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Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18

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The application of the APM model to the absorption and emission spectra<br />

of C153 gives good agreement with experimentally observed spectra <strong>in</strong> a<br />

broad range of solvent polarities. 100 The quality of the calculations is illustrated<br />

<strong>in</strong> Figure 21 where the experimental (dashed l<strong>in</strong>es) and calculated<br />

(solid l<strong>in</strong>es) absorption and emission spectra are compared for acetonitrile<br />

and acetone as the solvent. The dist<strong>in</strong>ction between the optical band shapes<br />

calculated on various levels of the theory shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 20 and the excellent<br />

agreement with the experimental results shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 21 <strong>in</strong>dicate that transitions<br />

to higher excited states (polarizability) and solvent-<strong>in</strong>duced mix<strong>in</strong>g<br />

between the adiabatic states (transition dipole) are both crucial for reproduc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the optical band shape of C153. For this chromophore, the electronic mix<strong>in</strong>g<br />

effect is significant due to its high transition dipole moment, m12 ¼ 5:78 D,<br />

close <strong>in</strong> magnitude to the difference <strong>in</strong> the excited- and ground-state dipole<br />

moments, m0 7:5 D. Depend<strong>in</strong>g on the relative magnitudes of the polarizability<br />

change, a0, and the transition dipole, m12, polarizability and electronic<br />

mix<strong>in</strong>g effects may become more or less important for other optical dyes.<br />

For all such cases, the APM provides a general framework for analyz<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

FCWD of activated and optical transitions by lift<strong>in</strong>g the two restrictions of<br />

the MH theory: the TSM and the neglect of electronic overlap <strong>in</strong> the FCWD<br />

(assumptions 1 and 2 <strong>in</strong> the Introduction). In fact, the APM also provides a<br />

general framework for analyz<strong>in</strong>g the effects of coupl<strong>in</strong>g between the vibrational<br />

solute modes and the solvent fluctuations (assumption 3), 100 but this<br />

problem still requires further studies, both experimental and theoretical.<br />

SUMMARY<br />

acn<br />

em abs em abs<br />

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ν /10 3 cm −1<br />

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The concept of free energy surfaces has proven its vitality over many<br />

years of fruitful applications to electron transfer k<strong>in</strong>etics. The direct connection<br />

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Figure 21 Normalized experimental (dashed l<strong>in</strong>es) and calculated (solid l<strong>in</strong>es)<br />

absorption (abs.) and emission (em.) spectra of C153 <strong>in</strong> acetonitrile (acn)<br />

and acetone (acet).<br />

acet

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