The natural photosynthetic reaction center utilizes sequential multi-step electron transfer
from the excited chromophore to the terminal electron acceptor via electron mediators to …

Control of electron-transfer processes is described for a number of electron donor-acceptor
dyads containing porphyrins or phthalocyanines as models for the photosynthetic reaction …

An extremely long-lived charge-separated state has been achieved successfully using a
ferrocene− zincporphyrin− freebaseporphyrin− fullerene tetrad which reveals a cascade of …

A triad consisting of a carotenoid (C), a dimesitylporphyrin (P), and a tris (heptafluoropropyl)
porphyrin (PF), C− P− PF, has been synthesized and found to undergo rapid singlet− singlet …

Photosynthetic reaction centers convert excitation energy from absorbed sunlight into
chemical potential energy in the form of a charge-separated state. The rates of the electron …

A highly efficient functional mimic of a photosynthetic antenna− reaction center complex has
been designed, synthesized, and studied spectroscopically. The antenna, consisting of four …

We have prepared a variety of porphyrin–fullerene linked systems to mimic photoinduced
energy and electron transfer (ET) processes in photosynthesis. Photodynamical studies on …

An artificial photosynthetic reaction center consisting of a carotenoid (C), a
dimesitylporphyrin (P), and a bis (heptafluoropropyl) porphyrin (PF), C‐P‐PF, and the …

Bioinspired electron-transfer systems including artificial photosynthesis and respiration are
presented herein together with some of their applications. First, multi-step electron-transfer …

Conspectus Researchers have long been interested in replicating the reactivity that occurs
in photosynthetic organisms. To mimic the long-lived charge separations characteristic of the …