Title
Combined TD-DFT-SOS-CIS(D) Study of BOPHY Derivatives with Potential Application in Biosensing
Date Issued
07 December 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Azarias C.
Jacquemin D.
Le Guennic B.
Université Paris-Est
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
A set of 13 bis(difluoroboron)-1,2-bis((pyrrol-2-yl)methylene)hydrazine (BOPHY) dyes is studied through a hybrid time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT)-scaled opposite spin-configuration interaction singles with a double correction [SOS-CIS(D)] approach accounting for solvent effects, to shed light onto the structure-property relationships of these recently developed chromophores. In the first step, we calculate the absorption-fluorescence crossing points with refined TD-DFT models considering the influences of both vibrational and solvent contributions. We found that the systematic overestimation of the 0-0 energies is effectively reduced by combining polarizable continuum model-TD-DFT with a scaled opposite spin-configuration interaction singles with a double correction [SOS-CIS(D)]. Next, for a representative system, the vibrationally resolved spectrum within the harmonic approximation is computed on the basis of TD-DFT vibrational signatures and an excellent match with experiment is found. Finally, the influence of different lateral groups on the spectroscopic properties is rationalized by investigating charge transfer parameters and examining electronic density difference maps. It is found that one can tune the position of the absorption/emission maxima by a judicious choice of the lateral substituents or by using extended segments. The largest absorption and emission wavelengths as well as the largest Stokes shifts are obtained for BOPHYs containing strong electron-donor dimethylaminophenyl groups attached to the α-positions of the pyrrole units through vinyl linkers, making these chromophores promising candidates for bioluminescence applications.
Start page
10850
End page
10858
Volume
121
Issue
48
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85037745364
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
ISSN of the container
15206106
Sponsor(s)
M.P.-V. thanks the ANR (Project ANR-14-CE05-0035-02) for his postdoctoral grant. C.A. is indebted to the ANR for supporting her Ph.D. in the framework of the EMA program. D.J. acknowledges the European Research Council (ERC) and the Reǵ ion des Pays de la Loire for financial support in the framework of a Starting Grant (MARCHES-278845) and LumoMat Project, respectively. This research used resources of the Centre de Calcul Intensif des Pays de Loire (CCIPL), a local Troy cluster, and the CINES.
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