Bio-inspired quantum-enhanced light harvesting

仿生量子增强光收集

• 批准号: 2644116
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Heriot-Watt University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2644116
• 关键词: Bio; inspired; quantum; enhanced; light

This is a PhD research project in Physics, in the field of the theory of open quantum systems. Harvesting and distributing energy are two of the major challenges faced by society. In Nature, these processes are crucial for all forms of life, and have been fine-tuned within living organisms for hundreds of millions of years. On the atomic scale, energy is quantised, e.g. as a photon of light, and its behaviour is governed by quantum mechanics. Taking inspiration from the ingenious solutions found in Nature, in this project you will explore novel ways of harnessing quantum effects in artificial, quantum-engineered molecular devices. This will involve deploying suitable open quantum systems approaches for modelling the properties of quantum many body systems in realistic condensed matter environments. This project aims to contribute to the quest of realising highly efficient energy harvesters to replace state-of-the-art photovoltaics and offer a versatile and sustainable platform for generating green energy.

这是一个物理学博士研究项目，在开放量子系统理论领域。收集和分配能源是社会面临的两大挑战。在自然界中，这些过程对所有形式的生命都至关重要，并且已经在生物体内微调了数亿年。在原子尺度上，能量是量子化的，例如作为光子，其行为受量子力学支配。从自然界中发现的巧妙解决方案中获得灵感，在这个项目中，您将探索在人工量子工程分子器件中利用量子效应的新方法。这将涉及部署合适的开放量子系统方法，用于模拟现实凝聚态环境中量子多体系统的特性。该项目旨在为实现高效能源采集器的探索做出贡献，以取代最先进的光电技术，并为产生绿色能源提供多功能和可持续的平台。