Coherent two-dimensional and broadband electronic spectroscopies

S Biswas, JW Kim, X Zhang, GD Scholes - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, coherent broadband spectroscopy has been widely used to
improve our understanding of ultrafast processes (eg, photoinduced electron transfer, proton …

Exciton transport in molecular aggregates–from natural antennas to synthetic chromophore systems

T Brixner, R Hildner, J Köhler… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The transport of excitation energy in molecular aggregates is of crucial importance for the
function of organic optoelectronic devices and next‐generation solar cells. First, this review …

Vibronic coherence in oxygenic photosynthesis

FD Fuller, J Pan, A Gelzinis, V Butkus, SS Senlik… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Photosynthesis powers life on our planet. The basic photosynthetic architecture consists of
antenna complexes that harvest solar energy and reaction centres that convert the energy …

Coherence in Chemistry: Foundations and Frontiers

JD Schultz, JL Yuly, EA Arsenault, K Parker… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Coherence refers to correlations in waves. Because matter has a wave-particle nature, it is
unsurprising that coherence has deep connections with the most contemporary issues in …

Coherence in energy transfer and photosynthesis

A Chenu, GD Scholes - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Ultrafast energy transfer is used to transmit electronic excitation among the many molecules
in photosynthetic antenna complexes. Recent experiments and theories have highlighted …

Experimental implementations of two-dimensional Fourier transform electronic spectroscopy

FD Fuller, JP Ogilvie - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) reveals connections between an optical
excitation at a given frequency and the signals it creates over a wide range of frequencies …

Exciton–vibrational coupling in the dynamics and spectroscopy of Frenkel excitons in molecular aggregates

M Schröter, SD Ivanov, J Schulze, SP Polyutov, Y Yan… - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
The influence of exciton–vibrational coupling on the optical and transport properties of
molecular aggregates is an old problem that gained renewed interest in recent years. On the …

Two-dimensional spectroscopy of a molecular dimer unveils the effects of vibronic coupling on exciton coherences

A Halpin, PJM Johnson, R Tempelaar, RS Murphy… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The observation of persistent oscillatory signals in multidimensional spectra of protein–
pigment complexes has spurred a debate on the role of coherence-assisted electronic …

Quantum effects in biology: golden rule in enzymes, olfaction, photosynthesis and magnetodetection

JC Brookes - Proceedings of the Royal Society A …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite certain quantum concepts, such as superposition states, entanglement,'spooky
action at a distance'and tunnelling through insulating walls, being somewhat …

Vibronic enhancement of algae light harvesting

JC Dean, T Mirkovic, ZSD Toa, DG Oblinsky… - Chem, 2016 - cell.com
Plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria use surprisingly sophisticated optimizations at the
quantum mechanical level to harvest the sun's energy. The observation of coherence …