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Title: Quantifying local exciton, charge resonance, and multiexciton character in correlated wave functions of multichromophoric systems

Abstract

A new method for quantifying the contributions of local excitation, charge resonance, and multiexciton configurations in correlated wave functions of multichromophoric systems is presented. The approach relies on fragment-localized orbitals and employs spin correlators. Its utility is illustrated by calculations on model clusters of hydrogen, ethylene, and tetracene molecules using adiabatic restricted-active-space configuration interaction wave functions. In addition to the wave function analysis, this approach provides a basis for a simple state-specific energy correction accounting for insufficient description of electron correlation. The decomposition scheme also allows one to compute energies of the diabatic states of the local excitonic, charge-resonance, and multi-excitonic character. The new method provides insight into electronic structure of multichromophoric systems and delivers valuable reference data for validating excitonic models.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]
  1. Universidad del País Vasco (UPV) Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (EHU), Donostia (Spain). Donostia International Physics Center; Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao (Spain)
  2. Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Basque Government
OSTI Identifier:
1468795
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1234175
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-05ER15685
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 144; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Casanova, David, and Krylov, Anna I. Quantifying local exciton, charge resonance, and multiexciton character in correlated wave functions of multichromophoric systems. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4939222.
Casanova, David, & Krylov, Anna I. Quantifying local exciton, charge resonance, and multiexciton character in correlated wave functions of multichromophoric systems. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939222
Casanova, David, and Krylov, Anna I. 2016. "Quantifying local exciton, charge resonance, and multiexciton character in correlated wave functions of multichromophoric systems". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939222. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1468795.
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abstractNote = {A new method for quantifying the contributions of local excitation, charge resonance, and multiexciton configurations in correlated wave functions of multichromophoric systems is presented. The approach relies on fragment-localized orbitals and employs spin correlators. Its utility is illustrated by calculations on model clusters of hydrogen, ethylene, and tetracene molecules using adiabatic restricted-active-space configuration interaction wave functions. In addition to the wave function analysis, this approach provides a basis for a simple state-specific energy correction accounting for insufficient description of electron correlation. The decomposition scheme also allows one to compute energies of the diabatic states of the local excitonic, charge-resonance, and multi-excitonic character. The new method provides insight into electronic structure of multichromophoric systems and delivers valuable reference data for validating excitonic models.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4939222},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2016}
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