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COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
Volume 254, Issue 21-22, Pages 2505-2518Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2009.11.015
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Metal polypyridyl; Raman; Wavepacket analysis; Density functional theory
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This article discusses the use of Raman spectroscopy, in concert with density functional theory, as a strategy for understanding excited-state structure in metal polypyridyl complexes. The first sections of the article discuss how one can use resonance Raman spectra of the ground-state molecule to understand the resonant Franck-Condon excited state. The theories behind these analyses are based on the sum-over-states and time-dependent approaches; a brief introduction to each of these methods is given. The use of density functional theory and its use in the determination of normal modes of vibration and infrared and Raman band intensities are discussed, with reference to a number of recent papers. The application of these methods is illustrated through the analysis of a number of selected examples which exemplify the strategies used to extract data from probing the Franck-Condon region. These data include the displacements of the resonant excited state with respect to the electronic ground state, the reorganisation energies associated with photoexcitation, bond length changes with excitation and other electronic parameters. The use, and limitations, of these methods are discussed. The direct calculation of resonance Raman band intensities is introduced. The direct measurement of excited-state vibrational spectra through time-resolved methods is discussed in the latter section of the article; with particular regard to the use of transient resonance Raman and time-resolved resonance Raman techniques to probe structural changes in metal polypyridyl complexes. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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