Table 2 Comparison of average internal conversion time constants obtained from a first-order irreversible population model for B → Qx1) and Qx → Qy2) pathways using various numbers of independent trajectories taken randomly from the total pool of 500 NA-ESMD trajectories.

From: Non-radiative relaxation of photoexcited chlorophylls: theoretical and experimental study

Mol.

Num. of

τ1 (fs)

τ2 (fs)

Traj.

ChlA

100

99.3 ± 4.5

128 ± 8

 

200

99.2 ± 2.6

128 ± 5

 

300

99.2 ± 1.7

128 ± 3

 

400

99.2 ± 1.1

128 ± 2

 

500

99.2

128

ChlA

100

57.9 ± 5.7

208 ± 12

 

200

57.9 ± 3.3

208 ± 7

 

300

57.9 ± 2.2

208 ± 5

 

400

57.9 ± 1.4

208 ± 3

 

500

57.9

208

  1. The error bars represent the standard deviation.