SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Below is a selection of our featured publications. For a complete list, please see our full publication record.

Selected Publications

 

  1. Scholes, G. D., Olaya-Castro, A., Mukamel, S., Kirrander, A., Ni, K.-K., Hedley, G. J., & Frank, N. L. (2025). The quantum information science challenge for chemistry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16(5), 1376–1396. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02955

  2. Rodríguez-Camargo, C. D., Gestsson, H. Ó., Nation, C., Jones, A. R., & Olaya-Castro, A. (2025). Perturbation-theory approach for predicting vibronic selectivity by entangled-photon-pair absorption. Physical Review A, 111(6), 063101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.111.063101

  3. Le, T. P., & Olaya-Castro, A. (2019). Strong quantum Darwinism and strong independence are equivalent to spectrum broadcast structure. Physical Review Letters, 122(1), 010403. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.010403

  4. Scholes, G. D., Fleming, G. R., Chen, L. X., Aspuru-Guzik, A., Buchleitner, A., Coker, D. F., Engel, G. S., van Grondelle, R., Ishizaki, A., Jonas, D. M., Lundeen, J. S., McCusker, J. K., Mukamel, S., Ogilvie, J. P., Olaya-Castro, A., Ratner, M. A., Spano, F. C., Whaley, K. B., & Zhu, X. (2017). Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems. Nature, 543, 647–656. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21425

  5. O'Reilly, E. J., & Olaya-Castro, A. (2014). Non-classicality of the molecular vibrations assisting exciton energy transfer at room temperature. Nature Communications, 5, 3012. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4012

  6. Kolli, A., O'Reilly, E. J., Scholes, G. D., & Olaya-Castro, A. (2012). The fundamental role of quantized vibrations in coherent light harvesting by cryptophyte algae. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 137(17), 174109. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4764100

  7. Fassioli, F., Olaya-Castro, A., & Scholes, G. D. (2012). Coherent energy transfer under incoherent light conditions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3(21), 3136–3142. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz3010317

  8. Scholes, G. D., Fleming, G. R., Olaya-Castro, A., & van Grondelle, R. (2011). Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting. Nature Chemistry, 3(10), 763–774. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1145

  9. Olaya-Castro, A., Lee, C. F., Fassioli Olsen, F., & Johnson, N. F. (2008). Efficiency of energy transfer in a light-harvesting system under quantum coherence. Physical Review B, 78(8), 085115. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.085115

  10. Olaya-Castro, A., Johnson, N. F., & Quiroga, L. (2005). Robust one-step catalytic machine for high fidelity anticloning and W-state generation in a multiqubit system. Physical Review Letters, 94(11), 110502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.110502