The book investigates QDs and SWCNTs using quantum-chemical calculations that
describe intricate details of excited-state phenomena and provides information
about the mechanisms that occur on the atomic level and that are extremely
difficult, if not impossible, to probe experimentally. It delivers, consistently
and coherently, a novel approach to nanomaterials which is promising for today's
technologies as well as their future. This approach elegantly overcomes
computational difficulties known in the field and shares ways to reach top
performance in the description of combined quantum effects of molecular
vibrations and exciton formation on realistic-size numerical models. The reader
will acquire an understanding of the pioneering methodology supported by most
recent original