TY - JOUR
T1 - Coherence in Chemistry
T2 - Foundations and Frontiers
AU - Schultz, Jonathan D.
AU - Yuly, Jonathon L.
AU - Arsenault, Eric A.
AU - Parker, Kelsey
AU - Chowdhury, Sutirtha N.
AU - Dani, Reshmi
AU - Kundu, Sohang
AU - Nuomin, Hanggai
AU - Zhang, Zhendian
AU - Valdiviezo, Jesús
AU - Zhang, Peng
AU - Orcutt, Kaydren
AU - Jang, Seogjoo J.
AU - Fleming, Graham R.
AU - Makri, Nancy
AU - Ogilvie, Jennifer P.
AU - Therien, Michael J.
AU - Wasielewski, Michael R.
AU - Beratan, David N.
N1 - This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1925690, which supports the Center for Synthesizing Quantum Coherence. J.D.S. gratefully acknowledges support from the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Chemical Sciences (dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000997) and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Grant No. DGE-1842165). J.L.Y. gratefully acknowledges support from the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. E.A.A. gratefully acknowledges support from the Simons Foundation as a Junior Fellow in the Simons Society of Fellows (965526). J.V. gratefully acknowledges support by Grant No. 2127309 to the Computing Research Association for the CIFellows 2021 Project. S.J.J. gratefully acknowledges supports from the national Science Foundation (CHE-1900170) and the US Department of Energy, Office of Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0021413).
PY - 2024/11/13
Y1 - 2024/11/13
N2 - Coherence refers to correlations in waves. Because matter has a wave-particle nature, it is unsurprising that coherence has deep connections with the most contemporary issues in chemistry research (e.g., energy harvesting, femtosecond spectroscopy, molecular qubits and more). But what does the word “coherence” really mean in the context of molecules and other quantum systems? We provide a review of key concepts, definitions, and methodologies, surrounding coherence phenomena in chemistry, and we describe how the terms “coherence” and “quantum coherence” refer to many different phenomena in chemistry. Moreover, we show how these notions are related to the concept of an interference pattern. Coherence phenomena are indeed complex, and ambiguous definitions may spawn confusion. By describing the many definitions and contexts for coherence in the molecular sciences, we aim to enhance understanding and communication in this broad and active area of chemistry.
AB - Coherence refers to correlations in waves. Because matter has a wave-particle nature, it is unsurprising that coherence has deep connections with the most contemporary issues in chemistry research (e.g., energy harvesting, femtosecond spectroscopy, molecular qubits and more). But what does the word “coherence” really mean in the context of molecules and other quantum systems? We provide a review of key concepts, definitions, and methodologies, surrounding coherence phenomena in chemistry, and we describe how the terms “coherence” and “quantum coherence” refer to many different phenomena in chemistry. Moreover, we show how these notions are related to the concept of an interference pattern. Coherence phenomena are indeed complex, and ambiguous definitions may spawn confusion. By describing the many definitions and contexts for coherence in the molecular sciences, we aim to enhance understanding and communication in this broad and active area of chemistry.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00643
DO - 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00643
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39441172
AN - SCOPUS:85207332566
SN - 0009-2665
VL - 124
SP - 11641
EP - 11766
JO - Chemical reviews
JF - Chemical reviews
IS - 21
ER -