An analytic mapping of oligomer potential energy surfaces to an effective Frenkel model
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, 60438 Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
While the use of Frenkel-type models for semiconducting polymer assemblies and related molecular aggregates is well established, the direct parametrization of such models based on electronic structure data is attempted less frequently. In this work, we develop a systematic mapping procedure which is adapted to J-type and H-type homo-aggregate systems. The procedure is based upon the analytic solution of an inverse eigenvalue problem for an effective Frenkel Hamiltonian with nearest-neighbor couplings. Vibronic interactions are included for both site-local and site-correlated modes. For illustration, an application is presented to the excited-state ab initio potential energy surfaces (PESs) of an oligothiophene octamer. The procedure performs a pointwise mapping of the PESs of oligomers of arbitrary chain length n, provided that the electronic ground state and any two of the n lowest adiabatic states of the excitonic manifold of interest are known. These three states are reproduced exactly by the procedure while the remaining n − 2 states of the excitonic manifold can be predicted. Explicit conditions are derived permitting to verify whether a given data set is compatible with the effective Frenkel model under study.
- OSTI ID:
- 22308738
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 141, Issue 1; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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