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Energy Decomposition Analysis for Excimers Using Absolutely Localized Molecular Orbitals within Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory and Configuration Interaction with Single Excitations
Journal Article·· Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Here, we present an improved energy decomposition analysis (EDA) scheme for understanding intermolecular interactions in delocalized excited states, especially in excimers. In the EDA procedure, excited states are treated with linear response theory such as configuration interaction singles (CIS) or time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), and absolutely localized molecular orbitals (ALMOs) are used to define the intermediate (frozen, excitonic coupling, and polarized) states. The intermolecular interaction energy is thereby separated into frozen, excitonic splitting, polarization, and charge transfer contributions. The excitonic splitting term describes the delocalization effect as two or more degenerate local excitations coupled with each other, which is often an important binding force in excimers. A maximum overlap state-tracking procedure is introduced to connect the initial fragment excitations to the constrained intermediate states and finally to the unconstrained delocalized states of the complex. The EDA scheme is applied to several excimer systems, including the He2* and Ne2* noble gas excimers, the doubly hydrogen-bonded 2-pyridone dimer, and the aromatic benzene and perylene excimers. We are able to gain some useful insights into the role each term is playing in the formation of these excimers, and the resulting method may also be useful for understanding a range of other complexes in excited states.
Ge, Qinghui and Head-Gordon, Martin. "Energy Decomposition Analysis for Excimers Using Absolutely Localized Molecular Orbitals within Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory and Configuration Interaction with Single Excitations." Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, vol. 14, no. 10, Sep. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00537
Ge, Qinghui, & Head-Gordon, Martin (2018). Energy Decomposition Analysis for Excimers Using Absolutely Localized Molecular Orbitals within Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory and Configuration Interaction with Single Excitations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 14(10). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00537
Ge, Qinghui, and Head-Gordon, Martin, "Energy Decomposition Analysis for Excimers Using Absolutely Localized Molecular Orbitals within Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory and Configuration Interaction with Single Excitations," Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 14, no. 10 (2018), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00537
@article{osti_1542328,
author = {Ge, Qinghui and Head-Gordon, Martin},
title = {Energy Decomposition Analysis for Excimers Using Absolutely Localized Molecular Orbitals within Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory and Configuration Interaction with Single Excitations},
annote = {Here, we present an improved energy decomposition analysis (EDA) scheme for understanding intermolecular interactions in delocalized excited states, especially in excimers. In the EDA procedure, excited states are treated with linear response theory such as configuration interaction singles (CIS) or time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), and absolutely localized molecular orbitals (ALMOs) are used to define the intermediate (frozen, excitonic coupling, and polarized) states. The intermolecular interaction energy is thereby separated into frozen, excitonic splitting, polarization, and charge transfer contributions. The excitonic splitting term describes the delocalization effect as two or more degenerate local excitations coupled with each other, which is often an important binding force in excimers. A maximum overlap state-tracking procedure is introduced to connect the initial fragment excitations to the constrained intermediate states and finally to the unconstrained delocalized states of the complex. The EDA scheme is applied to several excimer systems, including the He2* and Ne2* noble gas excimers, the doubly hydrogen-bonded 2-pyridone dimer, and the aromatic benzene and perylene excimers. We are able to gain some useful insights into the role each term is playing in the formation of these excimers, and the resulting method may also be useful for understanding a range of other complexes in excited states.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00537},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1542328},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation},
issn = {ISSN 1549-9618},
number = {10},
volume = {14},
place = {United States},
publisher = {American Chemical Society},
year = {2018},
month = {09}}