Excited state surfaces in density functional theory: a new twist on an old problem. Wiggins, P., Williams, J A G., & Tozer, D. J The Journal of chemical physics, 131(9):91101, 2009. ![Excited state surfaces in density functional theory: a new twist on an old problem [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Excited state surfaces in density functional theory and the problem of charge transfer are considered from an orbital overlap perspective. For common density functional approximations, the accuracy of the surface will not be uniform if the spatial overlap between the occupied and virtual orbitals involved in the excitation has a strong conformational dependence; the excited state surface will collapse toward the ground state in regions where the overlap is very low. This characteristic is used to predict and to provide insight into the breakdown of excited state surfaces in the classic push-pull 4-(dimethylamino)benzonitrile molecule, as a function of twist angle. The breakdown is eliminated using a Coulomb-attenuated functional. Analogous situations will arise in many molecules.
@article{wiggins_excited_2009,
title = {Excited state surfaces in density functional theory: a new twist on an old problem},
volume = {131},
url = {http://link.aip.org/link/?JCPSA6/131/091101/1},
doi = {10.1063/1.3222641},
abstract = {Excited state surfaces in density functional theory and the problem of charge transfer are considered from an orbital overlap perspective. For common density functional approximations, the accuracy of the surface will not be uniform if the spatial overlap between the occupied and virtual orbitals involved in the excitation has a strong conformational dependence; the excited state surface will collapse toward the ground state in regions where the overlap is very low. This characteristic is used to predict and to provide insight into the breakdown of excited state surfaces in the classic push-pull 4-(dimethylamino)benzonitrile molecule, as a function of twist angle. The breakdown is eliminated using a Coulomb-attenuated functional. Analogous situations will arise in many molecules.},
language = {en},
number = {9},
journal = {The Journal of chemical physics},
author = {Wiggins, Paul and Williams, J A Gareth and Tozer, David J},
year = {2009},
keywords = {charge transfer states, density functional theory, excited states, ground states, molecular configurations, organic compounds},
pages = {91101},
}
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