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Kriete B, Lüttig J, Kunsel T, Malý P, Jansen TLC, Knoester J, Brixner T, Pshenichnikov MS. Interplay between structural hierarchy and exciton diffusion in artificial light harvesting. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4615. [PMID: 31601795 PMCID: PMC6787233 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12345-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Unraveling the nature of energy transport in multi-chromophoric photosynthetic complexes is essential to extract valuable design blueprints for light-harvesting applications. Long-range exciton transport in such systems is facilitated by a combination of delocalized excitation wavefunctions (excitons) and exciton diffusion. The unambiguous identification of the exciton transport is intrinsically challenging due to the system's sheer complexity. Here we address this challenge by employing a spectroscopic lab-on-a-chip approach: ultrafast coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy and microfluidics working in tandem with theoretical modeling. We show that at low excitation fluences, the outer layer acts as an exciton antenna supplying excitons to the inner tube, while under high excitation fluences the former converts its functionality into an exciton annihilator which depletes the exciton population prior to any exciton transfer. Our findings shed light on the excitonic trajectories across different sub-units of a multi-layered artificial light-harvesting complex and underpin their great potential for directional excitation energy transport.
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- Björn Kriete
- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC), Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Kunsel T, Tiwari V, Matutes YA, Gardiner AT, Cogdell RJ, Ogilvie JP, Jansen TLC. Simulating Fluorescence-Detected Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy of Multichromophoric Systems. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:394-406. [PMID: 30543283 PMCID: PMC6345114 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present a theory for modeling fluorescence-detected two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of multichromophoric systems. The theory is tested by comparison of the predicted spectra of the light-harvesting complex LH2 with experimental data. A qualitative explanation of the strong cross-peaks as compared to conventional two-dimensional electronic spectra is given. The strong cross-peaks are attributed to the clean ground-state signal that is revealed when the annihilation of exciton pairs created on the same LH2 complex cancels oppositely signed signals from the doubly excited state. This annihilation process occurs much faster than the nonradiative relaxation. Furthermore, the line shape difference is attributed to slow dynamics, exciton delocalization within the bands, and intraband exciton-exciton annihilation. This is in line with existing theories presented for model systems. We further propose the use of time-resolved fluorescence-detected two-dimensional spectroscopy to study state-resolved exciton-exciton annihilation.
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- Tenzin Kunsel
- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Institute
for Molecular Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Hu Z, Engel GS, Kais S. Double-excitation manifold's effect on exciton transfer dynamics and the efficiency of coherent light harvesting. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:30032-30040. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05535a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Dynamical dark states make the double-excitation manifold important in exciton transfer dynamics.
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- Zixuan Hu
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Physics, and Birck Nanotechnology Center
- Purdue University
- West Lafayette
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- James Franck Institute and the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
- University of Chicago
- Chicago
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Physics, and Birck Nanotechnology Center
- Purdue University
- West Lafayette
- USA
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Tempelaar R, Jansen TLC, Knoester J. Exciton-Exciton Annihilation Is Coherently Suppressed in H-Aggregates, but Not in J-Aggregates. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:6113-6117. [PMID: 29190421 PMCID: PMC5742477 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We theoretically demonstrate a strong dependence of the annihilation rate between (singlet) excitons on the sign of dipole-dipole couplings between molecules. For molecular H-aggregates, where this sign is positive, the phase relation of the delocalized two-exciton wave functions causes a destructive interference in the annihilation probability. For J-aggregates, where this sign is negative, the interference is constructive instead; as a result, no such coherent suppression of the annihilation rate occurs. As a consequence, room temperature annihilation rates of typical H- and J-aggregates differ by a factor of ∼3, while an order of magnitude difference is found for low-temperature aggregates with a low degree of disorder. These findings, which explain experimental observations, reveal a fundamental principle underlying exciton-exciton annihilation, with major implications for technological devices and experimental studies involving high excitation densities.
