Contributor
Doran I. G. B. Raccah
Subject Area
Chemistry
Abstract
This thesis provides a preliminary investigation of singlet fission from the perspective of Hierarchy of pure states (HOPS), which provides a numerical exact solution for the investigation of a series of open quantum systems. Since the inception of the concept of singlet fission about half a century ago, this photo-physical process has attracted the attention of a multitude of researchers and has been extensively studied theoretically and experimentally. However, these previous methods for the investigation of singlet fission focus more or less on tackling the underlying mechanisms of singlet fission from the perspective of perturbation. So far, the HOPS method has been the first trial for the investigation of this photo-physical process. This thesis is organized as follows. The Chapter 1 will introduce the basics of singlet fission and the brief history of the investigation of this phenomenon over the last half century. Chapter 2 will focus on the introduction of the method of HOPS and its applications to various open quantum systems. The investigation of singlet fission from the perspective of HOPS will be introduced in Chapter 3. The focus of Chapter 4 will be on the discussion of the current research. Chapter 5 will conclude the thesis and present some outlooks on the future research.
Degree Date
Summer 7-31-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Department
Chemistry
Advisor
Doran I. G. B. Raccah
Number of Pages
64
Format
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Chen, Tao (James), "The Investigation of Singlet Fission from the Perspective of Hierarchy of Pure States (HOPS)" (2023). Chemistry Theses and Dissertations. 43.
https://scholar.smu.edu/hum_sci_chemistry_etds/43
