Two-dimensional spectroscopy of a molecular dimer unveils the effects of vibronic coupling on exciton coherences

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 196-201

  Halpin, Alexei ^a   Johnson, Philip J M ^a   Tempelaar, Roel ^b   Murphy, R Scott ^c   Knoester, Jasper ^b   Jansen, Thomas L C ^b   Miller, R J Dwayne ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MATTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

DIMERIZATION; ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84895134281     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1834     Document Type: Article

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