Ultrafast Energy Transfer in Excitonically Coupled Molecules Induced by a 
Nonlocal Peierls Phonon

Duan, H.-G.; Nalbach, P.; Miller, R. J. D.; Thorwart, M.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00242

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Ultrafast Energy Transfer in Excitonically Coupled Molecules Induced by a Nonlocal Peierls Phonon

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Duan, H.-G.
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg;
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Miller, R. J. D.
Miller Group, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto;

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Duan, H.-G., Nalbach, P., Miller, R. J. D., & Thorwart, M. (2019). Ultrafast Energy Transfer in Excitonically Coupled Molecules Induced by a Nonlocal Peierls Phonon. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10(6), 1206-1211. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00242.

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Abstract

Molecular vibration can influence exciton transfer via either a local (intramolecular) Holstein or a nonlocal (intermolecular) Peierls mode. We show that a strong vibronic coupling to a nonlocal mode dramatically speeds up the transfer by opening an additional transfer channel. This Peierls channel is rooted in the formation of a conical intersection of the excitonic potential energy surfaces. For increasing Peierls coupling, the electronically coherent transfer for weak coupling turns into an incoherent transfer of a localized exciton through the intersection for strong coupling. The interpretation in terms of a conical intersection intuitively explains recent experiments of ultrafast energy transfer in photosynthetic and photovoltaic molecular systems.