Construction of Multi-Chromophoric Spectra from Monomer Data: Applications to Resonant Energy Transfer
Chemical Physics
2017-01-11 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We develop a model that establishes a quantitative link between the physical properties of molecular aggregates and their constituent building blocks. The relation is built on the coherent potential approximation, calibrated against exact results, and proven reliable for a wide range of parameters. It provides a practical method to compute spectra and transfer rates in multi-chromophoric systems from experimentally accessible monomer data. Applications to F\"orster energy transfer reveal optimal transfer rates as functions of both the system-bath coupling and intra-aggregate coherence.
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@article{arxiv.1608.06943,
title = {Construction of Multi-Chromophoric Spectra from Monomer Data: Applications to Resonant Energy Transfer},
author = {Aurélia Chenu and Jianshu Cao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.06943},
year = {2017}
}
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6 pages, 3 figures, 2 pages supplementary material