Submissions and Preprints
2025
7. Y. R. Poh, X. Chen, H. Cheng, J. Yuen-Zhou Electron Sextets as Optically Addressable Molecular Qubits: Triplet Carbenes (2025) ChemRxiv 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-px2sj6. J. B Pérez-Sánchez, J. Yuen-Zhou Radiative pumping vs vibrational relaxation of molecular polaritons: a bosonic mapping approach (2025) Nat. Comms. 16, 3151
5. J. B Pérez-Sánchez, A. Koner, S. Raghavan-Chitra, J. Yuen-Zhou CUT-E as a 1/N expansion for multiscale molecular polariton dynamics (2025) J. Chem. Phys. 162, 064101
4. Y. R. Poh, J. Yuen-Zhou Stirring Effects on AC-Induced Chemoselectivity in Reversible Electrochemical Reactions (2025) J. Phys. Chem. C 129,7
3. C. A. S. Salazar, D. Sole-Barber, S. Wan, J. K Rasch, M. Reitz, B. Cullinane, N. Asgari, L. Needham, J. Yuen-Zhou, R. H Goldsmith The Origin of Single-Molecule Sensitivity in Label-Free Solution-Phase Optical Microcavity Detection (2025) ACS Nano 19,6
2. Z. T Brawley, S. Pannir-Sivajothi, J. E. Yim, Y. R. Poh, J. Yuen-Zhou, M. Sheldon Vibrational weak and strong coupling modify a chemical reaction via cavity-mediated radiative energy transfer (2025) Nat. Chem. 17, 439
1. Y. Rui Poh, J. Yuen-Zhou Enhancing the Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Signal of Organic Molecular Qubits (2025) ACS Cent. Sci. 11, 1
2024
10. M. Reitz, S.v.d. Wildenberg, A. Koner, G. C. Schatz, J. Yuen-Zhou Quantum theory of surface lattice resonances (2024) arXiv arXiv:2502.028369. A. Koner, J. Yuen-Zhou Hidden nonlinear optical susceptibilities in linear polaritonic spectra (2024) arXiv arXiv:2411.09039
8. Y. R. Poh, J. Yuen-Zhou Enhancing the ODMR Signal of Organic Molecular Qubits (2024) arXiv arXiv:2409.19249
7. S. M Kopp, S. Nakamura, B. T Phelan, Y. R. Poh, S. B Tyndall, P. J Brown, Y. Huang, J. Yuen-Zhou, M. D. Krzyaniak, M. R Wasielewski Luminescent Organic Triplet Diradicals as Optically Addressable Molecular Qubits (2024) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 40
6. Y. R. Poh, Y. Kawamata, J. Yuen-Zhou Physicochemical Principles of AC Electrosynthesis: Reversible Reactions (2024) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 36
5. T. Ishii, J. Pérez-Sánchez, J. Yuen-Zhou, C. Adachi, T.Hatakeyama, S. Kéna-Cohen, Modified Prompt and Delayed Kinetics in a Strongly Coupled Organic Microcavity Containing a Multiresonance TADF Emitter (2024) ACS Photonics 11, 10
4. M. Du, J. Pérez-Sánchez, J. A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, A. Koner, F. Mellini, S. Pannir-Sivajothi, Y. R. Poh, K. Schwennicke, K. Sun, and J. Yuen-Zhou, Chiral edge waves in a dance-based human topological insulator (2024) Sci. Adv. 10, 35
3. K. Schwennicke and J. Yuen-Zhou, Extracting accurate light–matter couplings from disordered polaritons (2024) Nanophotonics 0049
2. J. Yuen-Zhou and A. Koner, Linear response of molecular polaritons (2024) J. Chem. Phys. 160, 154107
1. J. Pérez-Sánchez, F. Mellini, N. C. Giebink, and J. Yuen-Zhou, Collective polaritonic effects on chemical dynamics suppressed by disorder (2024) Phys. Rev. Res 1, 013222
2023
8. Hongfei Zeng, Juan B. Pérez-Sánchez, Christopher T. Eckdahl, Pufan Liu, Woo Je Chang, Emily A. Weiss, Julia A. Kalow, Joel Yuen-Zhou, and Nathaniel P. Stern Control of Photoswitching Kinetics with Strong Light–Matter Coupling in a Cavity (2023) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 367. C. H. Valahu, V. C. Olaya-Agudelo, R. J. MacDonell, T. Navickas, A. D. Rao, M. J. Millican, J. B. Pérez-Sánchez, J. Yuen-Zhou, M. J. Biercuk, C. Hempel, T. R. Tan, and I. Kassal. Direct observation of geometric-phase interference in dynamics around a conical intersections (2023) Nat. Chem.
6. S. Pannir-sivajothi, N.P. Stern, J. Yuen-Zhou. Molecular and solid-state topological polaritons induced by population imbalance (2023) Nanophotonics 12(15).
