Rechargeable batteries have become indispensable implements in our daily life and are
considered a promising technology to construct sustainable energy systems in the future …

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 …

Over the past decade, the use of photocatalysts (PCs) in controlled polymerization has
brought new opportunities in sophisticated macromolecular synthesis. However, the …

Deep understanding of the inherent luminescence mechanism is essential for the
development of aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) materials and applications. We first …

Electronically excited states of molecules are at the heart of photochemistry, photophysics,
as well as photobiology and also play a role in material science. Their theoretical description …

Theoretical simulations of electronic excitations and associated processes in molecules are
indispensable for fundamental research and technological innovations. However, such …

Nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NA-MD) is a powerful tool to model far-from-equilibrium
processes, such as photochemical reactions and charge transport. NA-MD application to …

Nonadiabatic effects are ubiquitous in photophysics and photochemistry, and therefore,
many theoretical developments have been made to properly describe them. Conical …

Femtosecond nonlinear spectroscopy is the main tool for the time-resolved detection of
photophysical and photochemical processes. Since most systems of chemical interest are …

Over the last few decades, conical intersections (CoIns) have grown from theoretical
curiosities into common mechanistic features of photochemical reactions, whose function is …