properties of phenyl-capped 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene oligomers. J Chem Phys 2003. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1617273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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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By means of correlated quantum-chemical calculations, we explore the chain-length dependence of the electronic coupling for photoinduced charge separation in DNA hairpins associated to conjugated linkers. Pathways for charge transfer from the linker chromophore to a guanine site located at a well-defined distance along the DNA strand are identified. Importantly, these involve not only the frontier molecular orbitals of the interacting donor, bridge, and acceptor units, but also deeper lying orbitals possessing both the appropriate energy and the symmetry to overlap significantly. The relative efficiency of these channels is found to be sensitive to the chemical structure of the linker, leading to falloff parameters for the charge-transfer rates ranging from approximately 0.4 to approximately 1.2 A(-1).
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Electronic and optical properties of polyfluorene and fluorene-based copolymers: A quantum-chemical characterization. J Chem Phys 2003. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1561054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Interchain vs. intrachain energy transfer in acceptor-capped conjugated polymers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:10982-7. [PMID: 12177444 PMCID: PMC123196 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.172390999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The energy-transfer processes taking place in conjugated polymers are investigated by means of ultrafast spectroscopy and correlated quantum-chemical calculations applied to polyindenofluorenes end-capped with a perylene derivative. Comparison between the time-integrated luminescence and transient absorption spectra measured in solution and in films allows disentangling of the contributions arising from intrachain and from interchain energy-migration phenomena. Intrachain processes dominate in solution where photoexcitation of the polyindenofluorene units induces a rather slow energy transfer to the perylene end moieties. In films, close contacts between chains favors interchain transport of the excited singlet species (from the conjugated bridge of one chain to the perylene unit of a neighboring one); this process is characterized by a 1-order-of-magnitude increase in transfer rate with respect to solution. This description is supported fully by the results of quantum-chemical calculations that go beyond the usual point-dipole model approximation and account for geometric relaxation phenomena in the excited state before energy migration. The calculations indicate a two-step mechanism for intrachain energy transfer with hopping along the conjugated chains as the rate-limiting step; the higher efficiency of the interchain transfer process is mainly due to larger electronic coupling matrix elements between closely lying chains.
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Theoretical investigation of the nature of the ground state in the low-bandgap conjugated polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). Chem Phys Lett 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(02)00651-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Electronic Structure of Phenylene Vinylene Oligomers: Influence of Donor/Acceptor Substitutions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100015a051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Photoinduced electron-transfer processes along molecular wires based on phenylenevinylene oligomers: a quantum-chemical insight. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:4436-47. [PMID: 11960473 DOI: 10.1021/ja017150+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Quantum-chemical techniques are applied to model the mechanisms of photoinduced charge transfer from a pi-electron donating group (tetracene, D) to a pi-electron-acceptor moiety (pyromellitimide, A) separated by a bridge of increasing size (p-phenylenevinylene oligomers, B). Correlated Hartree-Fock semiempirical approaches are exploited to calculate the four main parameters controlling the transfer rate (k(RP)) in the framework of Marcus-Jortner-Levich's formalism: (i) the electronic coupling between the initial and final states; (ii) and (iii) the internal and external reorganization energy terms; and (iv) the variation of the free Gibbs energy. The charge transfer is shown to proceed in these compounds through two competing mechanisms, coherent (superexchange) versus incoherent (bridge-mediated) pathways. While superexchange is the dominant mechanism for short bridges, incoherent transfer through hopping along the phenylene vinylene segment takes over in longer chains (for ca. three phenylenevinylene repeat units). The influence of the chemical structure of the pi-conjugated phenylenevinylene bridge on the electronic properties and the rate of charge transfer is also investigated.
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Spin−Orbit Coupling and Intersystem Crossing in Conjugated Polymers: A Configuration Interaction Description. J Phys Chem A 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp010187w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A theoretical insight into the solid-state optical properties of luminescent materials: the supermolecular approach. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1296-2147(00)00139-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Interchain interactions in conjugated materials: The exciton model versus the supermolecular approach. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.481031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Singlet and triplet exciton formation rates in conjugated polymer light-emitting diodes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2000; 84:131-134. [PMID: 11015852 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.84.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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By applying a molecular orbital perturbation approach, we calculate the formation rates for singlet and triplet molecular excitons associated with intermolecular charge-transfer processes. It is found that the interchain bond-charge correlation has a strong influence on the relative probabilities for generating singlet and triplet excitons. Most importantly, application of our approach to a model system for poly-(paraphenylenevinylene) shows that the ratio between the electroluminescence and photoluminescence quantum yields generally exceeds the 25% spin-degeneracy statistical limit.
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Electroluminescence in Semiconducting Conjugated Polymers and Oligomers: A Quantum-chemical Perspective. INT J POLYM MATER PO 1999. [DOI: 10.1080/00914039908009702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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On the nature of electronic excitations in poly(paraphenylenevinylene): A quantum-chemical investigation. J Chem Phys 1999. [DOI: 10.1063/1.479560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Interchain interaction in a prototypical conjugated oligomer from polarized absorption at 4.2 K: α-sexithienyl single crystal. J Chem Phys 1998. [DOI: 10.1063/1.477733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A strategy for the design of molecules with large two-photon absorption cross sections, delta, was developed, on the basis of the concept that symmetric charge transfer, from the ends of a conjugated system to the middle, or vice versa, upon excitation is correlated to enhanced values of delta. Synthesized bis(styryl)benzene derivatives with donor-pi-donor, donor-acceptor-donor, and acceptor-donor-acceptor structural motifs exhibit exceptionally large values of delta, up to about 400 times that of trans-stilbene. Quantum chemical calculations performed on these molecules indicate that substantial symmetric charge redistribution occurs upon excitation and provide delta values in good agreement with experimental values. The combination of large delta and high fluorescence quantum yield or triplet yield exhibited by molecules developed here offers potential for unprecedented brightness in two-photon fluorescent imaging or enhanced photosensitivity in two-photon sensitization, respectively.
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