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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Intermolecular vibrational coherence in bacteriochlorophyll a with clustered polar solvent molecules.
Journal of Physical Chemistry. B 2006 October 20
We show that resonant impulsive excitation of the Qy absorption band of bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl) launches a rapidly damped (gamma < 200 fs) ground-state coherent wave-packet motion that arises from intermolecular modes with clustered solvent molecules. Femtosecond pump-probe, dynamic-absorption signals were obtained at room temperature with BChl solutions in pyridine, acetone, and 1-propanol. The vibrational coherence observed in the 0-800-fs regime is modeled in the time domain by two (or three, in the case of 1-propanol) modulation components with asymmetric, inhomogeneously broadened line shapes and frequencies in the 100-200-cm(-1) range. The mean frequency of the vibrational coherence exhibits at least a quadratic dependence on the dipole moment of the solvent molecules and a y-intercept in the 100-cm(-1) regime. This trend is modeled by an expression for the natural frequency of a "6-12" potential composed of attractive terms from van der Waals forces and a repulsive term from the exchange (Pauli exclusion) force. The model suggests that comparable contributions to the potential are provided by the dipole-dipole and London dispersion interactions. These results support the hypothesis that the low-frequency vibrational modes in the 100-cm(-1) regime that are coupled to the light-driven charge-separation reactions in the reaction center from purple bacteria are derived from intermolecular vibrational modes between the chromophores and the surrounding protein medium.
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