Caveat when using ADC(2) for studying the photochemistry of carbonyl-containing molecules

Emanuele Marsili, Antonio Prlj*, Basile F.E. Curchod

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Abstract

Several electronic-structure methods are available to study the photochemistry and photophysics of organic molecules. Among them, ADC(2) stands as a sweet spot between computational efficiency and accuracy. As a result, ADC(2) has recently seen its number of applications booming, in particular to unravel the deactivation pathways and photodynamics of organic molecules. Despite this growing success, we demonstrate here that care has to be taken when studying the nonradiative pathways of carbonyl-containing molecules, as ADC(2) appears to suffer from a systematic flaw.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12945-12949
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume23
Issue number23
Early online date4 Jun 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jun 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 803718, project SINDAM). This article is based upon work from COST Action CA18212–Molecular Dynamics in the GAS phase (MD-GAS), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), and made use of the facilities of the Hamilton HPC Service of Durham University.

Funding Information:
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 803718, project SINDAM). This article is based upon work from COST Action CA18212-Molecular Dynamics in the GAS phase (MD-GAS), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), and made use of the facilities of the Hamilton HPC Service of Durham University.

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