Selected Publications
- D. L. Andrews, G. A. Jones, A. Salam and R. G. Woolley, “Perspective: Quantum Hamiltonians for Optical Interactions”, J. Chem. Phys. 148, 040901 1-10 (2018). Invited article.
- P. Barcellona, H. Safari, A. Salam and S. Y. Buhmann, “Enhanced Chiral Discriminatory van der Waals Interactions Mediated by Chiral Surfaces”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 193401 1-5 (2017).
- A. Salam, Non-Relativistic QED Theory of the van der Waals Dispersion Interaction. Springer, Basel, Switzerland, pp. 105, (2016). ISBN: 978-3-319-45604-1 (Print) 978-3-319-45606-5 (Online).
- A. Salam, “Mediation of Resonance Energy Transfer by a Third Molecule”, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 014509 1-5 (2012).
- A. Salam, Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics. Long-Range Intermolecular Interactions. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA, pp. 399, (2010). ISBN: 978-0-470-25930-6. e-book edition, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-470-53546-2.
FRIAS Project
Development of Quantum Electrodynamical Theories of Resonance Energy Transfer
The theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) will be developed and applied to the study of molecular resonance energy transfer (RET), with particular emphasis placed on the effect that one and two additional particles have in modifying the exchange rate. In this formulation, RET is mediated by the exchange of a single virtual photon between excited donor and unexcited acceptor species, as well as between coupled additional particles. Rates valid for all separation distances beyond wave function overlap for oriented and isotropic systems will be evaluated. Discriminatory migration of energy influenced by a non-chiral or chiral third-body will also be examined. Through this microscopic approach to many-body RET, supplemented by macroscopic QED calculations, further insight will be gained into exchange of energy in a medium.