5. J. A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, Y. R. Poh, M. Du, and J. Yuen-Zhou, Swinging between shine and shadow: Theoretical advances on thermally activated vibropolaritonic chemistry J. Chem. Phys.; 158, 230901
4. A. Koner, M. Du, S. Pannir-sivajothi, R. Goldsmith and J. Yuen-Zhou. A path towards single molecule vibrational strong coupling in a Fabry–Pérot microcavity (2023) Chemical Science 14.
3. Y. R. Poh, S. Pannir-sivajothi, and J. Yuen-Zhou. Understanding the Energy Gap Law under Vibrational Strong Coupling (2023) J. Phys. Chem. C 127 (11) 5491–5501
2. J. B. Perez-Sanchez, A. Koner, N. Stern and J. Yuen-Zhou. Simulating molecular polaritons in the collective regime using few-molecule models (2023) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 120 (15) e2219223120
1. M. Du, Y. R. Poh, and J. Yuen-Zhou. Vibropolaritonic Reaction Rates in the Collective Strong Coupling Regime: Pollak–Grabert–Hänggi Theory (2023) J. Phys. Chem. C., 127 (11) 5230–5237
2022
4. J. Campos Gonzalez Angulo and J. Yuen-Zhou. Generalization of the Tavis-Cummings model for multi-level anharmonic systems: insights on the second excitation manifold. (2022) J. Chem. Phys. 156, 194308.3. S. Pannir-sivajothi, J. A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, L. A. Martinez-Martinez, S. Sinha, and J. Yuen-Zhou. Driving chemical reactions with polariton condensates (2022) Nat. Commun., 13, 1645.
2. M. Du and J. Yuen-Zhou. Catalysis by dark States in vibropolaritonic chemistry (2022) Phys. Rev. Lett., 128, 096001.
1. K. Schwennicke and J. Yuen-Zhou. Enantioselective topological frequency conversion (2022) J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 13, 10, 2434.
2021
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, J. A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, M. Du. Vibropolaritonic chemistry: theoretical perspectives (2021) Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2021, 11795, International Society for Optics and Photonics.2. R. Pandya, R. Y. S. Chen, Q. Gu, J. Sung, C. Schnedermann, O. S. Ojambati, R. Chikkaraddy, J. Gorman, G. Jacucci, O. Onelli, T. Willhammar, D. N. Johnstone, S. M. Collins, P. A. Midgley F. Auras, T. Baikie, R. Jayaprakash, F. Mathevet, R. Soucek, M. Du, S. Vignolini, D. G Lidzey, J. J. Baumberg, R. H. Friend, T. Barrisien, L. Legrand, A. W. Chin, A. J. Musser, J. Yuen-Zhou, S. K. Saikin, P. Kukura, and A. Rao. Microcavity-like exciton-polaritons can be the primary photoexcitation in bare organic semiconductors (2021) Nat. Commun., 12, 6519.
3. R. Collison, J. B. Perez-Sanchez, M. Du, J. Trevino, J. Yuen-Zhou, S. O'Brien, and Vinod M. Menon. Purcell Effect of Plasmonic Surface Lattice Resonances and Its Influence on Energy Transfer (2021) ACS Photonics, 8, 2211.
4. J. A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, R. F. Ribeiro, and J. Yuen-Zhou. Generalization of the Tavis-Cummings model for multi-level anharmonic systems (2021) New J. Phys., 23, 063081.
5. R. F. Ribeiro, J. A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, N. C. Giebink, W. Xiong, and J. Yuen-Zhou. Enhanced optical nonlinearities under strong light-matter coupling (2021) Phys. Rev. A, 103, 063111.
6. M. Du, J. A. Campos Gonzalez Angulo and J. Yuen-Zhou. Nonequilibrium effects of cavity leakage and vibrational dissipation in thermally-activated polariton chemistry (2021) J. Chem. Phys., 154, 084108.
2020
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, L. A. Martinez-Martinez, J. B. Perez-Sanchez. Polariton chemistry: controlling organic photophysical processes with strong light-matter coupling (2020) SPIE Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces XIX, 11464, International Society for Optics and Photonics.2. P. R. Stevenson, M. Du, C. Cherqui, M. R. Bourgeois, K. Rodriguez, J. R. Neff, E. Abreu, I. M. Meiler, V. A. Tamma, V. A. Apkarian, G. C. Schatz, J. Yuen-Zhou, and J. S. Shumaker-Parry Active Plasmonics and Active Chiral Plasmonics through Orientation-Dependent Multipolar Interactions (2020) ACS Nano, 14, 9, 11518.
