Luminescence in crystalline organic materials: from molecules to molecular solids

J Gierschner, J Shi, B Milián‐Medina… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescent small, all‐organic molecules are of tremendous interest in materials and life
science applications. Nevertheless, targeted design requires a basic understanding of the …

Spectroscopy in complex environments from QM–MM simulations

UN Morzan, DJ Alonso de Armino, NO Foglia… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The applications of multiscale quantum–classical (QM–MM) approaches have shown an
extraordinary expansion and diversification in the last couple of decades. A great proportion …

Polarizable embedding QM/MM: the future gold standard for complex (bio) systems?

M Bondanza, M Nottoli, L Cupellini… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, hybrid QM/MM approaches are widely used to study (supra) molecular systems
embedded in complex biological matrices. However, in their common formulation, mutual …

Going beyond the vertical approximation with time‐dependent density functional theory

F Santoro, D Jacquemin - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Since two decades, time‐dependent density functional theory (TD‐DFT) has been in the
limelight due to its noteworthy efficiency. Indeed, in many cases, TD‐DFT provides accurate …

Vibronic and environmental effects in simulations of optical spectroscopy

TJ Zuehlsdorff, SV Shedge, SY Lu… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Including both environmental and vibronic effects is important for accurate simulation of
optical spectra, but combining these effects remains computationally challenging. We outline …

Modeling absorption spectra of molecules in solution

TJ Zuehlsdorff, CM Isborn - International Journal of Quantum …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of solvent tunes many properties of a molecule, such as its ground and
excited state geometry, dipole moment, excitation energy, and absorption spectrum …

Adiabatic-molecular dynamics generalized vertical hessian approach: a mixed quantum classical method to compute electronic spectra of flexible molecules in the …

J Cerezo, D Aranda, FJ Avila Ferrer… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We present a general mixed quantum classical method that couples classical molecular
dynamics (MD) and vibronic models to compute the shape of electronic spectra of flexible …

QM/AMOEBA description of properties and dynamics of embedded molecules

M Nottoli, M Bondanza, P Mazzeo… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the development, implementation, and application of a polarizable QM/MM
strategy, based on the AMOEBA polarizable force field, for calculating molecular properties …

[HTML][HTML] Optical spectra in the condensed phase: Capturing anharmonic and vibronic features using dynamic and static approaches

TJ Zuehlsdorff, A Montoya-Castillo, JA Napoli… - The Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Simulating optical spectra in the condensed phase remains a challenge for theory due to the
need to capture spectral signatures arising from anharmonicity and dynamical effects, such …

[HTML][HTML] Combining the ensemble and Franck-Condon approaches for calculating spectral shapes of molecules in solution

TJ Zuehlsdorff, CM Isborn - The Journal of chemical physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The correct treatment of vibronic effects is vital for the modeling of absorption spectra of
many solvated dyes. Vibronic spectra for small dyes in solution can be easily computed …