School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
Chem Rev. 2023 Jul 12;123(13):8044-8068. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00702. Epub 2023 May 30.
Research into strong light-matter interactions continues to fascinate, being spurred on by unforeseen and often spectacular experimental observations. Properties that were considered to depend exclusively on material composition have been found to be drastically altered when a material is placed inside a resonant optical cavity. This is nowhere more the case than in the field of intermolecular energy transfer, where polaritonic states formed as a result of strong light-matter interactions have been shown to promote energy transfer over distances vastly exceeding conventional limits. In this review, we provide the reader with a succinct account of the fundamental concepts of intermolecular energy transfer, and how they are modified by strong light-matter interactions. We also summarize recent experimental advances in the area, including in optoelectronic device contexts, and highlight both the potential and challenges that remain in this exciting field of research going forward.
强光物质相互作用的研究继续引起人们的兴趣，这是由意想不到的、通常是壮观的实验观察所推动的。当一种材料被放置在共振光学腔中时，人们发现那些被认为完全取决于材料组成的性质会发生剧烈变化。在分子间能量转移领域，这种情况最为明显，由于强光物质相互作用而形成的极化激元态已被证明可以促进能量在远远超出传统极限的距离上转移。在这篇综述中，我们为读者提供了一个简洁的分子间能量转移的基本概念说明，以及它们是如何被强光物质相互作用所改变的。我们还总结了该领域的最新实验进展，包括光电设备方面的进展，并强调了在这个令人兴奋的研究领域中仍然存在的潜力和挑战。
