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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 90, Pages 49449-49456Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra09494h
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- European Research Council (ERC)
- Region des Pays de la Loire [Marches - 278845]
- GENCI-CINES/IDRIS of the CCIPL (Centre de Calcul Intensif des Pays de Loire) [c2014085117]
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We have investigated with first principle approaches the optical signatures of derivatives combining a BODIPY core and cyanine-like side chains. More precisely, we computed the 0-0 energies with a Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) procedure systematically including both vibrational and continuum solvent effects. However, despite its refinement, this protocol yields large deviations compared to experimental references. For this reason, we turned towards a mixed protocol where the potential energy surfaces of both the ground and the first electronically excited states are evaluated with TD-DFT whereas the vertical transition energies (both absorption and emission) are determined with the CIS(D)/SOS-CIS(D) approaches, that include a perturbative correction for the double excitations. The pros and cons of such a mixed method are discussed in the framework of these challenging dyes.
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