In nonpolar solvents, both electrostatic and nonelectrostatic interactions play a role in tuning the electronic excitations of molecular solutes. This specificity makes the application of continuum solvation models a challenge. Here, we propose a strategy for the calculation of solvatochromic shifts on absorption spectra, using a coupling of the polarizable continuum model with a time-dependent density functional theory framework, which explicitly accounts for dispersion and repulsion, as well as for electrostatic effects. Our analysis makes a step further in the interpretation of the effects of nonpolar solvents and suggests new directions in their modeling using continuum formulations.
Electronic Excitations in Nonpolar Solvents: Can the Polarizable Continuum Model Accurately Reproduce Solvent Effects?
CUPELLINI, LORENZO;AMOVILLI, CLAUDIO;MENNUCCI, BENEDETTA
2015-01-01
Abstract
In nonpolar solvents, both electrostatic and nonelectrostatic interactions play a role in tuning the electronic excitations of molecular solutes. This specificity makes the application of continuum solvation models a challenge. Here, we propose a strategy for the calculation of solvatochromic shifts on absorption spectra, using a coupling of the polarizable continuum model with a time-dependent density functional theory framework, which explicitly accounts for dispersion and repulsion, as well as for electrostatic effects. Our analysis makes a step further in the interpretation of the effects of nonpolar solvents and suggests new directions in their modeling using continuum formulations.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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