Chemical Physics Letters 2018-03-30

First hyperpolarizability of isomers of pyridinium N-phenoxide betaine dye in solution using the ASEC-FEG method

E.M. Torres, H.C. Georg, T.L. Fonseca, M.A. Castro

Index: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.03.070

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Abstract

The linear and nonlinear properties of isomeric forms of pyridinium-N-phenoxide betaine dye were investigated in protic and aprotic solvents using atomistic simulations. We employed the sequential Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (S-QM/MM) and the free energy gradient (FEG) methods to optimize the geometry of each isomer in chloroform, acetonitrile, methanol and water. The results show a complex dependence of the first hyperpolarizability with respect to the solvent nature and isomeric form, with a marked effect of conformational changes for para-betaine. Large contrasts of the first hyperpolarizability show a clear distinction between isomeric forms in solution that could be experimentally detected.

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