Functions, therapeutic applications, and synthesis of retinoids and carotenoids
Vitamin A (all-trans-retinol, 1, Figure 1) is considered the most multifunctional vitamin in the
human body. 1 It plays key roles in many physiological processes such as vision …
human body. 1 It plays key roles in many physiological processes such as vision …
Photochemistry of the retinal chromophore in microbial rhodopsins
K Inoue - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microbial rhodopsins are photoreceptive membrane proteins of microorganisms that express
diverse photobiological functions. All-trans-retinylidene Schiff base, the so-called all-trans …
diverse photobiological functions. All-trans-retinylidene Schiff base, the so-called all-trans …
Understanding photosynthetic light-harvesting: a bottom up theoretical approach
T Renger, F Müh - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We discuss a bottom up approach for modeling photosynthetic light-harvesting. Methods are
reviewed for a full structure-based parameterization of the Hamiltonian of pigment–protein …
reviewed for a full structure-based parameterization of the Hamiltonian of pigment–protein …
Theory and calculation for the electronic coupling in excitation energy transfer
Excitation energy transfer (EET) is a process where the electronically excitation is
transferred from a donor to an acceptor. EET is widely seen in both natural and in artificial …
transferred from a donor to an acceptor. EET is widely seen in both natural and in artificial …
Quantum chemical description of absorption properties and excited‐state processes in photosynthetic systems
C König, J Neugebauer - ChemPhysChem, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
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 …
importance over the past few years. This is caused by more and more structural data …
The seamless connection of local and collective excited states in subsystem time-dependent density functional theory
J Tölle, J Neugebauer - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The theoretical understanding of photoinduced processes in multichromophoric systems
requires, as an essential ingredient, the possibility of accurately describing their …
requires, as an essential ingredient, the possibility of accurately describing their …
Long-range exciton diffusion in a non-fullerene acceptor: approaching the incoherent limit
In organic photovoltaic cells, absorption of light leads to the formation of excitons, which then
diffuse to the donor/acceptor interface to generate photocurrent. The distance from which …
diffuse to the donor/acceptor interface to generate photocurrent. The distance from which …
Diversity, mechanism, and optogenetic application of light-driven ion pump rhodopsins
K Inoue - Optogenetics: Light-sensing proteins and their …, 2021 - Springer
Ion-transporting microbial rhodopsins are widely used as major molecular tools in
optogenetics. They are categorized into light-gated ion channels and light-driven ion pumps …
optogenetics. They are categorized into light-gated ion channels and light-driven ion pumps …
Extending multi-layer energy-based fragment method for excited-state calculations of large covalently bonded fragment systems
Recently, we developed a low-scaling Multi-Layer Energy-Based Fragment (MLEBF)
method for accurate excited-state calculations and nonadiabatic dynamics simulations of …
method for accurate excited-state calculations and nonadiabatic dynamics simulations of …
Shedding new light on retinal protein photochemistry
The ultrafast spectroscopic investigation of novel retinal proteins challenges existing notions
concerning the course of primary events in these natural photoreceptors. We review two …
concerning the course of primary events in these natural photoreceptors. We review two …