Theoretical advances in polariton chemistry and molecular cavity quantum electrodynamics

A Mandal, MAD Taylor, BM Weight… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
When molecules are coupled to an optical cavity, new light–matter hybrid states, so-called
polaritons, are formed due to quantum light–matter interactions. With the experimental …

The rise and current status of polaritonic photochemistry and photophysics

R Bhuyan, J Mony, O Kotov, GW Castellanos… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The interaction between molecular electronic transitions and electromagnetic fields can be
enlarged to the point where distinct hybrid light–matter states, polaritons, emerge. The …

From enhanced diffusion to ultrafast ballistic motion of hybrid light–matter excitations

M Balasubrahmaniyam, A Simkhovich, A Golombek… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Transport of excitons and charge carriers in molecular systems can be enhanced by
coherent coupling to photons, giving rise to the formation of hybrid excitations known as …

Cavity-enhanced energy transport in molecular systems

G Sandik, J Feist, FJ García-Vidal, T Schwartz - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Molecules are the building blocks of all of nature's functional components, serving as the
machinery that captures, stores and releases energy or converts it into useful work …

Multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations of enhanced energy transfer in organic molecules under strong coupling

I Sokolovskii, RH Tichauer, D Morozov, J Feist… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Exciton transport can be enhanced in the strong coupling regime where excitons hybridize
with confined light modes to form polaritons. Because polaritons have group velocity, their …

Microscopic theory of multimode polariton dispersion in multilayered materials

A Mandal, D Xu, A Mahajan, J Lee, M Delor… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
We develop a microscopic theory for the multimode polariton dispersion in materials
coupled to cavity radiation modes. Starting from a microscopic light–matter Hamiltonian, we …

Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo approach to the polaritonic ground state

BM Weight, S Tretiak, Y Zhang - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Making and using polaritonic states (ie, hybrid electron-photon states) for chemical
applications has recently become one of the most prominent and active fields that connects …

Long-range energy transfer in strongly coupled donor–acceptor phototransistors

P Bhatt, J Dutta, K Kaur, J George - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Strong light–matter coupling offers a way to tailor the optoelectronic properties of materials.
Energy transfer between strongly coupled donor–acceptor pairs shows remarkable …

Mechanism of Molecular Polariton Decoherence in the Collective Light–Matter Couplings Regime

BXK Chng, W Ying, Y Lai, AN Vamivakas… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Molecular polaritons, the hybridization of electronic states in molecules with photonic
excitation inside a cavity, play an important role in fundamental quantum science and …

Controlling Electron Mobility of Strongly Coupled Organic Semiconductors in Mirrorless Cavities

K Kaur, B Johns, P Bhatt… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent experiments on the strong light‐matter coupling between an organic semiconductor
and a plasmonic mode propose an unconventional way to enhance conductivity. Herein, it is …