An important component of the photosynthetic apparatus is a light-harvesting system that
captures light energy and transfers it efficiently to the reaction center. Depending on …

Hybrid nanostructures are systems composed of two or more nanostructures designed for
improving the performance over individual components. In this work we introduce the …

Ensemble and single-molecule spectroscopy demonstrates that both emission and
absorption of peridinin− chlorophyll− protein photosynthetic antennae can be largely …

Single molecule spectroscopy experiments are reported for native peridinin–chlorophyll a–
protein (PCP) complexes, and three reconstituted light-harvesting systems, where an N …

The functional units of natural photosynthetic systems control the process of converting
sunlight into chemical energy. In this article, we explore a series of chemically and …

Light harvesting proteins are optimized to efficiently collect and transfer light energy for
photosynthesis. In eukaryotic dinoflagellates these complexes utilize chlorophylls and a …

We report on experimental and theoretical studies of plasmon-induced effects in a hybrid
nanostructure composed of light-harvesting complexes and metallic nanoparticles in the …

Chlorophyll f is a new type of chlorophyll isolated from cyanobacteria. The absorption and
fluorescence characteristics of chlorophyll f permit these oxygenic-photosynthetic organisms …

We combine ensemble and single-molecule spectroscopy to gain insight into the energy
transfer between chlorophylls (Chls) in peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) complexes …

The peridinin–chlorophyll a-protein (PCP) from dinoflagellates is a soluble light harvesting
antenna which gathers incoming photons mainly by the carotenoid peridinin. In PCPs …