Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Coherent exciton-vibrational dynamics and energy transfer in conjugated organics

  • Tammie R. Nelson,
  • Dianelys Ondarse-Alvarez,
  • Nicolas Oldani,
  • Beatriz Rodriguez-Hernandez,
  • Laura Alfonso-Hernandez,
  • Johan F. Galindo,
  • Valeria D. Kleiman,
  • Sebastian Fernandez-Alberti,
  • Adrian E. Roitberg,
  • Sergei Tretiak

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04694-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Interference patterns in photoexcited dynamics of many materials have historically been attributed to electronic and vibrational coherences. Here, the authors demonstrate a simple model based on wavefunction symmetry suggesting these coherences originate from non-adiabatic transitions for optically active molecules.