Bardak, FBardak, CKaraca, CKose, EBilgili, SAtac, A2024-07-182024-07-180167-73221873-3166http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/1839Nonlinear optical phenomena play significant roles in the bulk properties and responsive characteristics of ionic liquids, especially when used under strong electric fields. The variability of the anion-cation pair in ionic liquids makes them designer solvents; thus, the anion or cation dependency of the physicochemical properties should be understood in depth. Accordingly, the electric field-induced characteristics of eight ionic liquids with [Br] , [BE4] , [PF6] , [Ac] , [TFAc] , [MS] , [NTf2] , and [Tos] anions paired with the 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium cation were investigated using density functional theory modeling at four theoretical levels: B3LYP-6-31G(d), M06-2X 6-31G(d), M06-2X 6-311++G(d,p), and M06-2X aug-ccPVTZ. The frontier molecular orbitals, electrostatic potential surface, and electron density difference maps were obtained to visualize the electrostatic characteristics. The permanent electric dipole moment, linear electric polarizability, and first-order and second-order hyperpolarizabilities were also determined. While the static dipole moment and dipole polarizabilities could be obtained using low-level quantum chemistry at a satisfactory level, the functionalization of more intensive methods was required to accurately obtain the nonlinear optical properties. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.EnglishKERR-EFFECT SPECTRAMOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONSNANOSTRUCTURAL ORGANIZATIONSPECTROSCOPIC FEATURESPOPULATION ANALYSISSOLVENTFIELDMIXTURESPROTEINSINSIGHTSArticle