Objective Electronic excitations play an important role in several biological processes, such as photosynthesis and vision, as well as in technological applications like lighting materials---making the calculation of excitation energies an interesting and up-to-date challenge.Of special interest are influences of solvent molecules such as water or acetone.Typically (time-dependent) density-functional theory is used for larger systems but is not appropriate when charge-transfer comes into play.We propose to study local (charge-transfer) excitations of molecules in solution by embedding wave-function theory (WFT) in density-functional theory (DFT) and explicitly taking into account the coupling of the subsystems which is expected to be crucial for high accuracy.As an accurate but cost-efficient method, we will use the coupled-cluster CC2 model for the wave-function part and derive equations which contain the coupling of the WFT part and the environment to be described with DFT.This model can easily be extended to CCSD or CCSD(T) at a later stage.The new equations will then be implemented in a computer program.The proposed work consists not only of method development but also of the application of the newly developed tools to state-of-the-art chemical questions.With the new methodology, we are able to compute accurate excitation energies for complex solvated systems.This enables us to model light harvesting components of biologically inspired photosynthetic devices that are currently under development in Amsterdam. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesbotany Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF - Marie-Curie Action: "Intra-European fellowships for career development" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) Coordinator STICHTING VU Address De boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Yvonne Kops (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address De boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Dirkje Schinkelshoek (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
