Chlorophylls are a fundamental class of tetrapyrroles and function as the central reaction
center, accessory and photoprotective pigments in photosynthesis. Their unique individual …

This chapter reviews our current state of knowledge on the primary electron transfer in
Photosystem II (PS II). Properties of chlorophyll (Chl) a in solution and the basic features of …

Zinc dipyrrin complexes with two identical dipyrrin ligands absorb strongly at 450–550 nm
and exhibit high fluorescence quantum yields in nonpolar solvents (eg, 0.16–0.66 in …

Using cyclic voltammetry, we examined the dependence of the reduction potentials of six
quinones on the concentration of the supporting electrolyte. An increase in the electrolyte …

A linear chain of connected sites with two asymmetric sinks, one attached to each end, is
used as a simple model of quantum (excitonic and/or electron) transport in photosynthetic …

The purple bacterial reaction centre uses light energy to separate charge across the
cytoplasmic membrane, reducing ubiquinone and oxidizing ac-type cytochrome. The protein …

This chapter reviews our current knowledge on the energetics, kinetics, and mechanism of
electron transfer in Photosystem II (PS II), excluding oxidative water splitting, which is …

This chapter reviews our current knowledge on the reactions leading to light-induced water
splitting into molecular oxygen and hydrogen, bound in the form of plastoquinol. This …

It is widely accepted that the primary electron acceptor in various Photosystem II (PSII)
reaction center (RC) preparations is pheophytin a (Pheo a) within the D1 protein (PheoD1) …

It is shown that quantum sustainability is a universal phenomenon which emerges during
environment‐assisted electronic excitation energy transfer (EET) in photobiological …