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(2004) Coherent electronic coupling versus localization in individual molecular dimers. Phys
Rev Lett 92:103001
122. Hernando J, van der Schaaf M, van Dijk EMHP, Sauer M, Garcia-Parajo MF, van Hulst NF
(2003) Excitonic behavior of rhodamine dimers: a single-molecule study. J Phys Chem A 107:43
123. Hernando J, Hoogenboom JP, van Dijk EMHP, Garcı ´a-Lo ´pez JJ, Crego-Calama M,
Reinhoudt DN, van Hulst NF, Garcı ´a-Parajo ´ MF (2004) Single molecule photobleaching
probes the exciton wave function in a multichromophoric system. Phys Rev Lett 93:236404
124. Fu ¨ckel B, Hinze G, Diezemann G, Nolde F, Mu ¨llen K, Gauss J, Basche ´ T (2006) Flexibility
of phenylene oligomers revealed by single molecule spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 125:144903
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polymers. Polymer 34:1588
126. Petekidis G, Vlassopoulos D, Galda P, Rehahn M, Ballauff M (1996) Determination of chain
conformation of stiff polymers by depolarized Rayleigh scattering in solution. Macromolecules 29:8948
127. Vanhee S, Rulkens R, Lehmann U, Rosenauer C, Schulze M, Ko ¨hler W, Wegner G (1996)
Synthesis and characterization of rigid rod poly(p-phenylenes). Macromolecules 29:5136
128. Kulzer F, Kummer S, Matzke R, Bra ¨uchle C, Basche ´ T (1997) Single-molecule optical
switching of terrylene in p-terphenyl. Nature 387:688
129. Irie M, Fukaminato T, Sasaki T, Tamai N, Kawai T (2002) A digital fluorescent molecular
photoswitch. Nature 420:759
130. Betzig E (1995) Proposed method for molecular optical imaging. Optics Lett 20:237
131. van Oijen AM, Ko ¨hler J, Schmidt J, Mu ¨ller M, Brakenhoff GJ (1998) 3-Dimensional superresolution by spectrally selective imaging. Chem Phys Lett 292:183
132. Curutchet C, Mennucci B, Scholes GD, Beljonne D (2008) Does Fo ¨rster theory predict the
rate of electronic energy transfer for a model dyad at low temperature? J Phys Chem B
112:3759
133. Chen H-C, You ZQ, Hsu CP (2008) The mediated excitation energy transfer: effects of bridge
polarizability. J Chem Phys 129:084708
134. Perrin F (1929) La fluorescence des solutions. Induction mole ´culaire – polarisation et dure ´e
d´e ´mission – photochimie. Annales de physique 12:169
135. May V, Ku ¨hn O (2010) Charge and energy transfer dynamics in molecular systems.
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
136. Knox RS, van Amerongen H (2002) Refractive index dependence of the Fo ¨rster resonance
excitation transfer rate. J Phys Chem B 106:5289
137. Diehl FP, Roos C, Jankowiak H-C, Berger R, Ko ¨hn A, Diezemann G, Basche ´ T (2010)
Combined experimental and theoretical study of the vibronic spectra of perylenecarboximides. J Phys Chem B 114:1638
138. Becke A (1993) A new mixing of Hartree–Fock and local density-functional theories. J Chem
Phys 98:1372
139. Scha ¨fer A, Horn H, Ahlrichs R (1992) Fully optimized contracted Gaussian basis sets for
atoms Li to Kr. J Chem Phys 97:2571
140. Scha ¨fer A, Huber C, Ahlrichs A (1993) Fully optimized contracted Gaussian basis sets of
triple zeta valence quality for atoms Li to Kr. J Chem Phys 100:5829
141. Schirmer J (1982) Beyond the random-phase approximation: a new approximation scheme
for the polarization propagator. Phys Rev A 26:2395
142. Ha ¨ttig C (2005) Structure optimizations for excited states with correlated second-order
methods: CC2 and ADC(2). Adv Quantum Chem 50:37
143. Jankowiak H-C, Stuber JL, Berger R (2007) Vibronic transitions in large molecular systems:
rigorous prescreening conditions for Franck–Condon factors. J Chem Phys 127:234101
144. Harcourt RD, Scholes GD, Ghiggino KP (1994) Rate expressions for excitation transfer.
II. Electronic considerations of direct and through–configuration exciton resonance
interactions. J Chem Phys 101:10521
145. Scholes GD, Harcourt RD (1996) Configuration interaction and the theory of electronic
factors in energy transfer and molecular exciton interactions. J Chem Phys 104:5054
Optical Properties of Assemblies of Molecules and Nanoparticles
113