Tomáš Mančal

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Tomáš Mančal is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomáš Mančal has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Tomáš Mančal's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (65 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (33 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (20 papers). Tomáš Mančal is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (65 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (33 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (20 papers). Tomáš Mančal collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Germany and United States. Tomáš Mančal's co-authors include Graham R. Fleming, Elizabeth L. Read, Gregory S. Engel, Tessa R. Calhoun, Robert E. Blankenship, Yuan‐Chung Cheng, Tobias Brixner, Leonas Valkūnas, Igor V. Stiopkin and H. F. Kauffmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Tomáš Mančal

71 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems

2007 2.3k citations Gregory S. Engel, Tessa R. Calhoun et al. Nature profile →
Quantum biology revisited

2020 321 citations Jianshu Cao, Richard J. Cogdell et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomáš Mančal Czechia	28	4.8k	2.3k	1.4k	1.3k	932	71	5.4k
Akihito Ishizaki Japan	25	4.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	990 0.7×	766 0.6×	739 0.8×	47	4.6k
Yuan‐Chung Cheng Taiwan	29	5.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	892 0.7×	944 1.0×	76	7.4k
Tessa R. Calhoun United States	17	2.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	845 0.6×	605 0.5×	586 0.6×	33	3.9k
Gregory S. Engel United States	41	5.7k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	926 1.0×	103	7.7k
Darius Abramavičius Lithuania	36	3.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	902 1.0×	131	4.5k
David M. Jonas United States	38	5.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	89	6.2k
Tobias Brixner Germany	47	7.7k 1.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.9×	1.3k 1.4×	179	9.8k
Elizabeth L. Read United States	15	2.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	762 0.6×	520 0.4×	438 0.5×	30	3.4k
Thomas Renger Germany	44	5.2k 1.1×	4.6k 2.0×	2.7k 2.0×	642 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	118	6.6k
Irène Burghardt Germany	42	4.4k 0.9×	697 0.3×	726 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	177	6.2k

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Sláma, Vladislav, Frank Müh, Thomas Renger, & Tomáš Mančal. (2022). Role of Environmental Dynamic Polarizability in Static Excited State Properties of Embedded Molecular Systems: Application to Disordered Fluorographene Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(1). 381–392. 3 indexed citations

Cao, Jianshu, Richard J. Cogdell, D. F. Coker, et al.. (2020). Quantum biology revisited. Science Advances. 6(14). eaaz4888–eaaz4888. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

Ondráček, Martin, Oleksandr Stetsovych, Pavel Malý, et al.. (2020). Quantum dissipation driven by electron transfer within a single molecule investigated with atomic force microscopy. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1337–1337. 21 indexed citations

Mančal, Tomáš, et al.. (2020). Modeling irreversible molecular internal conversion using the time-dependent variational approach with sD₂ ansatz. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(16). 8952–8962. 7 indexed citations

Sláma, Vladislav, Heinz Langhals, Andreas Walter, et al.. (2020). Anharmonic Molecular Motion Drives Resonance Energy Transfer in peri-Arylene Dyads. Frontiers in Chemistry. 8. 579166–579166. 5 indexed citations

Malý, Pavel, Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin, Rienk van Grondelle, & Tomáš Mančal. (2019). Electron-vibrational coupling decreases trapping by low-energy states in photosynthesis. Chemical Physics. 522. 69–76. 5 indexed citations

Sláma, Vladislav, et al.. (2018). Fluorographene with Impurities as a Biomimetic Light-Harvesting Medium. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

Malý, Pavel, John T. M. Kennis, Rienk van Grondelle, et al.. (2017). Polarization-controlled optimal scatter suppression in transient absorption spectroscopy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43484–43484. 12 indexed citations

Seibt, Joachim, Vladislav Sláma, & Tomáš Mančal. (2016). Optical spectroscopy and system–bath interactions in molecular aggregates with full configuration interaction Frenkel exciton model. Chemical Physics. 481. 218–230. 10 indexed citations

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Mančal, Tomáš, et al.. (2016). Study of Electronic Structures and Pigment–Protein Interactions in the Reaction Center of Thermochromatium tepidum with a Dynamic Environment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 120(38). 10046–10058. 10 indexed citations

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Mohseni, Masoud, Masoud Mohseni, Tony Leggett, et al.. (2014). Quantum Effects in Biology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 150 indexed citations

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Valkūnas, Leonas, Darius Abramavičius, & Tomáš Mančal. (2013). Molecular Excitation Dynamics and Relaxation. 142 indexed citations

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Valkūnas, Leonas, Darius Abramavičius, & Tomáš Mančal. (2013). Molecular Excitation Dynamics and Relaxation: Quantum Theory and Spectroscopy. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 26 indexed citations

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Balevičius, Vytautas, Andrius Gelžinis, Darius Abramavičius, Tomáš Mančal, & Leonas Valkūnas. (2012). Excitation dynamics and relaxation in a molecular heterodimer. Chemical Physics. 404. 94–102. 25 indexed citations

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Mančal, Tomáš & František Šanda. (2012). Quantum master equations for non-linear optical response of molecular systems. Chemical Physics Letters. 530. 140–144. 10 indexed citations

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Nemeth, Alexandra, F. Milota, Tomáš Mančal, et al.. (2010). Vibrational wave packet induced oscillations in two-dimensional electronic spectra. I. Experiments. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 132(18). 54 indexed citations

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Mančal, Tomáš, Leonas Valkūnas, Elizabeth L. Read, et al.. (2008). Electronic coherence transfer in photosynthetic complexes and its signatures in optical spectroscopy. Spectroscopy An International Journal. 22(2-3). 199–211. 14 indexed citations

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Engel, Gregory S., Tessa R. Calhoun, Elizabeth L. Read, et al.. (2007). Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems. Nature. 446(7137). 782–786. 2294 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zigmantas, Donatas, Elizabeth L. Read, Tomáš Mančal, et al.. (2006). Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of the B800–B820 light-harvesting complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(34). 12672–12677. 171 indexed citations

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Mančal, Tomáš & Volkhard May. (2001). Non-Markovian dissipation of molecular vibrational energy via multi-quantum processes. Chemical Physics Letters. 334(1-3). 179–186. 1 indexed citations

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