Center for Excitonics

Publications, 2010 - MIT-Harvard Center for Excitonics

2010

Publications

  1. G. M. Akselrod, Y. R. Tischler, E. R. Young, D. G. Nocera, and V. Bulović, “Exciton-exciton annihilation in organic polariton microcavities,” Physical Review B 82, 113106 (2010), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.113106.
  2. E. Zimanyi and R. Silbey, “Unified treatment of incoherent and coherent energy transfer dynamics using classical electrodynamics,” J. Chem. Phys. 133, 144107 (2010), DOI:10.1063/1.3488136.
  3. Y. Shirasaki, P.O. Anikeeva, J.R. Tischler, M.S. Bradley, V. Bulović, “Efficient Förster energy transfer from phosphorescent organic molecules to J-aggregate thin films,” Chemical Physics Letters 485, 243–246 (2010), doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.017.
  4. Duan, Huigao; Manfrinato, Vitor R; Yang, Joel K.W.; Winston, Donald; Cord, Bryan M; and Berggren, K. K.,”Metrology for electron-beam lithography and resist contrast at the sub-10 nm scale,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 28, C6H11 (2010), doi;10.1116/1.3501359.
  5. Kim, Ji-Hyun; and Cao, Jianshu, “Optimal Efficiency of Self-Assembling Light-Harvesting Arrays,“ J. Phys. Chem. B, 114 (49) , 16189–16197 (2010), doi:10.1021/jp106838k.
  6. Kowalczyk , T.; Yost, S. R.; and Van Voorhis, T. “Assessment of the ∆SCF density functional theory approach for electronic excitations in organic dyes,”J. Chem. Phys., 134, 054128 (2010), doi:10.1063/1.3530801.
  7. S. Yeganeh and T. Van Voorhis, “Triplet Excitation Energy Transfer with Constrained Density Functional Theory,” J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 20756 (2010), 10.1021/jp106989t.
  8. M. Scott Bradley and Vladimir Bulović, “Intracavity optical pumping of J-aggregate microcavity exciton polaritons,” Physical Review B 82, 033305 (2010).
  9. Xin Chen and Robert J. Silbey, “Effects of correlation of local fluctuations on exciton coherence”, Journal of Chemical Physics,132, 204503 (2010); doi:10.1063/1.3435211.
  10. E.V. Emelianova, S. Athanasopoulos, R.J. Silbey, D. Beljonne , 2D excitons as primary energy carriers in organic crystals. The case of oligoacenes. Physical Review Letters,Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206405 (2010), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.206405.
  11. Patrick Rebentrost, Michael Stopa, and Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Förster Coupling in Nanoparticle Excitonic Circuits.Nano Lett., 2010, 10 (8), pp 2849–2856, DOI: 10.1021/nl1008647, July 16, 2010.
  12. J. D. Whitfield, C. A. Rodriguez-Rosario, A. Aspuru-Guzik. Quantum stochastic walks: A generalization of classical random walks and quantum walks . Phys. Rev. A 81, 022323 (2010), doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.022323.
  13. A. Perdomo, L. Vogt, A. Najmaie and A. Aspuru-Guzik, Engineering directed excitonic energy transfer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 093114 (2010). Also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 21(11) (2010), doi/10.1063/1.3323108.
  14. C. A. Rodriguez-Rosario, K. Modi, A. Aspuru-Guzik. Linear Assignment Maps for Correlated System-Environment States. Phys. Rev. A 81, 012313 (2010), doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.012313.
  15. Carlijn Mulder, Phil Reusswig, Amador Velázquez, Heekyung Kim, Carmel Rotschild, Marc Baldo, Dye alignment in luminescent solar concentrators: I. Vertical alignment for improved waveguide coupling. Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 101, pp. A79-A90 (2010), doi: 10.1364/OE.18.000A79.
  16. C. L. Mulder, P. D. Reusswig, A. P. Beyler, H. Kim, C. Rotschild, M. A. Baldo, Dye alignment in luminescent solar concentrators: II. Horizontal alignment for energy harvesting in linear polarizers. Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 101, pp. A91-A99 (2010), doi.10.1364/OE.18.000A91
  17. Chan, J. M. W., Kooi, S. E., Swager, T.M., Synthesis of Stair-stepped Polymers Containing Dibenz[a,h]anthracene Subunits. Macromolecules, 43, 2789-2793 (2010), doi/10.1021/ma902486y.
  18. Jing Zhao, Gautham Nair, Brent R. Fisher, Moungi G. Bawendi. Challenge to the charging model of semiconductor-nanocrystal fluorescence intermittency from off-state quantum yields and multiexciton blinking. Physical Review Letters 104, 157403 (2010), doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.157403.

Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts

  1. P. Rebentrost, S. Shim, J. Yuen-Zhou and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “Characterization and quantification of the role of coherence in ultrafast quantum biological experiments using quantum master equations, atomistic simulations, and quantum process tomography,” Proceedings of the 22nd Solvay Conference in Chemistry, Belgium, October 2010, Procedia Chemistry 12/2010; 3(1). DOI: 10.1016/j.proche.2011.08.041.
  2. C. Rodriguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “Exciton transport as a quantum engine,” American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting, Boston MA, August 2010.
  3. Mulder, C.L., P.D. Reusswig, H. Kim, C. Rotschild, and M.A. Baldo, “Luminescent Solar Concentrators Employing Dyes Aligned by Liquid Crystals” , Frontiers of Renewable Energy Sciences and Technologies Workshop (F.O.R.E.S.T.), Cambridge, MA (Poster), September 2010.
  4. Jadhav, P.J., A. Mohanty, J. Sussman, J. Lee, and M.A. Baldo, “Using singlet fission to enhance the efficiency of organic semiconductor solar cells,” ICEL 2010, Ann Arbor, MI (Presentation), October 2010.
  5. Rotschild, C., M. Tomes, H. Mendoza, T. Carmon, and M.A. Baldo, “Luminescence Solar Concentrators: from optical heat pump toward solar pumped laser”, International Conference on Electroluminescence & Organic Optoelectronics (ICEL), Ann Arbor, MI (Presentation), October 2010.
  6. Jadhav, P.J., A. Mohanty, J. Sussman, J. Lee, and M.A. Baldo, “Organic solar cells exploiting singlet exciton fission for improved efficiency,” MRS Fall, Boston, MA (Poster), December 2010.
  7. Rotschild, C., M. Tomes, H. Mendoza, T. Carmon, and M.A. Baldo, “Luminescence Solar Concentrators: from optical heat pump toward solar pumped laser”,MRS Fall, Boston, MA (Poster), December 2010.
  8. Mulder, C.L., H. Kim, P.D. Reusswig, C. Rotschild, and M. A. Baldo, “Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Light Harvesting in Displays”, MIT MTL/MITEI Workshop on “Next Generation Microenergy Systems”, Cambridge, MA, (Poster), December 2010.
  9. Gautham Nair, Jing Zhao, Moungi G. Bawendi. Biexciton Quantum Yield of Single Semiconductor Nanocrystals. Materials Research Society Spring 2010 meeting. San Francisco, CA. April 6th, 2010, Moscone West Convention center.

