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Real-time time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TDDFT) can in principle access the whole absorption spectrum of a many-electron system exposed to a narrow pulse. However, this requires an accurate and efficient propagator for the…

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We propose a nonadiabatic time-dependent spin-density functional theory (TDSDFT) approach for studying the single-electron excited states and the ultrafast response of systems with strong electron correlations. The correlations are…

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The real-time electronic dynamics on material surfaces is critically important to a variety of applications. However, their simulations have remained challenging for conventional methods such as the time-dependent density-functional theory…

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As emphasized in a recent review article [Chem. Rev. 122, 14180 (2022)], organic solar cell (OSC) photoconversion efficiency has been rapidly evolving with results increasingly comparable to those of traditional inorganic solar cells.…

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Real-Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) has become an attractive tool to model quantum dynamics on a first-principles Density Functional Theory level. In recent years, several developments and applications in this field…

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Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) has been currently established as a computationally cheaper, yet effective, alternative to the Many-Body Perturbation Theory (MBPT) for calculating the optical properties of solids. Within…

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A stochastic approach to time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is developed for computing the absorption cross section and the random phase approximation (RPA) correlation energy. The core idea of the approach involves…

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We analyze a theoretical model for energy and electron transfer in an artificial photosynthetic system. The photosystem consists of a molecular triad (i.e., with a donor, a photosensitive unit, and an acceptor) coupled to four accessory…

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Spectroscopic properties of molecules holds great importance for the description of the molecular response under the effect of an UV/Vis electromagnetic radiation. Computationally expensive ab initio (e.g. MultiConfigurational SCF, Coupled…

We report on time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations of the excited states of 63 different graphene quantum dots (GQDs) in square shape with side lengths 1 nm, 1.5 nm and 2 nm. We investigate the systematics and trends…

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Molecular systems containing donor-bridge-acceptor sites or molecular antennas constitute promising candidates for organic photovoltaic device implementation. Photo-induced electron transfer in multi-chromophore molecular systems is defined…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Duvalier Madrid-Úsuga , John H. Reina

Mixed-reference spin-flip time-dependent density functional theory (MRSF-TDDFT) has recently emerged as an attractive electronic-structure method for studying photochemical processes, given that it bridges the computational efficiency of…

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We explore the merits of linear-response range-separated time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) for the calculation of photoionization spectra. We consider two variants of range-separated TDDFT, namely the timedependent…

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Recent progress has been made in capturing spectral features of electronic states of double-excitation character in time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) through a frequency-dependent kernel. While it might appear that this…

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A practical computational scheme based on time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and ultrasoft pseudopotential (USPP) is developed to study electron dynamics in real time. A modified Crank-Nicolson time-stepping algorithm is…

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We present an implementation of time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) in the linear response formalism enabling the calculation of low energy optical absorption spectra for large molecules and nanostructures. The method avoids…

A recently developed linear-scaling density-functional theory (LS-DFT) formalism is used to calculate optical absorption spectra of hybrids of C60 and the conjugated polymers poly(para-phenylene) (PPP) and poly(para-phenylene vinylene)…

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The emergence of oxygenic photosynthesis was a major event in Earth's evolutionary history and was facilitated by chlorophylls (a major category of photopigments). The accurate modelling of photopigments is important to understand the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-08-01 Dorothea Illner , Manasvi Lingam , Roberto Peverati

We present a range-separated linear-response time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) which combines a density-functional approximation for the short-range response kernel and a frequency-dependent second-order Bethe-Salpeter…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Elisa Rebolini , Julien Toulouse

Photoabsorption in the low-energy region for C$_{60}$ and PTCDA molecular complexes is studied within linear response TDDFT. For the PBE, B3LYP and HSE exchange-correlation (xc) functionals the dependence of the accuracy of the exciton…

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