Electronic structure group in the APS March meeting

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Mon, 03/25/2013

The electronic structure group attended the APS March meeting in Baltimore Maryland from March 19 to March 22.

Five oral presentations were given, representing the group’s ongoing research projects:

  1. Charge transfer excitations in water-soluble sulfonated zinc-phthalocyanine (ZnPcS) donor molecules coupled to C60.
  2. Endohedral fullerene as acceptor: A DFT study on charge transfer states of Sc3N@C80-porphyrin complex.
  3. Effect of geometrical orientation on the charge transfer energetics of supramolecular (tetraphenyl)-porphyrin/fullerens dyads.
  4. Electronic structure and charge transfer states of a multi-chromophoric heptad antenna.
  5. The effect of structural conformations and solvent effects in a light-harvesting Carotenoid-diaryl-Porphyrin-C60 (CPC60) molecular triad on the charge transfer excitation energies.

Pictured with the attendees here is Dr. Zope’s PhD advisor: Dr. Rajeev Parthak.