Dynamics of excitons in conjugated molecules and organic semiconductor systems

OP Dimitriev - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The exciton, an excited electron–hole pair bound by Coulomb attraction, plays a key role in
photophysics of organic molecules and drives practically important phenomena such as …

Rewiring photosynthetic electron transport chains for solar energy conversion

JM Lawrence, RM Egan, T Hoefer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Photosynthetic organisms have evolved versatile electron transport chains that efficiently
convert solar energy into chemical energy. Researchers can engineer these electron …

Rise of nature-inspired solar photovoltaic energy convertors

N Soudi, S Nanayakkara, NMS Jahed, S Naahidi - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Novel strategies based on nature-inspired design will play a major role in future photovoltaic
solar cells as a sustainable energy resource. Biomimetic photovoltaic solar cells attracted …

Origin of chirality induced spin selectivity in photoinduced electron transfer

TP Fay, DT Limmer - Nano letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Here we propose a mechanism by which spin-polarization can be generated dynamically in
chiral molecular systems undergoing photoinduced electron transfer. The proposed …

Multifaceted aspects of charge transfer

JB Derr, J Tamayo, JA Clark, M Morales… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge transfer and charge transport are by far among the most important processes for
sustaining life on Earth and for making our modern ways of living possible. Involving multiple …

Chlorophyll: the ubiquitous photocatalyst of nature and its potential as an organo-photocatalyst in organic syntheses

S Banu, PP Yadav - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chlorophyll, the principal photoacceptor of green plants, plays a pivotal role in
photosynthesis. In the recent past, chlorophyll has also been utilized as an efficient organo …

A Symmetry‐Broken Charge‐Separated State in the Marcus Inverted Region

E Sebastian, M Hariharan - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report a long‐lived charge‐separated state in a chromophoric pair (DC‐PDI2) that
uniquely integrates the advantages of fundamental processes of photosynthetic reaction …

γ-graphynes with extended polyyne chains for efficient photoinduced electron transfer in complexes with fullerenes

OA Stasyuk, AA Voityuk, M Solà, AJ Stasyuk - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, much attention has been paid to γ-graphynes due to their high potential in
practical applications. The unique combination of sp 2–sp carbon atoms, an extended π …

Printable logic circuits comprising self-assembled protein complexes

X Qiu, RC Chiechi - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
This paper describes the fabrication of digital logic circuits comprising resistors and diodes
made from protein complexes and wired together using printed liquid metal electrodes …

[HTML][HTML] The aprotic electrochemistry of quinones

RC Prince, PL Dutton, MR Gunner - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quinones play important roles in biological electron transfer reactions in almost all
organisms, with specific roles in many physiological processes and chemotherapy …