Energy transport in molecules is essential for many areas of science and technology. Strong
covalent bonds of a molecular backbone can facilitate the involvement of the molecule's …

Vibrational energy exchange between various degrees of freedom is critical to barrier-
crossing processes in proteins. Hemeproteins are well suited for studying vibrational energy …

Propelling a ground state reaction by mode-specific vibrational excitation via infrared (IR)
light offers a novel route to carry out ground state chemistry. Here, we describe the …

Problems of heat transport are ubiquitous to various technologies such as power generation,
cooling, electronics, and thermoelectrics. In this paper, we advocate for the application of the …

In an effort to increase the speed and efficiency of ballistic energy transport via oligomeric
chains, we performed measurements of the transport in compounds featuring long alkyl …

Thermalization in molecular junctions and the extent to which it mediates thermal transport
through the junction are explored and illustrated with computational modeling of …

Studies on photoreceptors provide a wealth of information on cofactor and protein dynamics
on the microsecond to seconds time-scale. Up to now, ultrafast dynamics addresses mainly …

We discovered a way to funnel high-frequency vibrational quanta rapidly and
unidirectionally over large distances using oligo (p-phenylene) chains. After mid-IR photon …

Transport of vibrational energy via linear alkyl molecular chains can occur efficiently and
with a high speed. This study addresses the question of how such transport is changed if an …

Optical phonons serve as the fast and efficient carriers of energy across periodic polymers
due to their delocalization, large group velocity because of covalent bonding, and large …