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      Nonadiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics modeling of photoinduced dynamics in conjugated molecules.

      The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
      Algorithms, Electrons, Energy Transfer, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Quantum Theory, Styrenes, chemistry, Temperature, Time Factors

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          Nonadiabatic dynamics generally defines the entire evolution of electronic excitations in optically active molecular materials. It is commonly associated with a number of fundamental and complex processes such as intraband relaxation, energy transfer, and light harvesting influenced by the spatial evolution of excitations and transformation of photoexcitation energy into electrical energy via charge separation (e.g., charge injection at interfaces). To treat ultrafast excited-state dynamics and exciton/charge transport we have developed a nonadiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics (NA-ESMD) framework incorporating quantum transitions. Our calculations rely on the use of the Collective Electronic Oscillator (CEO) package accounting for many-body effects and actual potential energy surfaces of the excited states combined with Tully's fewest switches algorithm for surface hopping for probing nonadiabatic processes. This method is applied to model the photoinduced dynamics of distyrylbenzene (a small oligomer of polyphenylene vinylene, PPV). Our analysis shows intricate details of photoinduced vibronic relaxation and identifies specific slow and fast nuclear motions that are strongly coupled to the electronic degrees of freedom, namely, torsion and bond length alternation, respectively. Nonadiabatic relaxation of the highly excited mA(g) state is predicted to occur on a femtosecond time scale at room temperature and on a picosecond time scale at low temperature.

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          21218841
          10.1021/jp109522g

          Chemistry
          Algorithms,Electrons,Energy Transfer,Molecular Dynamics Simulation,Quantum Theory,Styrenes,chemistry,Temperature,Time Factors

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