Ultrafast dynamics of photosynthetic light harvesting: Strategies for acclimation across organisms

OC Fiebig, D Harris, D Wang… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Photosynthetic light harvesting exhibits near-unity quantum efficiency. The high efficiency is
achieved through a series of energy and charge transfer steps within a network of pigment …

Photosynthetic model membranes of natural plant thylakoid embedded in a patterned polymeric lipid bilayer

T Yoneda, Y Tanimoto, D Takagi, K Morigaki - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria are the
powerhouse of photosynthesis, capturing solar energy and converting it into chemical …

Ultrafast photodynamics and quantitative evaluation of biohybrid photosynthetic antenna and reaction center complexes generating photocurrent

Y Yoneda, A Goto, N Takeda, H Harada… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A functional linkage between light-harvesting and photocatalytic components is a pivotal
issue for using solar energy in chemical conversions; however, this concept is far from being …

Model Lipid Membranes Assembled from Natural Plant Thylakoids into 2D Microarray Patterns as a Platform to Assess the Organization and Photophysics of Light …

SA Meredith, T Yoneda, AM Hancock, SD Connell… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Natural photosynthetic “thylakoid” membranes found in green plants contain a large network
of light‐harvesting (LH) protein complexes. Rearrangement of this photosynthetic …

Influence of phospholipid composition on self-assembly and energy-transfer efficiency in networks of light-harvesting 2 complexes

A Sumino, T Dewa, T Noji, Y Nakano… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In the photosynthetic membrane of purple bacteria networks of light-harvesting 2 (LH2)
complexes capture the sunlight and transfer the excitation energy. In order to investigate the …

Frequency-tunable electromagnetic energy harvester using magneto-rheological elastomer

W Sun, J Jung, J Seok - Journal of Intelligent Material …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This article proposes an idea for the development of a novel frequency-tunable
electromagnetic energy harvester, which mainly consists of a frequency-tuning system …

Functional Coupling of Biohybrid Photosynthetic Antennae and Reaction Center Complexes: Quantitative Comparison with Native Antennae

T Dewa, K Kimoto, G Kasagi, H Harada… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Light-harvesting (LH) complexes in photosynthetic organisms absorb photons within limited
wavelength ranges over a broad solar spectrum. Extension of the LH wavelength has been …

Lipid-Controlled Stabilization of Charge-Separated States (P+QB) and Photocurrent Generation Activity of a Light-Harvesting–Reaction Center Core Complex (LH1-RC) from …

T Noji, M Matsuo, N Takeda, A Sumino… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The photosynthetic light-harvesting–reaction center core complex (LH1-RC) is a natural
excitonic and photovoltaic device embedded in a lipid membrane. In order to apply LH1 …

Electron conduction and photocurrent generation of a light-harvesting/reaction center core complex in lipid membrane environments

A Sumino, T Dewa, N Sasaki, M Kondo… - The journal of physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
To reveal the structure–function relationship of membrane proteins, a membrane
environment is often used to establish a suitable platform for assembly, functioning, and …

Energy transfer dynamics and the mechanism of biohybrid photosynthetic antenna complexes chemically linked with artificial chromophores

Y Yoneda, T Noji, N Mizutani, D Kato… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A light-harvesting strategy is crucial for the utilisation of solar energy. In this study, we
addressed the expanding light-harvesting (LH) wavelength of photosynthetic LH complex 2 …