Table 2 The energies of the HOMO (EH), and LUMO (EL) with reference to vacuum, water and acetonitrile of Ber+ cation and EDOT in selected media calculated using the B3LYP functional and 6-31G(d) basis set together with respective energy gaps, Eg.

From: Computational analysis and experimental verification of donor–acceptor behaviour of berberine, and its co-oligomers and co-polymers with ethylenedıoxythıophene

Solvation model

Ber+

EDOT

EH/eV

EL/eV

Eg/eV

EH /eV

EL/eV

Eg/eV

Vacuum (g)

 − 8.495

 − 5.549

2.846

 − 5.745

 − 0.033

5.712

Water

 − 5.858

 − 2.613

3.245

 − 5.914

 − 0.156

5.758

Acetonitrile

 − 5.687

 − 2.984

2.694

 − 5.909

 − 0.141

5.768