04464nam 22008535 450 991025459820332120200705032113.03-319-63399-610.1007/978-3-319-63399-2(CKB)3710000001631580(MiAaPQ)EBC4933639(DE-He213)978-3-319-63399-2(PPN)20385148X(EXLCZ)99371000000163158020170801d2017 u| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierUltrafast Quantum Effects and Vibrational Dynamics in Organic and Biological Systems[electronic resource] /by Sarah Elizabeth Morgan1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (110 pages) illustrations (some color)Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053"Doctoral Thesis accepted by the University of Cambridge, UK."3-319-63398-8 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Methods -- 2D Spectroscopy of Pentacene Thin Films -- Time-frequency Analysis for 2D Spectroscopy of PSII -- Nonlinear Network Model of Energy Transfer and Localisation in FMO -- Conclusions.This thesis focuses on theoretical analysis of the sophisticated ultrafast optical experiments that probe the crucial first few picoseconds of quantum light harvesting, making an important contribution to quantum biology, an exciting new field at the intersection of condensed matter, physical chemistry and biology. It provides new insights into the role of vibrational dynamics during singlet fission of organic pentacene thin films, and targeting the importance of vibrational dynamics in the design of nanoscale organic light harvesting devices, it also develops a new wavelet analysis technique to probe vibronic dynamics in time-resolved nonlinear optical experiments. Lastly, the thesis explores the theory of how non-linear “breather” vibrations are excited and propagate in the disordered nanostructures of photosynthetic proteins.   .Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053SpectroscopyMicroscopyBiophysicsBiological physicsBioorganic chemistryEnergy harvestingAtomic structure  Molecular structure Surfaces (Physics)Interfaces (Physical sciences)Thin filmsSpectroscopy and Microscopyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P31090Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P27008Bioorganic Chemistryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C19010Energy Harvestinghttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/117000Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectrahttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P24017Surface and Interface Science, Thin Filmshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25160Spectroscopy.Microscopy.Biophysics.Biological physics.Bioorganic chemistry.Energy harvesting.Atomic structure  .Molecular structure .Surfaces (Physics).Interfaces (Physical sciences).Thin films.Spectroscopy and Microscopy.Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.Bioorganic Chemistry.Energy Harvesting.Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.530.1433Morgan Sarah Elizabethauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut913712MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910254598203321Ultrafast Quantum Effects and Vibrational Dynamics in Organic and Biological Systems2047122UNINA