Toward luminescent iron complexes: unravelling the photophysics by computing potential energy surfaces

A Francés‐Monerris, PC Gros, X Assfeld… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Due to its high societal impact, the replacement of precious metals used in technological
devices by more abundant and eco‐friendly metals, such as iron, has stimulated significant …

[HTML][HTML] Non-adiabatic direct quantum dynamics using force fields: Toward solvation

LLE Cigrang, JA Green, S Gomez, J Cerezo… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum dynamics simulations are becoming a powerful tool for understanding photo-
excited molecules. Their poor scaling, however, means that it is hard to study molecules with …

Explicit Modelling of Spectral Bandshapes by a Mixed Quantum‐Classical Approach: Solvent Order and Temperature Effects in the Optical Spectra of Distyrylbenzene

J Cerezo, J Gierschner, F Santoro… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The absorption and emission spectral shapes of a flexible organic probe, the
distyrylbenzene (DSB) dye, are simulated accounting for the effect of different environments …

Integrated quantum-classical protocol for the realistic description of solvated multinuclear mixed-valence transition-metal complexes and their solvatochromic …

G Prampolini, A Andersen, BI Poulter… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Linear cyanide-bridged polymetallic complexes, which undergo photoinduced metal-to-
metal charge transfer, represent prototypical systems for studying long-range electron …

Accurate quantum-mechanically derived force-fields through a fragment-based approach: balancing specificity and transferability in the prediction of self-assembly in …

L Greff da Silveira, PR Livotto, D Padula… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The wide range of time/length scales covered by self-assembly in soft matter makes
molecular dynamics (MD) the ideal candidate for simulating such a supramolecular …

Non-Phenomenological Description of the Time-Resolved Emission in Solution with Quantum–Classical Vibronic Approaches—Application to Coumarin C153 in …

J Cerezo, S Gao, N Armaroli, F Ingrosso, G Prampolini… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
We report a joint experimental and theoretical work on the steady-state spectroscopy and
time-resolved emission of the coumarin C153 dye in methanol. The lowest energy excited …

A multiscale free energy method reveals an unprecedented photoactivation of a bimetallic Os (ii)–Pt (ii) dual anticancer agent

ME Alberto, A Francés-Monerris - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The photoreactivity of relatively large transition metal complexes is often limited to the
description of the static potential energy surfaces of the involved electronic states. While …

Optical properties of photodynamic therapy drugs in different environments: The paradigmatic case of temoporfin

B Aslanoglu, I Yakavets, V Zorin, HP Lassalle… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Computational tools have been used to study the photophysical and photochemical features
of photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy (PDT)–a minimally invasive, less aggressive …

Short-and long-range solvation effects on the transient UV–vis absorption spectra of a Ru (II)–polypyridine complex disentangled by nonequilibrium molecular …

G Prampolini, F Ingrosso, J Cerezo… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Evidence of subtle effects in the dynamic reorganization of a protic solvent in its first-and
farther-neighbor shells, in response to the sudden change in the solute's electronic …

Simulating the solvation structure of low-and high-spin [Fe (bpy) 3] 2+: long-range dispersion and many-body effects

H Zulfikri, M Pápai, AO Dohn - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
When characterizing transition metal complexes and their functionalities, the importance of
including the solvent as an active participant is becoming more and more apparent …