The design of optimal light-harvesting (supra) molecular systems and materials is one of the
most challenging frontiers of science. Theoretical methods and computational models play a …

Natural organisms such as photosynthetic bacteria, algae, and plants employ complex
molecular machinery to convert solar energy into biochemical fuel. An important common …

The rapid, photoprotective down-regulation of plant light-harvesting in bright light proceeds
via the non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll excitation energy in the major …

In this contribution, we fabricate hybrid constructs based on a natural light-harvesting
complex, peridinin–chlorophyll a–protein, coupled to dimer optical antennas self-assembled …

Time-resolved multi-pulse methods were applied to investigate the excited state dynamics,
the interstate couplings, and the excited state energy transfer pathways between the light …

We have applied femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy in pump-probe and pump-
dump-probe regimes to study energy transfer between fucoxanthin and Chl a in fucoxanthin …

Excitation energy transfer (EET) in peridinin–chlorophyll–protein (PCP) complexes is
dominated by the S 1→ Q y pathway, but the high efficiencies cannot be solely explained by …

The novel potential use of selected metalloporphyrins as dual absorber-upconverters in
solar photovoltaics is discussed. Additional efficiencies are available if use can be made of …

Sequence-selective bis-intercalating dyes exhibit large increases in fluorescence in the
presence of specific DNA sequences. This property makes this class of fluorophore of …

Multichromophoric interactions control the initial events of energy capture and transfer in the
light harvesting peridinin-chlorophyll a protein (PCP) from marine algae dinoflagellates. Due …