Welcome to the website of the upcoming
summer school + workshop "Quantum Dynamics and Spectroscopy of Functional
Molecular Materials and Biological Photosystems", to be
held from 27 August to 1 September 2023 (summer school)
and 3-8 September 2023 (workshop). Both events are
held at the
École
de Physique des Houches.
The past 10-15 years have seen major advances in ultrafast
optical spectroscopies, leading notably to the development of
two-dimensional electronic (UV-Vis) spectroscopies, novel
electronic-vibrational techniques, and femtosecond transient X-ray
experiments. Due to this progress, quantum processes in molecular
systems, ranging from small molecules to biological systems and
functional materials, are amenable to study in unprecedented
detail. Experimental advances have been accompanied by equally
impressive progress in the theoretical understanding and simulation of
high-dimensional molecular systems undergoing photoexcitation. The
concepts of collective excitations and coherent dynamics in ultrafast
photochemical reactions in complex systems - such as energy harvesting
and charge transfer in photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes and
the generation of excitons and free charges in optoelectronic
materials - have been intensely debated in a multidisciplinary
research effort, yielding an improved understanding of nonequilibrium
phenomena guided by the interplay of quantum dynamics and
environmental effects.
Against this background, the goal of this school + workshop event is to bring
together a group of leading spectroscopists and theorists, to address
the most recent progress and objectives in the study of energy and
charge transfer in biomolecular systems and functional materials. A
guiding theme is the matching between spectroscopic variables and
quantum simulations, for various time-resolved spectroscopies
including novel two-dimensional electronic-vibrational schemes as well
as single-molecule and femtosecond X-ray transient techniques.
This event is a follow-up to several related
workshops held at the
Telluride Science
Center (TSRC) in 2013, 2015, and 2019, as well
as an online event in 2021, and one previous workshop at Les Houches in 2017.
The Organizers
Jessica Anna (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Irene Burghardt (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany)
Jeff Cina (University of Oregon, Eugene, USA)
Jérémie Léonard (University of Strasbourg, France)
Thomas Renger (University of Linz, Austria)
Young Min Rhee (KAIST, South Korea)
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