Quantum design of photosynthesis for bio-inspired solar-energy conversion

E Romero, VI Novoderezhkin, R Van Grondelle - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Photosynthesis is the natural process that converts solar photons into energy-rich products
that are needed to drive the biochemistry of life. Two ultrafast processes form the basis of …

Electron transfer in nitrogenase

HL Rutledge, FA Tezcan - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenase is the only enzyme capable of reducing N2 to NH3. This challenging reaction
requires the coordinated transfer of multiple electrons from the reductase, Fe-protein, to the …

Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy: principles and application to photosynthetic systems

R Berera, R van Grondelle, JTM Kennis - Photosynthesis research, 2009 - Springer
The photophysical and photochemical reactions, after light absorption by a photosynthetic
pigment–protein complex, are among the fastest events in biology, taking place on …

[图书][B] Photosynthetic excitons

H Van Amerongen, R Van Grondelle - 2000 - books.google.com
Excitons are considered as the basic concept used by describing the spectral properties of
photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes and excitation dynamics in photosynthetic light …

Energy transfer and trapping in photosynthesis

R van Grondelle, JP Dekker, T Gillbro… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 1994 - Elsevier
Key processes in photosynthesis are the absorption of solar energy by antenna pigments
and the efficient transfer of excitation energy to photochemical reaction centers, where the …

On the relation of protein dynamics and exciton relaxation in pigment–protein complexes: An estimation of the spectral density and a theory for the calculation of …

T Renger, RA Marcus - The Journal of chemical physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
A theory for calculating time–and frequency–domain optical spectra of pigment–protein
complexes is presented using a density matrix approach. Non-Markovian effects in the …

Structure, dynamics, and energetics of the primary photochemistry of photosystem II of oxygenic photosynthesis

BA Diner, F Rappaport - Annual review of plant biology, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Recent progress in two-dimensional and three-dimensional electron and X-ray
crystallography of Photosystem II (PSII) core complexes has led to major advances in the …

Kinetics and mechanism of electron transfer in intact photosystem II and in the isolated reaction center: pheophytin is the primary electron acceptor

AR Holzwarth, MG Müller, M Reus… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The mechanism and kinetics of electron transfer in isolated D1/D2-cytb559 photosystem
(PS) II reaction centers (RCs) and in intact PSII cores have been studied by femtosecond …

Photosynthesis re-wired on the pico-second timescale

TK Baikie, LT Wey, JM Lawrence, H Medipally… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Photosystems II and I (PSII, PSI) are the reaction centre-containing complexes
driving the light reactions of photosynthesis; PSII performs light-driven water oxidation and …

From fundamental theories to quantum coherences in electron transfer

SR Rather, GD Scholes - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced electron transfer (ET) is a cornerstone of energy transduction from light to
chemistry. The past decade has seen tremendous advances in the possible role of quantum …