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| author | Hunter, Kye E. Mao, Yuezhi Chin, Alex W. Zuehlsdorff, Tim J. |
| author_facet | Hunter, Kye E. Mao, Yuezhi Chin, Alex W. Zuehlsdorff, Tim J. |
| contents | Nonadiabatic couplings between several electronic excited states are ubiquitous in many organic chromophores and can significantly influence optical properties. A recent experimental study demonstrated that the proflavine molecule exhibits surprising dual fluorescence in the gas phase, that is suppressed in polar solvent environments. Here, we uncover the origin of this phenomenon by parameterizing a linear-vibronic coupling (LVC) Hamiltonian from spectral densities of system-bath coupling constructed along molecular dynamics trajectories, fully accounting for interactions with the condensed-phase environment. The finite-temperature absorption, steady-stat emission, and time-resolved emission spectra are then computed using powerful, numerically exact tensor network approaches. We find that the dual fluorescence in vacuum is driven by a single well-defined coupling mode, but is quenched in solution due to dynamic solvent-driven symmetry-breaking that mixes the two low-lying electronic states. We expect the computational framework developed here to be widely applicable to the study of non-Condon effects in complex condensed-phase environments. |
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| spellingShingle | Environmentally driven symmetry-breaking quenches dual fluorescence in proflavine Hunter, Kye E. Mao, Yuezhi Chin, Alex W. Zuehlsdorff, Tim J. Chemical Physics Nonadiabatic couplings between several electronic excited states are ubiquitous in many organic chromophores and can significantly influence optical properties. A recent experimental study demonstrated that the proflavine molecule exhibits surprising dual fluorescence in the gas phase, that is suppressed in polar solvent environments. Here, we uncover the origin of this phenomenon by parameterizing a linear-vibronic coupling (LVC) Hamiltonian from spectral densities of system-bath coupling constructed along molecular dynamics trajectories, fully accounting for interactions with the condensed-phase environment. The finite-temperature absorption, steady-stat emission, and time-resolved emission spectra are then computed using powerful, numerically exact tensor network approaches. We find that the dual fluorescence in vacuum is driven by a single well-defined coupling mode, but is quenched in solution due to dynamic solvent-driven symmetry-breaking that mixes the two low-lying electronic states. We expect the computational framework developed here to be widely applicable to the study of non-Condon effects in complex condensed-phase environments. |
| title | Environmentally driven symmetry-breaking quenches dual fluorescence in proflavine |
| topic | Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03316 |