The structure of the hydrated electron. Part 2. A mixed quantum classical molecular dynamics - embedded cluster density functional theory: single-excitation configuration interaction study

Details The structure of the hydrated electron. Part 2. A mixed quantum classical molecular dynamics - embedded cluster density functional theory: single-excitation configuration interaction study The structure of the hydrated electron. Part 2. A mixed quantum classical molecular dynamics - embedded cluster density functional theory: single-excitation configuration interaction study

2006-11-20

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611176v2

Physics

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

68 pages, 12 figures + 16 more figures in the supplement (included) submitted to J Phys Chem A

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Adiabatic mixed quantum/classical molecular dynamics simulations were used to generate snapshots of the hydrated electron (e-) in liquid water at 300 K. Water cluster anions that include two complete solvation shells centered on the e- were extracted from these simulations and embedded in a matrix of fractional point charges designed to represent the rest of the solvent. Density functional theory and single-excitation configuration interaction methods were then applied to these embedded clusters. The salient feature of these hybrid calculations is significant transfer (ca. 0.18) of the excess electron's charge density into the O 2p orbitals in OH groups forming the solvation cavity. We used the results of these calculations to examine the structure of the molecular orbitals, the density of states, the absorption spectra in the visible and ultraviolet, the hyperfine coupling (hfc) tensors, and the IR and Raman spectra of the e-. The calculated hfc tensors were used to compute the EPR and ESEEM spectra for the e- that compared favorably to the experimental spectra of trapped e- in alkaline ice. The calculated vibrational spectra of the e- are consistent with the red-shifted bending and stretching frequencies observed in resonance Raman experiments. The model also accounts for the VIS and 190-nm absorption bands of the e-. Thus, our study suggests that to explain several important experimentally observed properties of the e-, many-electron effects must be accounted for.

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