The process of photosynthesis is initiated by the capture of sunlight by a network of light-
absorbing molecules (chromophores), which are also responsible for the subsequent …

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 …

A theory for calculating time–and frequency–domain optical spectra of pigment–protein
complexes is presented using a density matrix approach. Non-Markovian effects in the …

We present temperature-dependent fluorescence quantum yield and lifetime measurements
on the LH-1 and LH-2 complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and on the isolated B820 …

Time-resolved fluorescence on oligomers of the main light-harvesting complex from higher
plants indicate that in vitro oligomerization leads to the formation of a weakly coupled inter …

Using two-color pump− probe femtosecond spectroscopy, the temperature dependence of
the energy transfer rate within the peripheral light-harvesting antenna (LH2) of the …

Rhodospirillum (Rsp.) rubrum is one of the most widely used model organisms in bacterial
photosynthesis. This purple phototroph is characterized by the presence of both …

Biohybrid antenna systems have been constructed that contain synthetic chromophores
attached to 31mer analogues of the bacterial photosynthetic core light-harvesting (LH1) β …

Peridinin chlorophyll a protein (PCP) from Amphidinium carterae has been studied using
absorbance (OD), linear dichroism (LD), circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence emission …

We report the results of relative difference absorption measurements for the LH2 antenna of
Rhodobacter sphaeroides and the B820 subunit of Rhodospirillum rubrum at room …