Understanding the rules of life is one of the most important scientific endeavours and has
revolutionised both biology and biotechnology. Remarkable advances in observation …

Chlorophototrophic organisms have a charge-separating reaction centre (RC) complex that
receives energy from a dedicated light-harvesting (LH) antenna. In the purple phototrophic …

Abstract Photosystems II and I (PSII, PSI) are the reaction centre-containing complexes
driving the light reactions of photosynthesis; PSII performs light-driven water oxidation and …

Photosystem I (PSI), found in all oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, uses solar energy to
drive electron transport with nearly 100% quantum efficiency, thanks to fast energy transfer …

Chlorophylls (Chl) s exist in a variety of flavors and are ubiquitous in both the energy and
electron transfer processes of photosynthesis. The functions they perform often occur on the …

Exciton charge separation in photosynthetic reaction centers from purple bacteria (PbRC)
and photosystem II (PSII) occurs exclusively along one of the two pseudo-symmetric …

The funnelling of energy within multichromophoric assemblies is at the heart of the efficient
conversion of solar energy by plants. The detailed mechanisms of this process are still …

Charge separation dynamics after the absorption of a photon is a fundamental process
relevant both for photosynthetic reaction centers and artificial solar conversion devices. It …

During the past two decades, two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) and related
techniques have emerged as a potent experimental toolset to study the ultrafast elementary …

Excess energy absorbed by photosystems (PSs) can result in photoinduced oxidative
damage. Transfer of such energy within the core pigments of the reaction center in the form …