Invited Presentations

  1. Aspuru-Guzik, “On the role of quantum coherence in photosynthetic energy transfer,” International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu HI, 16 December 2010.
  2. K. A. Nelson, “Multiple-quantum spectroscopy of multiexciton correlations,” December 19, 2010, Pacifichem, 2010, Honolulu.
  3. Baldo, M.A., “Indoor light harvesting with solar concentrators,” mEnergy conference, MIT, MA, December 2010.
  4. Rodriguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “Quantum coherence in photosynthetic exciton transport and TD-DFT for Open Quantum Systems,” Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany December 2010.
  5. Rodriguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “Quantum coherence in photosynthetic exciton transport,” Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos NM, December 2010.
  6. Rodriguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “Decoherence Rate and System-Environment Correlations,” Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos NM, December 2010.
  7. Rodriguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “Quantum coherence in photosynthetic exciton transport,” Institute of Applied Physics and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, University of Hamburg, Germany November 2010.
  8. Rotschild, C., M. Tomes, H. Mendoza, T. Carmon, and M.A. Baldo, “Luminescence Solar Concentrators: from optical heat pump toward solar pumped laser”, Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, November 2010.
  9. Baldo, M.A., “Luminescent Solar Concentrators,” University of Texas, Austin, TX, November 2010.
  10. Baldo, M.A., “Luminescent Solar Concentrators,” Arizona State University, AZ, November 2010.
  11. Baldo, M.A., “Luminescent Solar Concentrators,” 3M, St Paul, MN, November 2010.
  12. Baldo, M.A., “Luminescent Solar Concentrators,” CUNY, NY, November 2010.
  13. Aspuru-Guzik, “Characterization and quantification of the role of coherence in ultrafast quantum biological experiments using quantum master equations, atomistic simulations, and quantum process tomography,” Solvay Conference on Chemistry, Brussels, Belgium, 16 October 2010.
  14. Rodriguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “Quantum coherent resources for exciton transport,” Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Physics Department, University of Texas at Austin, October 2010.
  15. Baldo, M.A., “Luminescent Solar Concentrators,” 8th International Conference on Electroluminescence, Michigan University, MI, October 2010.
  16. Bulovic, V., “QLEDs in the Footprints of OLEDs: Bright, Efficient and Colorful,” 8th International Conference on Electroluminescence & Organic Optoelectronics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (October 2010).
  17. Gradecak, S., “High-resolution optical studies of nanomaterials”, 6th International Workshop on Nano-Scale Spectroscopy and Technology, Kobe, Japan, October 2010.
  18. Rodriguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “System-Environment Quantum Discord for General Dynamics,” Workshop on Quantum Coherence and Decoherence, Benasque, Spain, September 2010.
  19. Bulovic, V., “Electrical Excitation of Colloidal Quantum Dot Thin Films,” Workshop on the Electronic Transport in Nanoengineered Materials, The University of Chicago, Chicago (September 2010).
  20. K. A. Nelson, “Nonlinear spectroscopy from THz to optical to x-rays and from dream to reality,” September 14, 2010, 5th International Symposium on Ultrafast Phenomena and Terahertz Waves (ISUPTW 2010), Xi’an, China.
  21. Rodriguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik, “Quantum Effects in Photosynthetic Energy Transfer,” Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Lab, Argonne IL, August 2010.
  22. F. Marsili, F. Najafi, X. Hu, C. Herder, J. Yang, E. Dauler, R. Molnar, K. K. Berggren, “Avalanche-mode single photon detector based on 30 nm-wide superconducting nanowires,” The Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC 2010), Washington D. C., USA – Aug 2010
  23. K. A. Nelson, “Multiple-quantum multidimensional FT OPT of nanoscale exciton systems,” 5th International Conference on Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy, Minneapolis, August 18, 2010
  24. Bulovic, V., “Bright and Colorful LEDs built with Nanostructured Semiconductors,” UK Semiconductors 2010, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK (July 2010).
  25. K. K. Berggren, “Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors,” Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, – Jun 2010
  26. Baldo, M.A., “Introduction to Solar Cells,” Center for Integrated Photonics, MIT, MA, June 2010.
  27. Baldo, M.A., “Luminescent Solar Concentrators,” World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2010.
  28. Baldo, M.A., “Engineering charge transfer state dissociation in organic solar cells,” Materials research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2010.
  29. Baldo, M.A., “Luminescent Solar Concentrators,” Xerox Parc, San Jose, CA, April 2010.