Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
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In Eqs. [<strong>18</strong>] and [19], F0i is the equilibrium free energy of the system <strong>in</strong><br />
each CT state<br />
e bF0i ¼ Trn½e bEiðqÞ Š ½20Š<br />
Although the free energy profile FiðXÞ and the free energy F0i are comb<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong><br />
one equation (Eq. [<strong>18</strong>]), they have a somewhat different physical mean<strong>in</strong>g. The<br />
free energy F0i is the total, equilibrium free energy of the system calculated for<br />
all its configurations. The difference of F02 and F01 makes the free energy gap<br />
F0 enter<strong>in</strong>g the MH theory of ET (Figure 2). Thus<br />
F0 ¼ F02 F01 ½21Š<br />
On the other hand, FiðXÞ is the constra<strong>in</strong>ed, <strong>in</strong>complete free energy imply<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that some of the configurations of the system separated by the d-function <strong>in</strong><br />
Eq. [<strong>18</strong>] are not <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the calculation of FiðXÞ. 33 The phase space of<br />
the system is not completely sampled <strong>in</strong> def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g FiðXÞ, <strong>in</strong> contrast to the complete<br />
sampl<strong>in</strong>g for F0i. Us<strong>in</strong>g molecular dynamics simulations and explicit atomistic<br />
models, the free energy <strong>in</strong> Eq. [<strong>18</strong>] can be explicitly mapped out. This<br />
k<strong>in</strong>d of calculation has become fairly rout<strong>in</strong>e (see, e.g., Refs. 32 and 33). It<br />
should be noted, however, that such simulations usually neglect the electronic<br />
polarizability of both the CT complex and the solvent. These effects may be<br />
large (cf. Ref. 32 and the later discussion <strong>in</strong> this chapter).<br />
When the number of electronic states can be limited to two (two-state<br />
model), the analytic properties of the generat<strong>in</strong>g function for the two CT<br />
free energy surfaces can be used to establish a l<strong>in</strong>ear relation between<br />
them. 32 The d-function <strong>in</strong> Eq. [<strong>18</strong>] can be represented as a Fourier <strong>in</strong>tegral<br />
that allows one to rewrite the CT free energy <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>tegral form<br />
e bFiðXÞþbF0i ¼<br />
ð 1<br />
1<br />
dx<br />
2p Giðx; XÞ ½22Š<br />
The <strong>in</strong>tegral is taken over one of the variables of the generat<strong>in</strong>g function<br />
Giðx; XÞ ¼e ixbX Trn e ixb E bEi Trn e bEi ½23Š<br />
Analytic properties of Giðx; XÞ <strong>in</strong> the complex x-plane then allow one to obta<strong>in</strong><br />
a l<strong>in</strong>ear connection between the free energy surfaces<br />
F2ðXÞ ¼F1ðXÞþX ½24Š<br />
as first established by Warshel. 32,34 This relation is based on the transforma-<br />
tion of the <strong>in</strong>tegral<br />
ð 1<br />
1<br />
Paradigm of Free Energy Surfaces 159<br />
dx<br />
2p G2ðx; XÞ ¼e bð F0 XÞ<br />
ð iþ1<br />
i 1<br />
dx<br />
2p G1ðx; XÞ ½25Š