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 …

Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

E Fresch, FVA Camargo, Q Shen, CC Bellora… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) is a popular technique that can track
ultrafast coherent and incoherent processes in real time. Since its development in the late …

Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures

D Shevela, JF Kern, G Govindjee, J Messinger - Photosynthesis research, 2023 - Springer
Photosynthetic water oxidation by Photosystem II (PSII) is a fascinating process because it
sustains life on Earth and serves as a blue print for scalable synthetic catalysts required for …

Light harvesting in oxygenic photosynthesis: Structural biology meets spectroscopy

R Croce, H van Amerongen - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND The harvesting of photons is the first step in photosynthesis, the biological
process that transforms solar energy into chemical energy. The photosynthetic membranes …

Quantum biology: An update and perspective

Y Kim, F Bertagna, EM D'souza, DJ Heyes… - Quantum …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the rules of life is one of the most important scientific endeavours and has
revolutionised both biology and biotechnology. Remarkable advances in observation …

2D electronic spectroscopic techniques for quantum technology applications

E Collini - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021 - ACS Publications
2D electronic spectroscopy (2DES) techniques have gained particular interest given their
capability of following ultrafast coherent and noncoherent processes in real-time. Although …

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy uncovers mechanisms of light energy conversion in photosynthesis and sustainable energy materials

D Zigmantas, T Polívka, P Persson… - Chemical Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The invention of the laser in 1960 gave us the ruby laser, which generally produced chaotic
pulses of light. Six years later, in 1966, a concept called passive mode-locking applied to …

Machine learning exciton Hamiltonians in light-harvesting complexes

E Cignoni, L Cupellini, B Mennucci - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We propose a machine learning (ML)-based strategy for an inexpensive calculation of
excitonic properties of light-harvesting complexes (LHCs). The strategy uses classical …

The critical studies of fucoxanthin research trends from 1928 to june 2021: A bibliometric review

YS Khaw, FM Yusoff, HT Tan, NAI Noor Mazli… - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fucoxanthin is a major carotenoid in brown macroalgae and diatoms that possesses a
broad spectrum of health benefits. This review evaluated the research trends of the …

[HTML][HTML] Supramolecular chlorophyll aggregates inspired from specific light-harvesting antenna “chlorosome”: Static nanostructure, dynamic construction process, and …

S Matsubara, H Tamiaki - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C …, 2020 - Elsevier
Photosynthetic light-harvesting antennas possess a variety of supramolecular structures with
the same function (collecting sunlight energy), dependent on their living habitats and …