Real-time propagation time-dependent density functional theory study on the ring-opening transformation of the photoexcited crystalline benzene
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047 (Japan)
Mechanism of the ring-opening transformation in the photoexcited crystalline benzene is investigated on the femtosecond scale by a computational method based on the real-time propagation (RTP) time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). The excited-state dynamics of the benzene molecule is also examined not only for the distinction between the intrinsic properties of molecule and the intermolecular interaction but for the first validation using the vibration frequencies for the RTP-TDDFT approach. It is found that the vibration frequencies of the excited and ground states in the molecule are well reproduced. This demonstrates that the present method of time evolution using the Suzuki-Trotter-type split operator technique starting with the Franck-Condon state approximated by the occupation change of the Kohn-Sham orbitals is adequately accurate. For the crystalline benzene, we carried out the RTP-TDDFT simulations for two typical pressures. At both pressures, large swing of the C-H bonds and subsequent twist of the carbon ring occurs, leading to tetrahedral (sp{sup 3}-like) C-H bonding. The {nu}{sub 4} and {nu}{sub 16} out-of-plane vibration modes of the benzene molecule are found mostly responsible for these motions, which is different from the mechanism proposed for the thermal ring-opening transformation occurring at higher pressure. Comparing the results between different pressures, we conclude that a certain increase of the intermolecular interaction is necessary to make seeds of the ring opening (e.g., radical site formation and breaking of the molecular character) even with the photoexcitation, while the hydrogen migration to fix them requires more free volume, which is consistent with the experimental observation that the transformation substantially proceeds on the decompression.
- OSTI ID:
- 20783253
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 124, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2181139; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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