3. M. R. Wasielewski, M. D. E. Forbes, N. L. Frank, K. Kowalski, G. D. Scholes, J. Yuen-Zhou, M. A. Baldo, D. E. Freedman, R. H. Goldsmith, T. Goodson III, M. L. Kirk, J. K. McCusker, J. P. Ogilvie, D. A. Shultz, S. Stoll, K. B. Whaley, Exploiting chemistry and chemical systems for quantum information science (2020) Nat. Rev. Chem., 4, 490
4. J. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, G. Wiesehan, R. F. Ribeiro, and J. Yuen-Zhou,, Computational method for highly constrained molecular dynamics of rigid bodies: Coarse-grained simulation of auxetic two-dimensional protein crystals (2020) J. Chem. Phys., 152, 244102.
5. J. Campos Gonzalez Angulo and J. Yuen-Zhou. Polaritonic normal modes in Transition State Theory (2020) J. Chem. Phys., 152, 161101.
6. B. Xiang, R.F. Ribeiro, M. Du, L. Chen, Z. Yang, J. Wang, J. Yuen-Zhou, and W. Xiong, Intermolecular vibrational energy transfer enabled by microcavity strong light-matter coupling. (2020) Science, 368, 6491.
7. J. B. Pérez-Sánchez and J. Yuen-Zhou, Polariton assisted down-conversion of photons via nonadiabatic molecular dynamics: a molecular dynamical Casimir Effect. (2020) J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 11, 1, 152-159.
8. K. Schwennicke and J. Yuen-Zhou, Optical activity from the exciton Aharonov–Bohm effect: a Floquet engineering approach (2020) J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 7, 4206-4214.
9. D. Polak, R. Jayaprakash, T. P. Lyons, L. A. Martínez-Martínez, A. Leventis, K. J. Fallon, H. Coulthard, D. G. Bossanyi, K. Georgiou, A. J. Petty, II, J. Anthony, H. Bronstein, J. Yuen-Zhou, A. I. Tartakovskii, J. Clark, and A. Musser, Manipulating molecules with strong coupling: harvesting triplet excitons in organic exciton microcavities. (2020) Chem. Sci., 11, 343-354.
2019
1. J. Campos Gonzalez Angulo, R.F. Ribeiro and J. Yuen-Zhou. Resonant catalysis of thermally-activated chemical reactions via vibrational polaritons. (2019) Nat. Commun., 10, 4685.2. E. Eizner, L. A. Martínez-Martínez, S. Kéna-Cohen and J. Yuen-Zhou. Inverting singlet and triplet excited states using strong light-matter coupling. (2019) Sci. Adv., 5, eaax4482.
3. B. Xiang, R. F. Ribeiro, Y. Li, A. D. Dunkelberger, B. B. Simpkins, J. Yuen-Zhou and W. Xiong Manipulating Optical Nonlinearities of Molecular Polaritons by Delocalization. (2019) Sci. Adv., 5, eaax5196.
4. L. A. Martínez-Martínez, E. Eizner, S. Kéna-Cohen and J. Yuen-Zhou. Triplet harvesting in the polaritonic regime: A variational polaron approach. (2019) J. Chem. Phys., 151, 054106.
5. M. Du, R. F. Ribero and J. Yuen-Zhou. Remote control of chemistry in optical cavities. (2019) Chem., 5, 1167-1181.
6. J. Yuen-Zhou and V. M. Menon. Polariton chemistry: Thinking inside the (photon) box (2019) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 116, 5214-5216.
7. S. Kéna-Cohen and J. Yuen-Zhou Polariton Chemistry: Action in the Dark (2019) ACS Cent. Sci., 5, 386-388.
8. K. Chevrier, J. M. Benoit, C. Symonds, S. K. Saikin, J. Yuen-Zhou, and J. Bellessa Anisotropy and Controllable Band Structure in Suprawavelength Polaritonic Metasurfaces (2019) Phys. Rev. Lett., 122, 173902.
2018
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, Saikin S. K. and Menon V. M. Molecular Emission near Metal Interfaces: The Polaritonic Regime. (2018) J. Phys. Chem. Lett. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b029802. R.F. Ribeiro, L.A. Martínez-Martínez, M. Du, J.A. Campos-González-Angulo and J. Yuen-Zhou. Polariton chemistry: controlling molecular dynamics with optical cavities. (2018) Chem. Sci. DOI:10.1039/C8SC01043A.
3. R.F. Ribeiro and J. Yuen-Zhou. Continuous vibronic symmetries in Jahn-Teller models: local and global aspects. (2018) J. Phys. B: Condens. Matter. DOI:10.1088/1361-648X/aac89e.
4. R.F. Ribeiro, A. D. Dunkelberger, B. Xiang, W. Xiong, B. S. Simpkins, J. C. Owrutsky and J. Yuen-Zhou. Theory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Vibrational Polaritons. (2018) J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3766--3771 (2018).
