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Liu H, Ruan M, Mao P, Wang Z, Chen H, Weng Y. Unraveling the excited-state vibrational cooling dynamics of chlorophyll-a using femtosecond broadband fluorescence spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:205101. [PMID: 38804490 DOI: 10.1063/5.0203819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Understanding the dynamics of excited-state vibrational energy relaxation in photosynthetic pigments is crucial for elucidating the mechanisms underlying energy transfer processes in light-harvesting complexes. Utilizing advanced femtosecond broadband transient fluorescence (TF) spectroscopy, we explored the excited-state vibrational dynamics of Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) both in solution and within the light-harvesting complex II (LHCII). We discovered a vibrational cooling (VC) process occurring over ∼6 ps in Chl-a in ethanol solution following Soret band excitation, marked by a notable ultrafast TF blueshift and spectral narrowing. This VC process, crucial for regulating the vibronic lifetimes, was further elucidated through the direct observation of the population dynamics of higher vibrational states within the Qy electronic state. Notably, Chl-a within LHCII demonstrated significantly faster VC dynamics, unfolding within a few hundred femtoseconds and aligning with the ultrafast energy transfer processes observed within the complex. Our findings shed light on the complex interaction between electronic and vibrational states in photosynthetic pigments, underscoring the pivotal role of vibrational dynamics in enabling efficient energy transfer within light-harvesting complexes.
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- Heyuan Liu
- The Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Analysis and Testing Center, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- The Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- The Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
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- The Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
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Cai MR, Zhang X, Cheng ZQ, Yan TF, Dong H. Extracting double-quantum coherence in two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy under pump-probe geometry. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2024; 95:033006. [PMID: 38497835 DOI: 10.1063/5.0198255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) can be implemented with different geometries, e.g., BOXCARS, collinear, and pump-probe geometries. The pump-probe geometry has the advantage of overlapping only two beams and reducing phase cycling steps. However, its applications are typically limited to observing the dynamics with single-quantum coherence and population, leaving the challenge to measure the dynamics of the double-quantum (2Q) coherence, which reflects the many-body interactions. We demonstrate an experimental technique in 2DES under pump-probe geometry with a designed pulse sequence and the signal processing method to extract 2Q coherence. In the designed pulse sequence, with the probe pulse arriving earlier than the pump pulses, our measured signal includes the 2Q signal as well as the zero-quantum signal. With phase cycling and data processing using causality enforcement, we extract the 2Q signal. The proposal is demonstrated with rubidium atoms. We observe the collective resonances of two-body dipole-dipole interactions in both the D1 and D2 lines.
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- Mao-Rui Cai
- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China
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- School of Microelectronics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China
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Novoderezhkin VI. Excitation energy equilibration in a trimeric LHCII complex involves unusual pathways. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:26360-26369. [PMID: 37750240 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02836d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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We explore the energy equilibration within the LHCII trimer using various approaches, including the Redfield-Förster method (with different compartmentalization schemes) and the exact hierarchical equation of motion (HEOM). We demonstrate that the inter-monomeric migration in the trimeric LHCII complex is not limited to direct transfers between quasi-equilibrated chlorophylls (Chls) a, but also involves additional pathways with uphill transfers from Chls a to the stromal-side Chls b (connecting the Chls a clusters from different monomeric subunits). Although these uphill transfers are slow they still can increase the total rate of inter-monomeric transfers by a factor of 1.5. The same stromal-side Chls b also promote a depopulation of the Chl a604 long-lived state (blue-shifted and mixed with the lumenal-side Chls b). Due to the connection between the stromal- and lumenal-side Chls b clusters the intra- and inter-monomeric transfers from a604 to the main Chls a become faster by a factor of 1.6 and 1.75, respectively.
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- Vladimir I Novoderezhkin
- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992, Moscow, Russia.
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Huang-Fu ZC, Qian Y, Zhang T, Deng GH, Brown JB, Fisher H, Schmidt S, Chen H, Rao Y. Orientational Coupling of Molecules at Interfaces Revealed by Two-Dimensional Electronic-Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation (2D-EVSFG). JACS AU 2023; 3:1413-1423. [PMID: 37234121 PMCID: PMC10206597 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Photoinduced relaxation processes at interfaces are intimately related to many fields such as solar energy conversion, photocatalysis, and photosynthesis. Vibronic coupling plays a key role in the fundamental steps of the interface-related photoinduced relaxation processes. Vibronic coupling at interfaces is expected to be different from that in bulk due to the unique environment. However, vibronic coupling at interfaces has not been well understood due to the lack of experimental tools. We have recently developed a two-dimensional electronic-vibrational sum frequency generation (2D-EVSFG) for vibronic coupling at interfaces. In this work, we present orientational correlations in vibronic couplings of electronic and vibrational transition dipoles as well as the structural evolution of photoinduced excited states of molecules at interfaces with the 2D-EVSFG technique. We used malachite green molecules at the air/water interface as an example, to be compared with those in bulk revealed by 2D-EV. Together with polarized VSFG and ESHG experiments, polarized 2D-EVSFG spectra were used to extract relative orientations of an electronic transition dipole and vibrational transition dipoles at the interface. Combined with molecular dynamics calculations, time-dependent 2D-EVSFG data have demonstrated that structural evolutions of photoinduced excited states at the interface have different behaviors than those in bulk. Our results showed that photoexcitation leads to intramolecular charge transfer but no conical interactions in 25 ps. Restricted environment and orientational orderings of molecules at the interface are responsible for the unique features of vibronic coupling.
