Quantum chemistry in the age of quantum computing

Y Cao, J Romero, JP Olson, M Degroote… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Practical challenges in simulating quantum systems on classical computers have been
widely recognized in the quantum physics and quantum chemistry communities over the …

Quantum chemical studies of light harvesting

C Curutchet, B Mennucci - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The design of optimal light-harvesting (supra) molecular systems and materials is one of the
most challenging frontiers of science. Theoretical methods and computational models play a …

Polaritons and excitons: Hamiltonian design for enhanced coherence

GD Scholes - Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The primary questions motivating this report are: Are there ways to increase coherence and
delocalization of excitation among many molecules at moderate electronic coupling …

Programmed coherent coupling in a synthetic DNA-based excitonic circuit

É Boulais, NPD Sawaya, R Veneziano, A Andreoni… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Natural light-harvesting systems spatially organize densely packed chromophore
aggregates using rigid protein scaffolds to achieve highly efficient, directed energy transfer …

How nature designs light-harvesting antenna systems: design principles and functional realization in chlorophototrophic prokaryotes

DA Bryant, DP Canniffe - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Chlorophyll-based phototrophs, or chlorophototrophs, convert light energy into stored
chemical potential energy using two types of photochemical reaction center (RC), denoted …

Dynamic disorder drives exciton transfer in tubular chlorosomal assemblies

X Li, F Buda, HJM de Groot… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chlorosomes stand out for their highly efficient excitation energy transfer (EET) in extreme
low light conditions. Yet, little is known about the EET when a chlorosome is excited to a …

The hierarchical and perturbative forms of stochastic Schrödinger equations and their applications to carrier dynamics in organic materials

YC Wang, Y Ke, Y Zhao - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A number of non‐Markovian stochastic Schrödinger equations, ranging from the numerically
exact hierarchical form toward a series of perturbative expressions sequentially presented in …

Emulation of complex open quantum systems using superconducting qubits

S Mostame, J Huh, C Kreisbeck, AJ Kerman… - Quantum Information …, 2017 - Springer
With quantum computers being out of reach for now, quantum simulators are alternative
devices for efficient and accurate simulation of problems that are challenging to tackle using …

Contrasting Modes of Self-Assembly and Hydrogen-Bonding Heterogeneity in Chlorosomes of Chlorobaculum tepidum

X Li, F Buda, HJM De Groot… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Chlorosome antennae form an interesting class of materials for studying the role of structural
motifs and dynamics in nonadiabatic energy transfer. They perform robust and highly …

On the long-range exciton transport in molecular systems: The application to H-aggregated heterotriangulene chains

SK Saikin, MA Shakirov, C Kreisbeck… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled aggregates of pigment molecules are potential building blocks for excitonic
circuits that find their application in energy conversion and optical signal processing. Recent …