Modeling linear absorption spectra of solvated chromophores is highly challenging as contributions are present both from coupling of the electronic states to nuclear vibrations and from solute–solvent interactions. In systems where excited states intersect in the Condon region, significant non-adiabatic contributions to absorption line shapes can also be observed. Here, we introduce a robust approach to model linear absorption spectra accounting for both environmental and non-adiabatic effects from first principles. This model parameterizes a linear vibronic coupling (LVC) Hamiltonian directly from energy gap fluctuations calculated along molecular dynamics (MD) trajectories of the chromophore in solution, accounting for both anharmonicity in the potential and direct solute–solvent interactions. The resulting system dynamics described by the LVC Hamiltonian are solved exactly using the thermalized time-evolving density operator with orthogonal polynomials algorithm (T-TEDOPA). The approach is applied to the linear absorption spectrum of methylene blue in water. We show that the strong shoulder in the experimental spectrum is caused by vibrationally driven population transfer between the bright S1 and the dark S2 states. The treatment of the solvent environment is one of many factors that strongly influence the population transfer and line shape; accurate modeling can only be achieved through the use of explicit quantum mechanical solvation. The efficiency of T-TEDOPA, combined with LVC Hamiltonian parameterizations from MD, leads to an attractive method for describing a large variety of systems in complex environments from first principles.
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14 October 2021
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October 14 2021
Influence of non-adiabatic effects on linear absorption spectra in the condensed phase: Methylene blue Available to Purchase
Angus J. Dunnett
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Angus J. Dunnett
1
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris
, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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Duncan Gowland
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Duncan Gowland
2
Department of Physics, King’s College London
, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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Christine M. Isborn
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Christine M. Isborn
3
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California Merced
, Merced, California 95343, USA
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Alex W. Chin
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Alex W. Chin
1
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris
, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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Tim J. Zuehlsdorff
Tim J. Zuehlsdorff
a)
4
Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University
, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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Angus J. Dunnett
1
Duncan Gowland
2
Christine M. Isborn
3
Alex W. Chin
1
Tim J. Zuehlsdorff
4,a)
1
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris
, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
2
Department of Physics, King’s College London
, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
3
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California Merced
, Merced, California 95343, USA
4
Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University
, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: [email protected]
J. Chem. Phys. 155, 144112 (2021)
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Received:
July 09 2021
Accepted:
September 20 2021
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Angus J. Dunnett, Duncan Gowland, Christine M. Isborn, Alex W. Chin, Tim J. Zuehlsdorff; Influence of non-adiabatic effects on linear absorption spectra in the condensed phase: Methylene blue. J. Chem. Phys. 14 October 2021; 155 (14): 144112. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0062950
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