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Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18

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<strong>in</strong>dividual vibrational excitations 44<br />

FCWD v ðnÞ ¼e Sv<br />

X 1<br />

m¼0<br />

S m v<br />

m!<br />

dðhn mhnvÞ<br />

½133Š<br />

where Sv the Huang–Rhys factor Sv ¼ lv=hnv (cf. to Eq. [38]). The whole<br />

<strong>in</strong>homogeneous l<strong>in</strong>e shape then takes the form of a weighed sum over the<br />

solvent-<strong>in</strong>duced bands, each shifted relative to the other by nv<br />

G ðnÞ ¼j~m12ðhnÞj 2 e Sv<br />

X 1<br />

m¼0<br />

S m v<br />

m! FCWDs ðn mhnvÞ ½134Š<br />

Equation [134], given <strong>in</strong> the form of a weighted sum of <strong>in</strong>dividual solvent-<strong>in</strong>duced<br />

l<strong>in</strong>e shapes, provides an important connection between optical<br />

band shapes and CT free energy surfaces. Before turn<strong>in</strong>g to specific models for<br />

the Franck–Condon factor <strong>in</strong> Eq. [134], we present some useful relations,<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g from <strong>in</strong>tegrated spectral <strong>in</strong>tensities, that do not depend on specific<br />

features of a particular optical l<strong>in</strong>e shape.<br />

Absorption Intensity and Radiative Rates<br />

Optical Band Shape 195<br />

Extraction of activation CT parameters requires an analysis of spectral<br />

band shapes. One parameter, however, can be obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the <strong>in</strong>tegrated<br />

absorption and emission <strong>in</strong>tensities. S<strong>in</strong>ce mix<strong>in</strong>g of the electronic states <strong>in</strong><br />

the external electric field of radiation is governed by the magnitude of the transition<br />

dipole, the transition dipole also def<strong>in</strong>es the <strong>in</strong>tensity of the correspond<strong>in</strong>g<br />

optical l<strong>in</strong>e. The ext<strong>in</strong>ction coefficient or emission rate <strong>in</strong>tegrated over<br />

light frequencies then allows one to obta<strong>in</strong> the transition dipole, provided<br />

its frequency dependence is known. [Traditionally, the transition dipole is<br />

assumed to be frequency <strong>in</strong>dependent. 49 This leads, however, to systematic<br />

errors <strong>in</strong> estimates of transition dipoles from optical spectra, see below.] For<br />

the TSM, this procedure leads to the gas-phase transition dipole. The transition<br />

dipole is important as a parameter quantify<strong>in</strong>g the extent of CT delocalization<br />

and to generate CT free energy surfaces <strong>in</strong> electronically delocalized<br />

donor–acceptor complexes. It also has an important implication due to its connection<br />

to the ET matrix element (through the Mulliken-Hush relation), 7<br />

which enters the rate constant of nonadiabatic ET reaction rates (Eq. [2];<br />

see below).<br />

Integration of absorption ext<strong>in</strong>ction coefficient (Eq. [127]) and emission<br />

rate (Eq. [128]) gives two alternative estimates for the adiabatic gas-phase<br />

transition dipole m12 (<strong>in</strong> D) with<strong>in</strong> the TSM frequency-dependent ~m12ðnÞ<br />

(Eq. [132])<br />

m12 ¼ 9:585 10 2<br />

pffiffiffiffiffiffi<br />

ð<br />

1=2<br />

nD<br />

nEðnÞdn<br />

½135Š<br />

n0f ðnDÞ

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