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- Zhi-Chao Huang-Fu
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Texas
Advanced Computing Center, The University
of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78758, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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From antenna to reaction center: Pathways of ultrafast energy and charge transfer in photosystem II. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2208033119. [PMID: 36215463 PMCID: PMC9586314 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208033119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The photosystem II core complex (PSII-CC) is a photosynthetic complex that contains antenna proteins, which collect energy from sunlight, and a reaction center, which converts the collected energy to redox potential. Understanding the interplay between the antenna proteins and the reaction center will facilitate the development of more efficient solar energy conversion technologies. Here, we study the sub-100-ps dynamics of PSII-CC with two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy, which connects energy flows with physical space, allowing a direct mapping of energy transfer pathways. Our results reveal a complex dynamical scheme which includes a specific pathway that connects CP43 to the reaction center. Resolving this pathway experimentally provides insights into the energy conversion processes in natural photosynthesis. The photosystem II core complex (PSII-CC) is the smallest subunit of the oxygenic photosynthetic apparatus that contains core antennas and a reaction center, which together allow for rapid energy transfer and charge separation, ultimately leading to efficient solar energy conversion. However, there is a lack of consensus on the interplay between the energy transfer and charge separation dynamics of the core complex. Here, we report the application of two-dimensional electronic-vibrational (2DEV) spectroscopy to the spinach PSII-CC at 77 K. The simultaneous temporal and spectral resolution afforded by 2DEV spectroscopy facilitates the separation and direct assignment of coexisting dynamical processes. Our results show that the dominant dynamics of the PSII-CC are distinct in different excitation energy regions. By separating the excitation regions, we are able to distinguish the intraprotein dynamics and interprotein energy transfer. Additionally, with the improved resolution, we are able to identify the key pigments involved in the pathways, allowing for a direct connection between dynamical and structural information. Specifically, we show that C505 in CP43 and the peripheral chlorophyll ChlzD1 in the reaction center are most likely responsible for energy transfer from CP43 to the reaction center.
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Yoneda Y, Arsenault EA, Yang SJ, Orcutt K, Iwai M, Fleming GR. The initial charge separation step in oxygenic photosynthesis. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2275. [PMID: 35477708 PMCID: PMC9046298 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29983-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Photosystem II is crucial for life on Earth as it provides oxygen as a result of photoinduced electron transfer and water splitting reactions. The excited state dynamics of the photosystem II-reaction center (PSII-RC) has been a matter of vivid debate because the absorption spectra of the embedded chromophores significantly overlap and hence it is extremely difficult to distinguish transients. Here, we report the two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopic study of the PSII-RC. The simultaneous resolution along both the visible excitation and infrared detection axis is crucial in allowing for the character of the excitonic states and interplay between them to be clearly distinguished. In particular, this work demonstrates that the mixed exciton-charge transfer state, previously proposed to be responsible for the far-red light operation of photosynthesis, is characterized by the ChlD1+Phe radical pair and can be directly prepared upon photoexcitation. Further, we find that the initial electron acceptor in the PSII-RC is Phe, rather than PD1, regardless of excitation wavelength. The photosystem II reaction center (PSII-RC) is a model system to understand the initial steps of photosynthesis, but its excited state dynamics is difficult to disentangle with most spectroscopic methods. Here the authors perform a two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopic study of PSII-RC, providing detailed insight into such dynamics and into the mechanism of charge separation.
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- Yusuke Yoneda
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States.,Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States.,Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States.,Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States. .,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States. .,Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States.
