The design of optimal light-harvesting (supra) molecular systems and materials is one of the
most challenging frontiers of science. Theoretical methods and computational models play a …

Carotenoids are, along with chlorophylls, the most abundant pigments found in nature. They
are present in most organisms including humans but can be synthesized only by plants and …

Functional organic materials with enhanced two‐photon absorption lead to new
technologies in the fields of chemistry, biology, and photonics. In this article we review …

Chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls, together with carotenoids, serve, noncovalently
bound to specific apoproteins, as principal light-harvesting and energy-transforming …

The functional dependence of excited-state geometries and normal modes calculated with
time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is investigated on the basis of vibronic …

Effects of introducing a carbonyl group into the conjugation system of carotenoids were
studied for four naturally occurring carotenoids: peridinin, fucoxanthin, siphonaxanthin and …

An extensive series of push–push and pull–pull derivatives was prepared from the
symmetrical functionalization of an ambivalent core with conjugated rods made from arylene …

Carotenoids are among the most important organic compounds present in Nature and play
several essential roles in biology. Their configuration is responsible for their specific …

The theoretical description of the initial steps in photosynthesis has gained increasing
importance over the past few years. This is caused by more and more structural data …

Many of the spectroscopic features and photophysical properties of carotenoids are
explained using a three-state model in which the strong visible absorption of the molecules …