Photophysics and Photochemistry in Complex Molecular Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Photophysics and photochemistry are broad disciplines that study light–matter interactions. This covers a range of topics from the formation of DNA damage to light-induced charge separation and energy transfer featured in all sorts of modern molecular materials and applications. Indeed, the study of such phenomena underpins many of the advances made in diverse fields such as renewable energy, new material design, and medicine.

This Special Issue covers all aspects related to light-induced processes in complex molecular systems investigated by early-career scientists worldwide. Specific interests include the simulation of photoinduced phenomena by quantum mechanical calculations and non-adiabatic molecular dynamics, as well as time-resolved experimental spectroscopic characterizations in organic, inorganic, and biological molecular systems. This broadly spans physical chemistry processes across the atto- to nanosecond timescales in terms of both modeling and experiments. The published original work is aimed at showcasing recent important advances made by early-career scientists in the fields of photophysics and photochemistry.

Dr. Juan José Nogueira Pérez
Dr. Lara Martínez-Fernández
Dr. Javier Segarra-Marti
Guest Editors

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