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- Roel Tempelaar
- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department
of Chemistry, Columbia University, 3000 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, United States
- E-mail:
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- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Levinsky B, Fainberg B, Nesterov L, Rosanov N. Two-exciton excited states of J-aggregates in the presence of exciton–exciton annihilation. Chem Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Renger T, May V, Sundström V, Kühn O. Anharmonic Oscillator Approach to the Exciton-Exciton Annihilation Dynamics in Molecular Aggregates. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.200000109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Klugkist JA, Malyshev VA, Knoester J. Intrinsic optical bistability of thin films of linear molecular aggregates: the two-exciton approximation. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:084706. [PMID: 18315071 DOI: 10.1063/1.2832312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We generalize our recent work on the optical bistability of thin films of molecular aggregates [J. A. Klugkist et al., J. Chem. Phys. 127, 164705 (2007)] by accounting for the optical transitions from the one-exciton manifold to the two-exciton manifold as well as the exciton-exciton annihilation of the two-exciton states via a high-lying molecular vibronic term. We also include the relaxation from the vibronic level back to both the one-exciton manifold and the ground state. By selecting the dominant optical transitions between the ground state, the one-exciton manifold, and the two-exciton manifold, we reduce the problem to four levels, enabling us to describe the nonlinear optical response of the film. The one- and two-exciton states are obtained by diagonalizing a Frenkel Hamiltonian with an uncorrelated on-site (diagonal) disorder. The optical dynamics is described by means of the density matrix equations coupled to the electromagnetic field in the film. We show that the one- to two-exciton transitions followed by a fast exciton-exciton annihilation promote the occurrence of bistability and reduce the switching intensity. We provide estimates of pertinent parameters for actual materials and conclude that the effect can be realized.
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- Joost A Klugkist
- Centre for Theoretical Physics and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Malyshev AV, Malyshev VA, Domínguez-Adame F. On the Low-Temperature Diffusion of Localized Frenkel Excitons in Linear Molecular Aggregates. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0341218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. V. Malyshev
- GISC, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- GISC, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- GISC, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Malyshev A, Malyshev V, Domınguez-Adame F. Low-temperature quenching of one-dimensional localized Frenkel excitons. Chem Phys Lett 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(03)00206-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Brüggemann B, May V. Exciton exciton annihilation dynamics in chromophore complexes. I. Multiexciton density matrix formulation. J Chem Phys 2003. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1523392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Frenkel and Charge-Transfer Excitons in Organic Solids. ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS IN ORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1079-4050(03)31001-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Brüggemann B, Herek JL, Sundström V, Pullerits T, May V. Microscopic Theory of Exciton Annihilation: Application to the LH2 Antenna System. J Phys Chem B 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp012072y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ben Brüggemann
- Institute of Physics, Humboldt-University at Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz 5−7, 10117 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, Humboldt-University at Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz 5−7, 10117 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, Humboldt-University at Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz 5−7, 10117 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, Humboldt-University at Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz 5−7, 10117 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, Humboldt-University at Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz 5−7, 10117 Berlin, Germany, and Department of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Scheblykin IG, Sliusarenko OY, Lepnev LS, Vitukhnovsky AG, Van der Auweraer M. Excitons in Molecular Aggregates of 3,3‘-Bis-[3-sulfopropyl]-5,5‘-dichloro-9- ethylthiacarbocyanine (THIATS): Temperature Dependent Properties. J Phys Chem B 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp004294m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- I. G. Scheblykin
- Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium, and P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium, and P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium, and P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium, and P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium, and P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia
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Ryzhov IV, Kozlov GG, Malyshev VA, Knoester J. Low-temperature kinetics of exciton–exciton annihilation of weakly localized one-dimensional Frenkel excitons. J Chem Phys 2001. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1352080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Scheblykin IG, Sliusarenko OY, Lepnev LS, Vitukhnovsky AG, Van der Auweraer M. Strong Nonmonotonous Temperature Dependence of Exciton Migration Rate in J Aggregates at Temperatures from 5 to 300 K. J Phys Chem B 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0030802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ivan G. Scheblykin
- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Scheblykin IG, Sliusarenko OY, Lepnev LS, Vitukhnovsky AG, Van der Auweraer M. Strong Nonmonotonous Temperature Dependence of Exciton Migration Rate in J Aggregates at Temperatures from 5 to 300 K. J Phys Chem B 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0030802 s1089-5647(00)03080-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ivan G. Scheblykin
- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, P. N. Lebedev Research Center in Physics, Leninsky pr. 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia, and Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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