ERC Consolidator Grant · 2021
Hydrogen Bond Networks as Optical Probes
Fluorescence takes place throughout the natural world. Most conventional chemical wisdom proposes that in organic entities, fluorescence occurs in conjugated systems, such as in the aromatics. However, in biological settings, the interaction of light with matter occurs in media built up of dense networks of hydrogen bonds. Recent experiments suggest that it is possible to observe fluorescence from these networks too. This could open the possibility of designing hydrogen-bond networks with enhanced fluorescence, offering enormous fundamental and practical potential. The overarching goal of HyBOP is to decipher, using advanced computer simulations, the exotic optical properties of…
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