The present work is aimed to a deeper investigation of two recently synthesized heteroaromatic fluorophores by means of a computational multilayer approach, integrating quantum mechanics (QM) and molecular mechanics (MM). In particular, dispersion of the title dyes in a polymer matrix is studied in connection with potential applications as photoactive species in luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). Molecular dynamics simulations, based on accurate QM-derived force fields, reveal increased stiffness of these organic dyes when going from CHCl3 solution to polymer matrix. QM/MM computations of UV spectra for snapshots extracted from MD simulations show that this different flexibility permits to explain the different spectral shapes obtained experimentally for the two different environments. Moreover, the general spectroscopic trends are well reproduced by static computations employing a polarizable continuum description of environmental effects.

Tuning of dye optical properties by environmental effects: a QM/MM and experimental study

BELLINA, FABIO;MARIANETTI, GIULIA;MINEI, PIERPAOLO;PUCCI, ANDREA;
2016-01-01

Abstract

The present work is aimed to a deeper investigation of two recently synthesized heteroaromatic fluorophores by means of a computational multilayer approach, integrating quantum mechanics (QM) and molecular mechanics (MM). In particular, dispersion of the title dyes in a polymer matrix is studied in connection with potential applications as photoactive species in luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). Molecular dynamics simulations, based on accurate QM-derived force fields, reveal increased stiffness of these organic dyes when going from CHCl3 solution to polymer matrix. QM/MM computations of UV spectra for snapshots extracted from MD simulations show that this different flexibility permits to explain the different spectral shapes obtained experimentally for the two different environments. Moreover, the general spectroscopic trends are well reproduced by static computations employing a polarizable continuum description of environmental effects.
2016
Del Frate, Gianluca; Bellina, Fabio; Mancini, Giordano; Marianetti, Giulia; Minei, Pierpaolo; Pucci, Andrea; Barone, Vincenzo
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