Solar fuel production often starts with the energy from light being absorbed by an assembly
of molecules; this electronic excitation is subsequently transferred to a suitable acceptor. For …

Advances in imaging technologies have revealed that many bacteria possess organelles
with a proteomically defined lumen and a macromolecular boundary. Some are bound by a …

Develo** photocatalysts capable of visible-light-driven water splitting to produce clean
hydrogen (H2) is one of the premier challenges for solar energy conversion into clean and …

Key processes in photosynthesis are the absorption of solar energy by antenna pigments
and the efficient transfer of excitation energy to photochemical reaction centers, where the …

INTRODUCTION Photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) harvest light energy and convert it
into chemical energy, a process that ultimately sustains most life on Earth. RCs are classified …

Absorption of sunlight is the first step in photosynthesis, which provides energy for the vast
majority of organisms on Earth. The primary processes of photosynthesis have been studied …

Infrared radiation can induce low-frequency molecular vibrations, but, with the exception of
hydrogen-bond reorganization,,, the excitation energy tends to be dissipated rapidly through …

Three phyla of bacteria include phototrophs that contain unique antenna systems,
chlorosomes, as the principal light-harvesting apparatus. Chlorosomes are the largest …

Green photosynthetic bacteria contain antenna complexes known as chlorosomes. These
complexes are appressed to the cytoplasmic side of the inner cell membrane and function to …

Polypeptides, as natural polyelectrolytes, are assembled into tailored proteins to integrate
chromophores and catalytic sites for photosynthesis. Mimicking nature to create the water …