Dynamics of excitons in conjugated molecules and organic semiconductor systems

OP Dimitriev - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The exciton, an excited electron–hole pair bound by Coulomb attraction, plays a key role in
photophysics of organic molecules and drives practically important phenomena such as …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Numerically “exact” approach to open quantum dynamics: The hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM)

Y Tanimura - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
An open quantum system refers to a system that is further coupled to a bath system
consisting of surrounding radiation fields, atoms, molecules, or proteins. The bath system is …

Organic optoelectronic materials: mechanisms and applications

O Ostroverkhova - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Organic (opto) electronic materials have received considerable attention due to their
applications in thin-film-transistors, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, sensors, photorefractive …

Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

GD Scholes, GR Fleming, LX Chen, A Aspuru-Guzik… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Coherence phenomena arise from interference, or the addition, of wave-like amplitudes with
fixed phase differences. Although coherence has been shown to yield transformative ways …

Molecular aggregate photophysics beyond the Kasha model: novel design principles for organic materials

NJ Hestand, FC Spano - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The transport and photophysical properties of organic molecular aggregates,
films, and crystals continue to receive widespread attention, driven mainly by expanding …

Resonance energy transfer: from fundamental theory to recent applications

GA Jones, DS Bradshaw - Frontiers in Physics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Resonance energy transfer (RET), the transport of electronic energy from one atom or
molecule to another, has significant importance to a number of diverse areas of science …

From a quantum-electrodynamical light–matter description to novel spectroscopies

M Ruggenthaler, N Tancogne-Dejean, J Flick… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Insights from spectroscopic experiments led to the development of quantum mechanics as
the common theoretical framework for describing the physical and chemical properties of …

Ultrafast electron dynamics in solar energy conversion

CS Ponseca Jr, P Chábera, J Uhlig, P Persson… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

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 …