The excited state properties of protonated ortho (2-), meta (3-), and para (4-) aminopyridine molecules have been investigated through UV photofragmentation spectroscopy and excited state coupled-cluster CC2 calculations. Cryogenic ion spectroscopy allows recording well-resolved vibronic spectroscopy that can be reproduced through Franck-Condon simulations of the ππ* local minimum of the excite...

Nonradiative energy transfer (NRET) has been extensively studied in colloidal nanocrystal (quantum dots) and nanorod (quantum wires) assemblies. In this work, we present the first account of spectroscopic evidence of NRET in solid thin films of CdSe based colloidal nanoplatelets (NPLs), also known as colloidal quantum wells. The NRET was investigated as a function of the concentration of two NP...

We investigate the exciton emission in 3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) thin films and PTCDA/aluminium-tris-hydroxyqinoline sAlq3d multilayers by photoluminescence spectroscopy in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. The films are grown by organic molecular beam deposition on Si(001) and PyrexTM substrates at high vacuum. The obtained temperature dependence of the differ...

We present an analytical method for solution of one-dimensional optical systems, based on the differential transfer matrices. This approach can be used for exact calculation of various functions including reflection and transmission coefficients, band structures, and bound states. We show the consistency of the WKB method with our approach and discuss improvements for even symmetry and infinite...

Synthesis algorithm for mixed lumped and distributed element networks is presented. The algorithm is based on transfer scattering matrix factorization The mixed structure is composed of ladder lumped-elements connected with commensurate transmission lines (Unit elements, UEs). Reflection function expression in twovariable is utilized in the algorithm. First, the type of the element that will be...

We investigate a high-order homogenization (HOH) algorithm for periodic multi-layered stacks. The mathematical tool of choice is a transfer matrix method. Expressions for effective permeability, permittivity and magnetoelectric coupling are explored by frequency power expansions. On the physical side, this HOH uncovers a magnetoelectric coupling effect (odd-order approximation) and artificial m...

The reducing substrates 4-thiolumazine and 2,4-dithiolumazine have been used to form Mo(IV)-product complexes with xanthine oxidase (XO) and xanthine dehydrogenase. These Mo(IV)-product complexes display an intense metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) band in the near-infrared region of the spectrum. Optical pumping into this MLCT band yields resonance Raman spectra of the Mo site that are de...

We use the local density approximation in combination with the dynamical mean-field theory to investigate intermediate energy properties of the copper oxides. We identify coherent and incoherent spectral features that result from doping a charge-transfer insulator, namely quasiparticles, Zhang-Rice singlet band, and the upper and lower Hubbard bands. Angle resolving these features, we identify ...

In pursuit of creating cuprate-like electronic and orbital structures, artificial heterostructures based on LaNiO3 have inspired a wealth of exciting experimental and theoretical results. However, to date there is a very limited experimental understanding of the electronic and orbital states emerging from interfacial charge transfer and their connections to the modified band structure at the in...

Electron density of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) is effectively modified by hexaiodobenzene (HIB) molecules using liquid-phase adsorption. UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectra of the HIB-adsorbed SWCNT, especially in the NIR region, showed a disappearance of S11 transitions between the V1 valance band and the C1 conduction band of van Hove singularities which can be attributed to the effective...