Molecular polaritons for chemistry, photonics and quantum technologies

B **ang, W **ong - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Molecular polaritons are quasiparticles resulting from the hybridization between molecular
and photonic modes. These composite entities, bearing characteristics inherited from both …

Infrared difference spectroscopy of proteins: from bands to bonds

VA Lorenz-Fonfria - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Infrared difference spectroscopy probes vibrational changes of proteins upon their
perturbation. Compared with other spectroscopic methods, it stands out by its sensitivity to …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular polaritons for controlling chemistry with quantum optics

F Herrera, J Owrutsky - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This is a tutorial-style introduction to the field of molecular polaritons. We describe the basic
physical principles and consequences of strong light–matter coupling common to molecular …

Cavity catalysis by cooperative vibrational strong coupling of reactant and solvent molecules

J Lather, P Bhatt, A Thomas… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we report the catalytic effect of vibrational strong coupling (VSC) on the solvolysis of
para‐nitrophenyl acetate (PNPA), which increases the reaction rate by an order of …

Structure of the amide I band of peptides measured by femtosecond nonlinear-infrared spectroscopy

P Hamm, M Lim, RM Hochstrasser - The Journal of Physical …, 1998 - ACS Publications
Femtosecond infrared (IR) pump probe and dynamic hole burning experiments were used to
examine the ultrafast response of the modes in the 1600− 1700 cm-1 region (the so-called …

Coherent coupling between a molecular vibration and Fabry–Perot optical cavity to give hybridized states in the strong coupling limit

JP Long, BS Simpkins - ACS photonics, 2015 - ACS Publications
The coherent coupling between an optical transition and a confined optical mode, when
sufficiently strong, gives rise to a new pair of mixed modes separated in frequency by the …

Ultrafast electron transfer dynamics from molecular adsorbates to semiconductor nanocrystalline thin films

JB Asbury, E Hao, Y Wang, HN Ghosh… - The Journal of Physical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Interfacial electron transfer (ET) between semiconductor nanomaterials and molecular
adsorbates is an important fundamental process that is relevant to applications of these …

Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of hydrogen bonds in the condensed phase

ETJ Nibbering, T Elsaesser - Chemical Reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonding represents one of the fundamental types of chemical bonding and
underlies the structure of a large variety of molecular systems, among them liquids …

Ultrafast electron transfer at the molecule-semiconductor nanoparticle interface

NA Anderson, T Lian - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Electron transfer across the molecule-semiconductor interface is a fundamental
process that is relevant to many applications of nanoparticles, such as dye-sensitized solar …

DNA excited-state dynamics: Ultrafast internal conversion and vibrational cooling in a series of nucleosides

JML Pecourt, J Peon, B Kohler - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
To better understand DNA photodamage, several nucleosides were studied by femtosecond
transient absorption spectroscopy. A 263-nm, 150-fs ultraviolet pump pulse excited each …