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 …

Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis

AH Proppe, YC Li, A Aspuru-Guzik… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Capturing and converting solar energy into fuels and feedstocks is a global challenge that
spans numerous disciplines and fields of research. Billions of years of evolution have …

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 …

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 …

A new frontier in exciton transport: transient delocalization

AJ Sneyd, D Beljonne, A Rao - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Efficient exciton transport is crucial to the application of organic semiconductors (OSCs) in
light-harvesting devices. While the physics of exciton transport in highly disordered media is …

Microcavity-like exciton-polaritons can be the primary photoexcitation in bare organic semiconductors

R Pandya, RYS Chen, Q Gu, J Sung… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Strong-coupling between excitons and confined photonic modes can lead to the formation of
new quasi-particles termed exciton-polaritons which can display a range of interesting …

Cryo-EM of helical polymers

F Wang, O Gnewou, A Solemanifar… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
While the application of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to helical polymers in
biology has a long history, due to the huge number of helical macromolecular assemblies in …

Cooperative supramolecular block copolymerization for the synthesis of functional axial organic heterostructures

A Sarkar, T Behera, R Sasmal, R Capelli… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular block copolymerzation with optically or electronically complementary
monomers provides an attractive bottom-up approach for the non-covalent synthesis of …

Recent progress in utilizing near-infrared J-aggregates for imaging and cancer therapy

S Xu, HW Liu, SY Huan, L Yuan… - Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
J-Aggregates are an interesting class of fluorophore aggregates, which are formed by highly
ordered assembled organic dyes. They have intriguing optical properties, including narrow …

Electronic energy migration in microtubules

AP Kalra, A Benny, SM Travis, EA Zizzi… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The repeating arrangement of tubulin dimers confers great mechanical strength to
microtubules, which are used as scaffolds for intracellular macromolecular transport in cells …