Coherent excitation transfer driven by torsional dynamics: A model Hamiltonian for PPV type systems

Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-551

  Sterpone, Fabio ^a   Martinazzo, Rocco ^b   Panda, Aditya N ^c   Burghardt, Irene ^c,d  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excitation energy transfer; Excitons; Quantum coherence; Quantum dynamics; Semiconducting polymers

Indexed keywords

BOND LENGTH; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION ENERGY; EXCITONS; GEOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

BOND LENGTH ALTERNATION COORDINATE; COHERENT EXCITATIONS; MULTICONFIGURATION; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM DYNAMICAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; TORSIONAL DISPLACEMENTS; TORSIONAL DYNAMICS;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 79956118079     PISSN: 09429352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2011.0117     Document Type: Article

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