Site-dependence of van der Waals interaction explains exciton spectra of double-walled tubular J-aggregates
- The simulation of the optical properties of supramolecular aggregates requires the development of methods, which are able to treat a large number of coupled chromophores interacting with the environment. Since it is currently not possible to treat large systems by quantum chemistry, the Frenkel exciton model is a valuable alternative. In this work we show how the Frenkel exciton model can be extended in order to explain the excitonic spectra of a specific double-walled tubular dye aggregate explicitly taking into account dispersive energy shifts of ground and excited states due to van der Waals interaction with all surrounding molecules. The experimentally observed splitting is well explained by the site-dependent energy shift of molecules placed at the inner or outer side of the double-walled tube, respectively. Therefore we can conclude that inclusion of the site-dependent dispersive effect in the theoretical description of optical properties of nanoscaled dye aggregates is mandatory.
Verfasserangaben: | Jörg MegowGND, Merle I. S. Röhr, Marcel Schmidt am Busch, Thomas Renger, Roland Mitrić, Stefan Kirstein, Jürgen P. Rabe, Volkhard May |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-79978 |
Schriftenreihe (Bandnummer): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (191) |
Publikationstyp: | Postprint |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 11.08.2015 |
Erste Seite: | 6741 |
Letzte Seite: | 6747 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Publikationsweg: | Open Access |
Lizenz (Englisch): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Weitergabe zu gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 Unported |
Externe Anmerkung: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |