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 …

Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

E Fresch, FVA Camargo, Q Shen, CC Bellora… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) is a popular technique that can track
ultrafast coherent and incoherent processes in real time. Since its development in the late …

Accelerating symmetry-breaking charge separation in a perylenediimide trimer through a vibronically coherent dimer intermediate

C Lin, T Kim, JD Schultz, RM Young… - Nature chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the photophysics and photochemistry of molecular π-stacked chromophores
is important for utilizing them as functional photonic materials. However, these investigations …

Coherent two-dimensional and broadband electronic spectroscopies

S Biswas, JW Kim, X Zhang, GD Scholes - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, coherent broadband spectroscopy has been widely used to
improve our understanding of ultrafast processes (eg, photoinduced electron transfer, proton …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum biology: An update and perspective

Y Kim, F Bertagna, EM D'souza, DJ Heyes… - Quantum …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the rules of life is one of the most important scientific endeavours and has
revolutionised both biology and biotechnology. Remarkable advances in observation …

Ultrafast electron dynamics in solar energy conversion

CS Ponseca Jr, P Chábera, J Uhlig, P Persson… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

The future of quantum biology

A Marais, B Adams, AK Ringsmuth… - Journal of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biological systems are dynamical, constantly exchanging energy and matter with the
environment in order to maintain the non-equilibrium state synonymous with living …

2D electronic spectroscopic techniques for quantum technology applications

E Collini - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021 - ACS Publications
2D electronic spectroscopy (2DES) techniques have gained particular interest given their
capability of following ultrafast coherent and noncoherent processes in real-time. Although …

Quantum effects in biology: golden rule in enzymes, olfaction, photosynthesis and magnetodetection

JC Brookes - Proceedings of the Royal Society A …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite certain quantum concepts, such as superposition states, entanglement,'spooky
action at a distance'and tunnelling through insulating walls, being somewhat …

[HTML][HTML] Vibronic mixing enables ultrafast energy flow in light-harvesting complex II

EA Arsenault, Y Yoneda, M Iwai, KK Niyogi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Since the discovery of quantum beats in the two-dimensional electronic spectra of
photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes over a decade ago, the origin and mechanistic …