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| List of Contributors | |
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| Excitons in Biomolecules | |
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| Interplay of Exciton Coherence and Dissipation in Molecular Aggregates | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Frenkel Exciton Model of Molecular Aggregates | |
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| Relaxation and Transport of Excitons | |
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| Simulations of Spectroscopy Signals | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Quantum Dynamics and Spectroscopy of Excitons in Molecular Aggregates | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Theory | |
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| Applications | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Acknowledgment | |
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| References | |
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| From Atomistic Modeling to Electronic Properties of Light-Harvesting Systems | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Modeling Approach | |
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| Molecular Dynamics Simulations | |
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| Site Energies | |
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| Electronic Coupling | |
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| Spatial Correlations of Site Energy Fluctuations | |
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| Temporal Correlations of Site Energies | |
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| Spectral Densities | |
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| Exciton Dynamics and Optical Properties | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Chain Representations of Open Quantum Systems and Their Numerical Simulation with Time-Adaptive Density Matrix Renormalisation Group Methods | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Open-System Hamiltonians and Chain Mappings | |
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| Numerical Results and Applications | |
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| Conclusions and Future Developments and Applications | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Electronic Excitation Dynamics in a Framework of Shifted Oscillators | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Many-Site Polaron Master Equation | |
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| Non-Markovian Dynamics | |
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| Born-Markov Approximation in the Polaron Frame | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Excitons in Quantum Dots & Organic Solar Cells | |
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| The Significance of Alloy Colloidal Quantum Dots | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Theoretical Insight into the Electronic Band Structure of PbSe<sub>x</sub>S<sub>1-x</sub>/PbSe<sub>y</sub>S<sub>1-y</sub> QDs with Different Composition and/or Size | |
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| Synthesis Procedures and Experimental Techniques used for PbSe<sub>x</sub>S<sub>1-x</sub>/PbSe<sub>y</sub>S<sub>1-y</sub> a-c/a-sh CQDs Structural and Optical Characterizations | |
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| Temperature Influence on Optical Properties of PbSe<sub>x</sub>S<sub>1-x</sub>/PbSe<sub>y</sub>S<sub>1-y<sub> Core/Shell Heterostructures Composed with Alloy Components | |
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| Outlook and Future Directions | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Role of Molecular Structure and Conformation in Polymer Electronics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Charge Transport in Conjugated Polymers | |
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| Polymer-Based Photovoltaics | |
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| Conjugated Polymers for Biomolecular Recognition | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Charge Transfer States in Organic Donor-Acceptor Solar Cells | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Charge Transfer Complex Formation at Donor-Acceptor Interfaces | |
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| Effect of CT Formation on Photovoltaic Parameters | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Photocurrent Generation in Organic Solar Cells | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Primary Photoexcitation | |
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| Charge Generation | |
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| Charge Extraction | |
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| Summary | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |
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| Contents of Volumes in this Series | |