Acct. chem. Res.: a monograph on the mechanism of excited state proton transfer was published by hankeli research team, Dalian Institute of chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The research work of hankley team in the State Key Laboratory of molecular reaction kinetics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the field of excited state proton transfer mechanism has been widely concerned by the international peers Recently, the team was invited to publish a monograph titled "unraveling the detailed mechanism of exceeded state proton transfer" on accounts of chemical research In this paper, a series of work of the research team on the theory of excited state proton transfer mechanism since 2009 is summarized, the theoretical calculation methods used in the research work are commented, and the future development and opportunities in this field are prospected (DOI: 10.1021 / accounts Accounts 8b00172) Excited state proton transfer is one of the most basic and important processes in organism The fluorescent probe based on this process has a broad application prospect Therefore, it is not only of great biological significance to study the mechanism of excited state proton transfer at the level of atom and molecule, but also of theoretical guidance for the design and synthesis of new fluorescent probe molecules In 2009, hankley's research team first used the time-dependent density functional method to study the excited state biproton transfer between 2-aminopyridine and acetic acid internationally, which confirmed that the excited state biproton transfer of the system is a step-by-step (Phys Chem Chem Phys.) After that, the team studied the detection mechanism of a series of fluorescence probes (wires compute Mol SCI ）The influence of intermolecular hydrogen bond on the excited intramolecular proton transfer, the competition mechanism between the torsion process and the excited state proton transfer, and the solvent assisted excited state proton transfer mechanism were studied in detail The team's research results not only verified and modified the excited state proton transfer mechanism proposed by the Experimental Research Institute, but also proposed some new mechanisms (j.phys Chem B), which were soon confirmed by the experimental research (j.phys Chem Lett.) This work is supported by NSFC key fund, general fund and national basic science research plan (challenge plan).