Local environments Dissipative energy 4 Dynamical behaviours 4 Energy dissipation 4 Exciton transport 4 Incoherent process 4 Open quantum systems 4 Polarons 4 Quantum electronics 4 Quantum optics 4 Systems analysis 4 Unitary transformations 4 Variational methods 4 Chemical state 2 Crystal atomic structure 2 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 2 High resolution transmission electron microscopy 2 Local structure 2 Mesoporous oxides 2 Mesoporous thin films 2 Mesostructures 2 Nanostructured systems 2 Pluronic F-127 2 Silicon 2 Transmission electron microscopy 2 X ray absorption 2 X ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy 2 X ray scattering 2