Coherent two-dimensional and broadband electronic spectroscopies

S Biswas, JW Kim, X Zhang, GD Scholes - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, coherent broadband spectroscopy has been widely used to
improve our understanding of ultrafast processes (eg, photoinduced electron transfer, proton …

Investigating carotenoid photophysics in photosynthesis with 2D electronic spectroscopy

M Son, SM Hart, GS Schlau-Cohen - Trends in Chemistry, 2021 - cell.com
Carotenoids are accessory pigments in photosynthesis that serve a range of functions such
as light harvesting, photoprotection, and structural stabilization. Such versatility is enabled …

Chirped Laser Pulse Control of Vibronic Wavepackets and Energy Transfer in Phycocyanin 645

CP Oberg, LC Spangler, DF Coker… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photosynthetic organisms use light-harvesting complexes to increase the spectrum of light
that they absorb from solar photons. Recent ultrafast spectroscopic studies have revealed …

Watching the Interplay between Photoinduced Ultrafast Charge Dynamics and Nuclear Vibrations

E Buttarazzi, F Perrella, N Rega… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here is presented the ultrafast hole–electron dynamics of photoinduced metal to ligand
charge-transfer (MLCT) states in a Ru (II) complex,[Ru (dcbpy) 2 (NCS) 2] 4–(dcbpy= 4, 4 …

Calculating multidimensional optical spectra from classical trajectories

RF Loring - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Multidimensional optical spectra are measured from the response of a material system to a
sequence of laser pulses and have the capacity to elucidate specific molecular interactions …

The development and applications of multidimensional biomolecular spectroscopy illustrated by photosynthetic light harvesting

GR Fleming, GD Scholes - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2024 - cambridge.org
The parallel and synergistic developments of atomic resolution structural information, new
spectroscopic methods, their underpinning formalism, and the application of sophisticated …

The Energy Transfer Yield between Carotenoids and Chlorophylls in Peridinin Chlorophyll a Protein Is Robust against Mutations

F Tumbarello, G Marcolin, E Fresch, E Hofmann… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The energy transfer (ET) from carotenoids (Cars) to chlorophylls (Chls) in photosynthetic
complexes occurs with almost unitary efficiency thanks to the synergistic action of multiple …

Rational Design of Superior Photoelectrochemical System through Bioinspired Self-Assembly of Light-Harvesting Complexes

G Lin, M Lewandowska, S Wang - ACS Materials Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Deep understanding of the photoelectrochemical process of natural antenna complexes
inspires us to rationally design novel artificial devices for various applications. Enlightened …

Harnessing Solar Light: Lessons from Photosynthesis for Bio-Inspired Solutions

F Tumbarello - 2024 - research.unipd.it
Seppure i sistemi fotosintetici siano noti per la sorprendente efficienza con cui raccolgono e
trasformano la luce solare, i meccanismi molecolari che regolano i processi fotoindotti in tali …

Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of Fucoxanthin Chlorophyll Protein: the carotenoid perspective

G Marcolin - 2023 - research.unipd.it
Abstract Fucoxanthin Chlorophyll Protein (FCP) is a Light Harvesting Complex that can be
found in diatoms and brown algae, crucial for the photosynthesis process in the marine …