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Accurate Modeling of the Polarizability of Dyes for Electromagnetic Calculations.

ABSTRACT: The wavelength-dependent complex linear polarizability of a dye is a crucial input for the modeling of the optical properties of dye-containing systems. We here propose and discuss methods to obtain an accurate polarizability model by combining absorption spectrum measurements, Kramers-Kronig (KK) tranformations, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We focus, in particular, on the real part of the polarizability and its link with static polarizability. In addition, we introduce simple KK-consistent analytic functions based on the theory of critical points as a much more accurate approach to model dye polarizabilities compared with existing models based on Lorentz oscillators. Accurate polarizability models based on critical points and DFT calculations of the static polarizability are derived for five commonly used dyes: Rhodamine 6G, Rhodamine 700, Crystal Violet, Nile Blue A, and Methylene Blue. Finally, we demonstrate explicitly, using examples of Mie Theory calculations of nanoparticle-dye interactions, how an inaccurate polarizability model can result in fundamentally different predictions, further emphasizing the importance of accurate models, such as the one proposed here.

SUBMITTER: Djorovic A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6640948 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Accurate Modeling of the Polarizability of Dyes for Electromagnetic Calculations.

Djorović Aleksa A Meyer Matthias M Darby Brendan L BL Le Ru Eric C EC

ACS omega 20170505 5

The wavelength-dependent complex linear polarizability of a dye is a crucial input for the modeling of the optical properties of dye-containing systems. We here propose and discuss methods to obtain an accurate polarizability model by combining absorption spectrum measurements, Kramers-Kronig (KK) tranformations, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We focus, in particular, on the real part of the polarizability and its link with static polarizability. In addition, we introduce simp ...[more]

PMID: 31457544

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