Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
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