Résumé
Peptide chains can model endogenous biotags for applications in second-harmonic imaging microscopy. Such structures are flexible which may strongly affect their structure-property relationship. Here, we explore quantum-mechanically the conformational space of a set of tryptophan-rich model peptides. This has become feasible because of the recently proposed meta-dynamics method based on efficient tight-binding (TB) calculations. The TB version of the simplified time-dependent density functional theory (sTD-DFT-xTB) method is used to evaluate the first hyperpolarizability (β). These new tools enable us to calculate nonlinear optical properties for systems with several thousand atoms and/or to screen large structure ensembles. First, we show that the indole chromophore in tryptophan residues dominates the β response of these systems. Their relative orientation mostly determines the global β tensor and affects the static β response. The results underline the importance of finding low-energy conformers for modeling β of flexible molecules. Additionally, we compare calculated and extrapolated experimental static β. The sTD-DFT-xTB method is capable of providing reliable second-harmonic generation values for tryptophan-rich systems at a fraction of the computational cost of the commonly used TD-DFT/TD-HF levels of theory.
langue originale | Anglais |
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Pages (de - à) | 2568-2578 |
Nombre de pages | 11 |
journal | Journal of physical chemistry B |
Volume | 124 |
Numéro de publication | 13 |
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Etat de la publication | Publié - 2 avr. 2020 |
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