5. M. Du, L.A. Martínez-Martínez, R.F. Ribeiro, Z. Hu, V.M. Menon and J. Yuen-Zhou. Theory of polariton long-range excitation energy transfer. (2018) Chem. Sci.DOI:10.1039/C8SC00171E.
6. B. Xiang, R.F. Ribeiro, A.D. Dunkelberger, J. Wang, Y. Li, B.S. Simpkins, J.C. Owrutsky, J. Yuen-Zhou and W. Xiong. Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of vibrational polaritons. (2018) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1722063115.
7. L.A. Martínez-Martínez, M. Du, R.F. Ribeiro, S. Kéna-Cohen and J. Yuen-Zhou. Polariton-assisted Singlet Fission in Acene Aggregates. (2018) J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 8, 1951-1957.
Selected as ACS Editor's choice.
8. L.A. Martínez-Martínez and J. Yuen-Zhou. Comment on 'Quantum theory of collective strong coupling of molecular vibrations with a microcavity mode'. (2018) New J. Phys. 20:018002.
9. L.A. Martínez-Martínez, R.F. Ribeiro, J.A. Campos-González-Angulo, and J. Yuen-Zhou. Can ultrastrong coupling change ground state chemical reactions? (2018) ACS Photonics. 5(1):167–176.
2017
1. R.F. Ribeiro and J. Yuen-Zhou. Vibronic ground-state degeneracies and the Berry Phase: A continuous symmetry perspective. (2017) J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9(1):242-247.2016
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, S.K. Saikin, T.Zhu, M. Onbalsi, C. Ross, V. Bulovic and M. Baldo. Plexciton Dirac points and topological modes. (2016) Nature Communications. 7:11783.2015
1. A. Johnson, J. Yuen-Zhou, A. Aspuru-Guzik and J.J. Krich. Practical witness for electronic coherences. (2015) Journal of Chemical Physics. 141:244109.2014
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, S. Saikin, N. Yao and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Topologically protected excitons in porphyrin thin films. (2014) Nature Materials 13:1026.2. J. Yuen-Zhou, D. Arias, D. Eisele, J.J. Krich, C. Steiner, K.A. Nelson, and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Coherent exciton dynamics in supramolecular light-harvesting nanotubes revealed by ultrafast quantum process tomography. (2014) ACS Nano 8(6):5527.
2013
1. J. Yuen-Zhou and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Remarks on time-dependent [current]-density functional theory for open quantum systems. (2013) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15:12626.Selected as a "hot article" by the editors.
2012
1. I. Kassal, J. Yuen-Zhou and S. Rahim-Keshari. Does coherence enhance transport in photosynthesis? (2012) J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4(3):362.2. J. Yuen-Zhou, J.J. Krich and A. Aspuru-Guzik. A witness for coherent electronic vs vibronic-only oscillations in ultrafast spectroscopy. (2012) J. Chem. Phys. 136:234501.
2011
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, J.J. Krich, M. Mohseni and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Quantum state and process tomography of energy transfer systems via ultrafast spectroscopy. (2011) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 108(43):17615.2. J. Yuen-Zhou and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Quantum process tomography of excitonic dimers from two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy I: General theory and application to homodimers. (2011) J. Chem. Phys. 134:134505.
Selected for the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information, April (2011) and the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science, May (2011).
Selected for J. Chem. Phys. Editor's choice (2011).
2010
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, D.G. Tempel, C. Rodríguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Open Quantum Systems with Unitary Propagation. (2010) Phys. Rev. Lett. 104:043001.2009
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, C. Rodríguez-Rosario and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Time-dependent current-density functional theory for generalized open quantum systems. (2009) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11:4509. Special Issue on TD-DFT.Selected as a "hot article" by the editors.
Non-peer-reviewed articles
1. P. Rebentrost, S. Shim, J. Yuen-Zhou and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Characterization and quantification of the role of coherence in ultrafast quantum biological experiments using quantum master equations, atomistic simulations, and quantum process tomography. (2011) Procedia Chem. 3:332.Books
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, J.J. Krich, I. Kassal, A. Johnson and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Ultrafast spectroscopy: quantum information and wavepackets. (2014) IOP e-book. ISBN:978-0-750-31062-8.Book Chapters
1. J. Yuen-Zhou, J.J. Krich, I. Kassal and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Ultrafast Spectroscopy: Quantum Information and Wave Packets. (2017) In: I. Burghardt and S. Haacke (eds) Ultrafast Dynamics at the Nanoscale: Biomolecules and Supramolecular Assemblies. Pan Stanford Publishing. ISBN:978-981-4745-34-5.2. D.G. Tempel, J. Yuen-Zhou and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Open Quantum Systems: Density Matrix Formalism and Applications. (2012) In: Marques M., Maitra N., Nogueira F., Gross E., Rubio A. (eds) Fundamentals of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 837. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg