Fragment-Based Configuration Interaction: Toward a Unifying Description of Biexcitonic Processes in Molecular Aggregates
delivers benchmark-quality couplings. The resulting diabatic Hamiltonians can be coupled to quantum dynamics simulations. Applications to ethylene aggregates and the anthracene crystal reveal CTX configurations as electronic gateways bridging excitonic manifolds, with CT-mediated relaxation pathways competing with conventional annihilation. In H-type aggregates, the LECT admixture stabilizes a "biexcimer" analogous to one-particle excimers. By providing first-principles access to biexciton formation, separation, and transport, we hope to stimulate further exchange between electronic-structure and quantum dynamics communities toward a predictive understanding of multiexcitonic photophysics.
Authors
- Coen de Graaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8114-6658)
- Merle I. S. Röhr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2128-3498)
- Johannes E. Adelsperger
Institutions
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
- Published
- 2026-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.6c00145
- Primary Topic
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory