Expanded theory of H-and J-molecular aggregates: the effects of vibronic coupling and intermolecular charge transfer

NJ Hestand, FC Spano - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The electronic excited states of molecular aggregates and their photophysical signatures
have long fascinated spectroscopists and theoreticians alike since the advent of Frenkel …

Supramolecularly engineered J-aggregates based on perylene bisimide dyes

M Hecht, F Wurthner - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The discovery of the self-assembly of cyanine dyes into J-aggregates had a
major impact on the development of dye chemistry due to the emergence of new useful …

Photovoltaic concepts inspired by coherence effects in photosynthetic systems

JL Brédas, EH Sargent, GD Scholes - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
The past decade has seen rapid advances in our understanding of how coherent and
vibronic phenomena in biological photosynthetic systems aid in the efficient transport of …

Long-range energy transport in single supramolecular nanofibres at room temperature

AT Haedler, K Kreger, A Issac, B Wittmann, M Kivala… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Efficient transport of excitation energy over long distances is a key process in light-
harvesting systems, as well as in molecular electronics,,. However, in synthetic disordered …

Electronic energy migration in microtubules

AP Kalra, A Benny, SM Travis, EA Zizzi… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The repeating arrangement of tubulin dimers confers great mechanical strength to
microtubules, which are used as scaffolds for intracellular macromolecular transport in cells …

Molecular and supramolecular materials: From light-harvesting to quantum information science and technology

Y Zhang, CP Oberg, Y Hu, H Xu, M Yan… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The past two decades have witnessed immense advances in quantum information
technology (QIT), benefited by advances in physics, chemistry, biology, and materials …

Room-temperature micron-scale exciton migration in a stabilized emissive molecular aggregate

JR Caram, S Doria, DM Eisele, FS Freyria… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report 1.6±1 μm exciton transport in self-assembled supramolecular light-harvesting
nanotubes (LHNs) assembled from amphiphillic cyanine dyes. We stabilize LHNs in a …

Vibronic origin of long-lived coherence in an artificial molecular light harvester

J Lim, D Paleček, F Caycedo-Soler, CN Lincoln… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Natural and artificial light-harvesting processes have recently gained new interest.
Signatures of long-lasting coherence in spectroscopic signals of biological systems have …

Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy of photosynthetic systems

T Kondo, WJ Chen, GS Schlau-Cohen - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Photosynthesis begins when a network of pigment–protein complexes captures solar energy
and transports it to the reaction center, where charge separation occurs. When necessary …

A chirality-based quantum leap

CD Aiello, JM Abendroth, M Abbas, A Afanasev… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
There is increasing interest in the study of chiral degrees of freedom occurring in matter and
in electromagnetic fields. Opportunities in quantum sciences will likely exploit two main …