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Ultrafast delocalization of excitation in synthetic light-harvesting nanorings

Published:2015 Issue:1 Volume:6 Page:181-189
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Yong Chaw-Keong¹²³⁴⁵,Parkinson Patrick¹²³⁴⁵,Kondratuk Dmitry V.¹⁶⁷⁴⁵,Chen Wei-Hsin¹²³⁴⁵,Stannard Andrew⁸⁹¹⁰⁵,Summerfield Alex⁸⁹¹⁰⁵,Sprafke Johannes K.¹⁶⁷⁴⁵,O'Sullivan Melanie C.¹⁶⁷⁴⁵,Beton Peter H.⁸⁹¹⁰⁵,Anderson Harry L.¹⁶⁷⁴⁵,Herz Laura M.¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. University of Oxford

2. Department of Physics

3. Clarendon Laboratory

4. Oxford

5. UK

6. Department of Chemistry

7. Chemistry Research Laboratory

8. School of Physics & Astronomy

9. University of Nottingham

10. Nottingham

Abstract

When light is absorbed by a nanoring consisting of 6–24 porphyrin units, the excitation delocalizes over the whole molecule within 200 fs. Highly symmetric nanorings exhibit thermally enhanced super-radiance.

Funder

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/SC/C4SC02424A

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