J. Martensson, CALCULATION OF THE FORSTER ORIENTATION FACTOR FOR DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEMS WITH ONE CHROMOPHORE OF THREEFOLD OR HIGHER SYMMETRY - ZINC PORPHYRIN, Chemical physics letters, 229(4-5), 1994, pp. 449-456
Three different methods of calculation of the Forster orientation fact
or, K-2, for donor-acceptor systems in which one of the two chromophor
es have threefold or higher symmetry are discussed. Jablonski's symmet
rical planar oscillator, as well as two perpendicular linear oscillato
rs have been used as models for the transition dipole moment in the hi
ghly symmetrical chromophore. The methods of calculation are applied t
o zinc porphyrin-free base porphyrin donor-acceptor systems. The best
agreement between experimental energy transfer rates or efficiencies a
nd those calculated according to Forster theory is achieved when K, no
t K-2, is calculated as an average and then squared. The average is ta
ken either of an infinite number of K-values or of two K-values, depen
ding on the oscillator model used for the transition dipole moment in
the zinc porphyrin.