Ultrafast Transfer Phenomena in Molecular Nanostructures

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Publications 2000-2003

2002

1. J. Schütze, B. Brüggemann, Th. Renger, and V. May:
   Theory of Linear Absorption Spectra of Biological
   and Non-Biological Chromophore Complexes
   Chem. Phys.275, 333-354 (2002). (pdf 407K)

2. S. Ramakrishna, F. Willig, and V. May:
   Bridge Mediated Ultrafast Heterogeneous Electron Transfer
   Chem. Phys. Lett. 351, 242 (2002). (pdf 138K)

3. E. G Petrov, Ya. R. Zelinskyy, and V. May
   Bridge Mediated Electron Transfer:
   A Unified Description of the Thermally Activated and Superexchange Mechanisms
   J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 3092 (2002). (pdf 138K)

4. T. Mancal, U. Kleinekathöfer, and V. May:
   Femtosecond Laser Pulse Control of Electron Transfer
   J. Chem. Phys. 117 636 (2002). (pdf 684K)

5. V. May and B. Brüggemann:
   Microscopic Theory of Exciton Annihilation:
   Application to the LH2 Antenna System
   in "Femtochemistry and Femtobiology", A. Douhal, J. Santamaria (eds.)
   (World Scientific, Singapore, 2002).

6. T. Mancal and V. May:
   Optimal Control Theory of Molecular Dynamics:
   A Comparative Approach to Characterize the Complexity of the Control Task
   in "Femtochemistry and Femtobiology", A. Douhal, J. Santamaria (eds.)
   (World Scientific, Singapore, 2002).

7. E. G. Petrov, V. May, and P. Hänggi:
   Controlling Electron Transfer Processes Through Short Molecular Wires
   Chem. Phys. 281, 211 (2002). (pdf 509K)

8. T. Mancal and V. May:
   Interrelation between Optimal Control Theory of Molecular Dynamics
   and Femtosecond Pulse Shaping Techniques:
   A Way to Characterize the Complexity of the Control Task
   Chem. Phys. Lett. 362, 407 (2002).

9. V. May:
   Electron Transfer through a Molecular Wire:
   Consideration of Electron-Vibrational Couplings within the Liouville Space Pathway Technique
   Phys. Rev. B, 66, 245411 (2002). (pdf 750k)

2001

1. Th. Renger, V. May, and O. Kühn:
   Ultrafast Excitation Energy Transfer Dynamics
   in Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes
   Phys. Rep. 343 137 (2001). (pdf 1557K)

2. T. Mancal and V. May:
   Interplay of Non-Markovian Relaxation and Ultrafast Optical State Preparation in Molecular Systems:
   The Laguerre Polynomial Method
   J. Chem. Phys. 114 1510 (2001). (pdf 210K)

3. T. Mancal and V. May:
   Non-Markovian Dissipation of Molecular Vibrational Energy via Multi-Quantum Processes
   Chem. Phys. Lett., 334 ,179 (2001).

4. T. Mancal and V. May:
   Laser Pulse Control of Ultrafast Electron Transfer Reactions
   Euro. Phys. J. D, 14 , 173 (2001). (pdf 2819K)

5. T. Mancal and V. May:
   Retardation Effects in the Dynamics of Open Molecular Systems
   Chem. Phys. 268, 201 (2001), special issue Quantum Dynamics of Open Systems . (pdf 706K)

6. S. Ramakrishna, F. Willig, and V. May:
   Theory of ultrafast photoinduced heterogeneous electron transfer:
   Decay of Vibronic Coherences into a Finite Electron-Vibronic Quasicontinuum
   J. Chem. Phys. 115 , 2743 (2001). (pdf 347K)

7. E. G. Petrov, Ye. V. Shevchenko, V. I. Teslenko, and V. May:
   Nonadiabatic Donor-Acceptor Electron Transfer Mediated by a Molecular Bridge:
   A Unified Theoretical Description of the Superexchange and Hopping Mechanism
   J. Chem. Phys. 115, 7107 (2001). (pdf 238K)

8. J. Weiß, V. May, V. Farztdinov, and N. P. Ernsting:
   Frequency and Time Domain Analysis of Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer.
   Double Proton Transfer in 2,5-bis(2-benzoxazolyl)-hydroquinone ?
   Chem. Phys. Lett. 346, 503 (2001). (pdf 201K)

9. B. Brüggemann, J. L. Herek, V. Sundström, T. Pullerits, and V. May:
   Microscopic Theory of Exciton Annihilation:
   Application to the LH2 Antenna System
   J. Phys. Chem. B, 105 11391.(2001) (pdf 313K)

10. E. G. Petrov and V. May:
    A Unified Description of Superexchange and Sequential
    Electron Transfer Mediated by a Molecular Bridge
    J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 10176 (2001). (pdf 189K)

2000:

1. V. May, R. Scheller, and Th. Renger:
   Comparative Theoretical Studies on Exciton Dynamics in
   Biological and Artificial Chromophore Complexes
   J. Lum. 87 - 89, 803 (2000).

2. Th. Renger and V. May:
   Simulations of Frequency-Domain Spectra:
   Structure-Function Relationships in Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5228 (2000). (pdf 173K)

3. Th. Renger, V. May, V. Sundström, and O. Kühn:
   Anharmonic Oscillator Approach to the Exciton-Exciton Annihilation Dynamics in Molecular Aggregates
   J. Chinese Chem. Soc. 47, 807 (2000). (pdf 658K)

4. V. May and Th. Renger:
   Theory of Sub-Picosecond Exciton Motion
   in Photosynthetic Antenna Systems
   Appl. Phys. B 71, 451 (2000).

5. O. Linden and V. May:
   Quantum Master Equation, Lindblad-Type of Dissipation and
   Temperature Dependent Monte Carlo Wave Function Propagation
   Euro. Phys. J. D, 12, 473 (2000). (pdf 240K)

6. T. Mancal and V. May:
   Non--Markovian Relaxation in an Open Quantum System:
   Polynomial Approach to the Solution of the Quantum Master Equation
   Euro. Phys. J. B. 18, 633 (2000).

7. S. Ramakrishna, F. Willig, and V. May:
   Photoinduced Ultrafast Electron Injection from a Surface Attached Molecule:
   Control of Electronic and Vibronic Distributions via Vibrational Wave Packets
   Phys. Rev. B. 62 R16330 (2000). (pdf 1544K)

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