The response of an extended periodic system to a homogeneous field ~of wave-vector q50) cannot be obtained from a q50 time-dependent density functional theory ~TDDFT! calculation, because the RungeGross theorem does not apply. Time-dependent current–density functional theory is needed and demonstrates that one key ingredient missing from TDDFT is the macroscopic current. In the low-frequency li...

Article history: Received 19 April 2008 Received in revised form 2 June 2008 Accepted 15 July 2008 Available online 19 July 2008 PACS: 71.15.-m 71.15.Mb 71.15.Dx

We have studied the medium effects on the frequency-dependent polarizability of water by separating the total polarizability of water clusters into polarizabilities of the individual water molecules. A classical frequency-dependent dipole–dipole interaction model based on classical electrostatics and an Unsöld dispersion formula has been used. It is shown that the model reproduces the polarizab...

In this work we investigated by density functional theory (DFT)/time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) supramolecular complexes for photoinitiated electron collection, in particular [{(bpy)2Ru(dpp)}2RhCl2] and related catalysts derived by variation of the ligand/metal. The electron collection in this class of catalysts enables hydrogen production or DNA cleavage, among other applications. Changes in excita...

two organic compounds (sc-23=(e)-2-cyano-3-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl) acrylic acid and sc-25=(e)-2-cyano-3-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl) acrylic acid) involving methoxy groups as the electron donor and cyanoacrylic acid group as the electron acceptor have been investigated for dye sensitized solar cells. they shows a short-circuit current density (jsc) of 2.08 and 1.81 ma cm-2, an open circuit voltage (voc)...

A new method has been developed within the framework of density functional theory to aid in the study of the dielectric properties of multi-component systems, with explicit treatment of surface and interface effects. Specially, we have determined the position dependent dielectric constant profiles for Si–SiO2 and SiO2polymer systems.We find that at regions close to surfaces and interfaces, the ...

Binding energy spectra and orbital momentum distributions of the two most stable conformers of L-alanine are investigated. Molecular properties such as geometry and dipole moments agree well with available experimental and previous theoretical investigations. Dual space analysis is employed to study the binding energy spectra in coordinate space based on B3LYP/TZVP density functional calculatio...