Light to shape the future: from photolithography to 4D printing

J del Barrio… - Advanced Optical Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few decades, the demand of polymeric structures with well‐defined features of
different size, dimension, and functionality has increased from various application areas …

From nanoscopic to macroscopic photo-driven motion in azobenzene-containing materials

SL Oscurato, M Salvatore, P Maddalena… - Nanophotonics, 2018 - degruyter.com
The illumination of azobenzene molecules with UV/visible light efficiently converts the
molecules between trans and cis isomerization states. Isomerization is accompanied by a …

Decoherence-induced surface hop**

HM Jaeger, S Fischer, OV Prezhdo - The Journal of chemical physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
A simple surface hop** method for nonadiabatic molecular dynamics is developed. The
method derives from a stochastic modeling of the time-dependent Schrödinger and master …

Molecular photochemistry: recent developments in theory

S Mai, L González - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photochemistry is a fascinating branch of chemistry that is concerned with molecules and
light. However, the importance of simulating light‐induced processes is reflected also in …

First-principles calculations of excited-state decay rate constants in organic fluorophores

MT do Casal, K Veys, MHE Bousquet… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we discuss recent advances made to evaluate from first-principles the
excited-state decay rate constants of organic fluorophores, focusing on the so-called static …

An overview of nonadiabatic dynamics simulations methods, with focus on the direct approach versus the fitting of potential energy surfaces

M Persico, G Granucci - Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2014 - Springer
We review state-of-the-art nonadiabatic molecular dynamics methods, with focus on the
comparison of two general strategies: the “direct” one, in which the potential energy surfaces …

Identification of unavoided crossings in nonadiabatic photoexcited dynamics involving multiple electronic states in polyatomic conjugated molecules

S Fernandez-Alberti, AE Roitberg, T Nelson… - The Journal of chemical …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Radiationless transitions between electronic excited states in polyatomic molecules take
place through unavoided crossings of the potential energy surfaces with substantial non …

Strong coupling with light enhances the photoisomerization quantum yield of azobenzene

J Fregoni, G Granucci, M Persico, S Corni - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
The strong coupling between molecules and photons in resonant cavities offers a new
toolbox to manipulate photochemical reactions. Although the quenching of photochemical …

Investigating the Photodynamics of trans-Azobenzene with Coupled Trajectories

C Pieroni, E Sangiogo Gil, LM Ibele… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this work, we present the first implementation of coupled-trajectory Tully surface hop**
(CT-TSH) suitable for applications to molecular systems. We combine CT-TSH with the …

Extensive analysis of the parameters influencing radiative rates obtained through vibronic calculations

MHE Bousquet, TV Papineau, K Veys… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Defining a theoretical model systematically delivering accurate ab initio predictions of the
fluorescence quantum yields of organic dyes is highly desirable for designing improved …