Jack Taylor jack.taylor@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
Jack Taylor jack.taylor@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
Professor David Tozer d.j.tozer@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Dr Basile Curchod basile.f.curchod@durham.ac.uk
Academic Visitor
Conical intersections constitute the conceptual bedrock of our working understanding of ultrafast, nonadiabatic processes within photochemistry (and photophysics). Accurate calculation of potential energy surfaces within the vicinity of conical intersections, however, still poses a serious challenge to many popular electronic structure methods. Multiple works have reported on the deficiency of methods like linear-response time-dependent density functional theory within the adiabatic approximation (AA LR-TDDFT) or algebraic diagrammatic construction to second-order [ADC(2)]-approaches often used in excited-state molecular dynamics simulations-to describe conical intersections between the ground and excited electronic states. In the present study, we focus our attention on conical intersections between excited electronic states and probe the ability of AA LR-TDDFT and ADC(2) to describe their topology and topography, using protonated formaldimine and pyrazine as two exemplar molecules. We also take the opportunity to revisit the performance of these methods in describing conical intersections involving the ground electronic state in protonated formaldimine-highlighting in particular how the intersection ring exhibited by AA LR-TDDFT can be perceived either as a (near-to-linear) seam of intersection or two interpenetrating cones, depending on the magnitude of molecular distortions within the branching space. [Abstract copyright: © 2023 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).]
Taylor, J. T., Tozer, D. J., & Curchod, B. F. E. (2023). On the description of conical intersections between excited electronic states with LR-TDDFT and ADC(2). The Journal of Chemical Physics, 159(21), Article 214115. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0176140
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 14, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 7, 2023 |
Publication Date | Dec 7, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Jan 4, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 4, 2024 |
Journal | The Journal of chemical physics |
Print ISSN | 0021-9606 |
Electronic ISSN | 1089-7690 |
Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 159 |
Issue | 21 |
Article Number | 214115 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0176140 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2049794 |
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