Density-matrix-spectroscopic algorithm for excited-state adiabatic surfaces and molecular dynamics of a protonated Schiff base
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Excited-state potentials of a short protonated Schiff base cation which serves as a model for the photoisomerization of retinal are computed by combining a semi-empirical ground-state adiabatic surface with excitation energies obtained using the time-dependent coupled electronic oscillator ~CEO! approach. Excited-state molecular dynamic simulation of the in-plane motion of cis-C5H6NH2 1 following impulsive optical excitation reveals a dominating 1754 cm p-conjugation mode. A new molecular dynamics algorithm is proposed which resembles the Car– Parinello ground-state technique and is based on the adiabatic propagation of the ground-state single-electron density matrix and the collective electronic modes along the trajectory. © 1999 American Institute of Physics. @S0021-9606~99!30717-0#
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