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We give below a formal, through elementary account of the principal phenomena observed recently in aromatic, molecular, ordered systems, where the electron concept is generalised by delocalisation of the excitation over the whole system, which is polarised by the radiation field, with formation of. polariton states prospects for new calculations are suggested.
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Nouchi, G., Kottis, P. (1980). Recent advances in the interaction of radiation with matter in ordered molecular solids. In: André, J.M., Bredas, JL., Delhalle, J., Ladik, J., Leroy, G., Moser, C. (eds) Recent Advances in the Quantum Theory of Polymers. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540097317_82
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