Non-adiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics: Theory and applications for modeling photophysics in extended molecular materials

TR Nelson, AJ White, JA Bjorgaard, AE Sifain… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Optically active molecular materials, such as organic conjugated polymers and biological
systems, are characterized by strong coupling between electronic and vibrational degrees of …

Attosecond spectroscopy for the investigation of ultrafast dynamics in atomic, molecular and solid-state physics

R Borrego-Varillas, M Lucchini… - Reports on Progress in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the first demonstration of the generation of attosecond pulses (1 as= 10− 18 s) in the
extreme-ultraviolet spectral region, several measurement techniques have been introduced …

[HTML][HTML] Modern quantum chemistry with [Open] Molcas

F Aquilante, J Autschbach, A Baiardi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
MOLCAS/OpenMolcas is an ab initio electronic structure program providing a large set of
computational methods from Hartree–Fock and density functional theory to various …

Quantum chemical modeling of the photoinduced activity of multichromophoric biosystems: focus review

F Segatta, L Cupellini, M Garavelli… - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Multichromophoric biosystems represent a broad family with very diverse members, ranging
from light-harvesting pigment–protein complexes to nucleic acids. The former are designed …

Ultrafast spectroscopy of photoactive molecular systems from first principles: Where we stand today and where we are going

I Conti, G Cerullo, A Nenov… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Computational spectroscopy is becoming a mandatory tool for the interpretation of the
complex, and often congested, spectral maps delivered by modern non-linear multi-pulse …

Sulfur-based intramolecular hydrogen-bond: Excited-state hydrogen-bond on/off switch with dual room-temperature phosphorescence

ZY Liu, JW Hu, CH Huang, TH Huang… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report O–H----S hydrogen-bond (H-bond) formation and its excited-state intramolecular
H-bond on/off reaction unveiled by room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP). In this …

Electronic relaxation pathways in heavy-atom-free photosensitizers absorbing near-infrared radiation and exhibiting high yields of singlet oxygen generation

LA Ortiz-Rodríguez, SJ Hoehn, A Loredo… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heavy-atom-free photosensitizers (HAF-PSs) based on thionation of carbonyl groups of
readily accessible organic compounds are rapidly emerging as a versatile class of …

Following excited-state chemical shifts in molecular ultrafast x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

D Mayer, F Lever, D Picconi, J Metje… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The conversion of photon energy into other energetic forms in molecules is accompanied by
charge moving on ultrafast timescales. We directly observe the charge motion at a specific …

Direct temporal characterization of sub-3-fs deep UV pulses generated by resonant dispersive wave emission

M Reduzzi, M Pini, L Mai, F Cappenberg, L Colaizzi… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report on the complete temporal characterization of ultrashort pulses, generated by
resonant dispersive wave emission in gas-filled hollow-capillary fibers, with energy in the …

Photodissociation mechanisms of major mercury (II) species in the atmospheric chemical cycle of mercury

A Francés‐Monerris, J Carmona‐García… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury is a contaminant of global concern that is transported throughout the atmosphere as
elemental mercury Hg0 and its oxidized forms HgI and HgII. The efficient gas‐phase …