Organic photosensitizers possessing efficient intersystem crossing (ISC) and forming long-
living triplet excited states, play a crucial role in a number of applications. A common …

Increased understanding of photosynthetic energy conversion and advances in chemical
synthesis and instrumentation have made it possible to create artificial nanoscale devices …

We report herein a comparison of the photophysics of a series of polythiophenes with
ionization potentials ranging from 4.8 to 5.6 eV as pristine films and when blended with 5 …

Electron transfer in biological molecules provides both insight and inspiration for developing
chemical systems having similar functionality. Photosynthesis is an example of an integrated …

Functional molecular wires are essential for the development of molecular electronics.
Charge transport through molecules occurs primarily by means of two mechanisms …

Time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance studies show that the primary mechanism
of triplet formation following photoexcitation of julolidine-anthracene molecules linked by a …

The widely assumed correspondence between fluorescence and photochemistry in
photosynthetic systems has recently been challenged by observations on the triplet state of …

A molecular triad consisting of a diarylporphyrin (P) covalently linked to a carotenoid
polyene (C) and a fullerene (C60) has been prepared and studied using time-resolved …

'Tunnelling'is the metaphorical name given to the process, possible in quantum mechanics,
but not in classical mechanics, whereby a particle can disappear from one side of a potential …

Revealing the blueprint of photosynthesis Page 1 PROGRESS Revealing the blueprint of
photosynthesis J. Barber & B, Andersson Recent research has revealed the nature of the …