Campus Units
Chemistry
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2008
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
129
First Page
1
Last Page
8
DOI
10.1063/1.2992049
Abstract
A quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) type of scheme is employed to calculate the solvent-induced shifts of molecular electronic excitations. The effective fragment potential (EFP) method was used for the classical potential. Since EFP has a density dependent functional form, in contrast with most other MM potentials, time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) has been modified to combine TDDFT with EFP. This new method is then used to perform a hybrid QM/MM molecular dynamics simulation to generate a simulated spectrum of the n→π∗ vertical excitation energy of acetone in vacuum and with 100 water molecules. The calculated watersolvent effect on the vertical excitation energy exhibits a blueshift of the n→π∗ vertical excitation energy in acetone (Δω1=0.211 eV), which is in good agreement with the experimental blueshift.
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Copyright Owner
American Institute of Physics
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Yoo, Soohaeng; Zahariev, Federico; Sok, Sarom; and Gordon, Mark S., "Solvent Effects on Optical Properties of Molecules: A Combined Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory/Effective Fragment Potential Approach" (2008). Chemistry Publications. 511.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/chem_pubs/511
Comments
The following article appeared in Journal of Chemical Physics 129 (2008): 144112, and may be found at doi:10.1063/1.2992049.