Au(SH) 巯基保护的金纳米团簇中弛豫动力学的理论研究。

Theoretical investigation of relaxation dynamics in the Au(SH) thiolate-protected gold nanocluster.

机构信息

Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.

出版信息

J Chem Phys. 2019 Sep 7;151(9):094702. doi: 10.1063/1.5116902.

Abstract

Experimental findings of Au(GSH) as a photosensitizer with the highest potential compared to other glutathione-protected clusters demand understanding the photophysics and relaxation dynamics of the Au(SR) cluster. To this end, we perform ab initio real-time nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations on Au(SH) to investigate its relaxation dynamics compared to the well-studied [Au(SR)] relaxation dynamics. In this work, the excitations covering up to ∼2.6 eV in the optical absorption spectrum are analyzed to understand the electronic relaxation process of the Au(SH) cluster. The ground state growth times of Au(SH) are several orders of magnitude shorter than the growth times observed for the [Au(SH)] nanocluster. The S (HOMO-LUMO) state gives the slowest decay time (∼11 ps) among all the states (S-S) considered similar to [Au(SH)]. However, the S state in Au(SH) is a semiring-to-core charge transfer state, whereas S in the [Au(SH)] cluster is a core-to-core transition. The remaining higher excited states have very short decay time constants less than 1.4 ps except for S which has the second slowest decay of 6.4 ps. The hole relaxations are faster than the electron relaxations in Au(SH) due to the closely packed HOMOs in the electronic structure. Radiative relaxations are also examined using the time-dependent density functional theory method, and the excited state emission energy and lifetime are found to be in good agreement with experiment.

摘要

实验发现,与其他谷胱甘肽保护的团簇相比,Au(GSH)作为一种光敏剂具有最高的潜力,这就需要了解 Au(SR)团簇的光物理和弛豫动力学。为此,我们对 Au(SH)进行了从头算实时非绝热分子动力学模拟,以研究其弛豫动力学与研究得很好的 [Au(SR)]弛豫动力学的比较。在这项工作中,分析了涵盖光学吸收光谱中高达约 2.6 eV 的激发态,以了解 Au(SH)团簇的电子弛豫过程。与观察到的 [Au(SH)]纳米团簇相比,Au(SH)的基态生长时间要短几个数量级。S (HOMO-LUMO)态的衰减时间最慢(约 11 ps),与所有考虑的态(S-S)相似 [Au(SH)]。然而,在 Au(SH)中,S 态是一个半键到核电荷转移态,而在 [Au(SH)]团簇中,S 态是一个核到核的跃迁。除了 S 态具有第二慢的 6.4 ps 衰减外,其余较高的激发态具有非常短的衰减时间常数,小于 1.4 ps。由于电子结构中紧密堆积的 HOMO,Au(SH)中的空穴弛豫比电子弛豫快。还使用含时密度泛函理论方法研究了辐射弛豫,发现激发态发射能量和寿命与实验结果非常吻合。

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