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Article Citation - WoS: 18Citation - Scopus: 18A Computational Study on the Excited State Properties of a Cationic Cyanine Dye: Ttbc(Elsevier Ltd., 2011) Karaca, Sıla; Elmacı Irmak, Nuran; Elmacı, NuranThe ground and excited state behaviors of a biologically important mitochondria selective dye, 5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1,1',3,3'-tetraethyl-benzimidazolo carbocyanine (TTBC), were investigated in order to give useful information related to the enhancement of its electronic and optical properties. DFT and TDDFT levels of theory with different functionals and basis sets were used. The results obtained by using PBEPBE/6-31+G(d,p)/C-PCM are in good agreement with the experiments. The potential energy surface sections of TTBC were explored and the geometry optimized in the first excited state, S 1, to analyze the fluorescence spectrum of the dye. There are two distinct minima on the S 1 surface, one located near the ground state geometry and an energetically favorable twisted geometry, having a charge transfer character. The observation of similar ground and excited state dipoles as well as solvent-independent fluorescence and absorption wavelengths reveals that there is no competition between the two minima; the emission is dominantly coming from the more planar configuration.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 11A Theoretical Study on the Ground and Excited State Behaviors of Ttbc Related Carbocyanine Dyes(Elsevier Ltd., 2009) Karaca, Sıla; Elmacı, NuranThe effects of functional groups on the benzimidazole rings, length of the conjugated chain and alkyl groups bonded to the nitrogen atoms on the ground and excited state behaviors of the 1,1′,3,3′-tetraethyl-5,5′,6,6′-tetrachlorobenzimidazolocarbocyanine (TTBC or JC-1) have been analyzed via quantum chemical methods. DFT and TDDFT with B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory were used for the ground and excited state calculations, respectively. It has been found that TTBC has a very rigid geometry; no significant effect of functional groups has been predicted either as donor or acceptor on its optimum structure. However, the length of alkyl groups changes the structure of the molecule. It is possible to increase λmax of TTBC based carbocyanine dye with NH2, butyl/propyl and increasing polymethine chain length.