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Lishchuk A, Csányi E, Darroch B, Wilson C, Nabok A, Leggett GJ. Active control of strong plasmon-exciton coupling in biomimetic pigment-polymer antenna complexes grown by surface-initiated polymerisation from gold nanostructures. Chem Sci 2022; 13:2405-2417. [PMID: 35310503 PMCID: PMC8864694 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05842h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Plexcitonic antenna complexes, inspired by photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes, are formed by attachment of chlorophylls (Chl) to poly(cysteine methacrylate) (PCysMA) scaffolds grown by atom-transfer radical polymerisation from gold nanostructure arrays. In these pigment–polymer antenna complexes, localised surface plasmon resonances on gold nanostructures are strongly coupled to Chl excitons, yielding hybrid light–matter states (plexcitons) that are manifested in splitting of the plasmon band. Modelling of the extinction spectra of these systems using a simple coupled oscillator model indicates that their coupling energies are up to twice as large as those measured for LHCs from plants and bacteria. Coupling energies are correlated with the exciton density in the grafted polymer layer, consistent with the collective nature of strong plasmon–exciton coupling. Steric hindrance in fully-dense PCysMA brushes limits binding of bulky chlorophylls, but the chlorophyll concentration can be increased to ∼2 M, exceeding that in biological light-harvesting complexes, by controlling the grafting density and polymerisation time. Moreover, synthetic plexcitonic antenna complexes display pH- and temperature-responsiveness, facilitating active control of plasmon–exciton coupling. Because of the wide range of compatible polymer chemistries and the mild reaction conditions, plexcitonic antenna complexes may offer a versatile route to programmable molecular photonic materials. Excitons in pigment–polymer antenna complexes formed by attachment of chlorophyll to surface grafted polymers are coupled strongly to plasmon modes, with coupling energies twice those for biological light-harvesting complexes and active control of plasmon–exciton coupling.![]()
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- Anna Lishchuk
- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Brook Hill Sheffield S3 7HF UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Brook Hill Sheffield S3 7HF UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Brook Hill Sheffield S3 7HF UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Brook Hill Sheffield S3 7HF UK
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- Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University City Campus Sheffield S1 1WB UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Brook Hill Sheffield S3 7HF UK
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Bressan G, Jirasek M, Roy P, Anderson HL, Meech SR, Heisler IA. Population and Coherence Dynamics in Large Conjugated Porphyrin Nanorings. Chem Sci 2022; 13:9624-9636. [PMID: 36091893 PMCID: PMC9400675 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01971j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In photosynthesis, nature exploits the distinctive electronic properties of chromophores arranged in supramolecular rings for efficient light harvesting. Among synthetic supramolecular cyclic structures, porphyrin nanorings have attracted considerable attention as they have a resemblance to naturally occurring light-harvesting structures but offer the ability to control ring size and the level of disorder. Here, broadband femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, with pump pulses in resonance with either the high or the low energy sides of the inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum, is used to study the population dynamics and ground and excited state vibrational coherence in large porphyrin nanorings. A series of fully conjugated, alkyne bridged, nanorings constituted of between ten and forty porphyrin units is studied. Pump-wavelength dependent fast spectral evolution is found. A fast rise or decay of the stimulated emission is found when large porphyrin nanorings are excited on, respectively, the high or low energy side of the absorption spectrum. Such dynamics are consistent with the hypothesis of a variation in transition dipole moment across the inhomogeneously broadened ground state ensemble. The observed dynamics indicate the interplay of nanoring conformation and oscillator strength. Oscillatory dynamics on the sub-ps time domain are observed in both pumping conditions. A combined analysis of the excitation wavelength-dependent transient spectra along with the amplitude and phase evolution of the oscillations allows assignment to vibrational wavepackets evolving on either ground or excited states electronic potential energy surfaces. Even though porphyrin nanorings support highly delocalized electronic wavefunctions, with coherence length spanning tens of chromophores, the measured vibrational coherences remain localised on the monomers. The main contributions to the beatings are assigned to two vibrational modes localised on the porphyrin cores: a Zn–N stretching mode and a skeletal methinic/pyrrolic C–C stretching and in-plane bending mode. Pump wavelength-dependent, ultrafast excited state dynamics arising from inhomogeneous broadening and ground and excited state nuclear wavepackets were observed for a series of Zn porphyrin nanorings made of 10 to 40 repeating units.![]()
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- Giovanni Bressan
- School of Chemistry Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- School of Chemistry Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- School of Chemistry Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, CEP 91501-970 Porto Alegre Brazil
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Investigating carotenoid photophysics in photosynthesis with 2D electronic spectroscopy. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2021.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Two-dimensional electronic-vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy for interactions of electronic and nuclear motions at interfaces. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2100608118. [PMID: 34417312 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100608118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Interactions of electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom are essential for understanding excited-states relaxation pathways of molecular systems at interfaces and surfaces. Here, we present the development of interface-specific two-dimensional electronic-vibrational sum frequency generation (2D-EVSFG) spectroscopy for electronic-vibrational couplings for excited states at interfaces and surfaces. We demonstrate this 2D-EVSFG technique by investigating photoexcited interface-active (E)-4-((4-(dihexylamino) phenyl)diazinyl)-1-methylpyridin-1- lum (AP3) molecules at the air-water interface as an example. Our 2D-EVSFG experiments show strong vibronic couplings of interfacial AP3 molecules upon photoexcitation and subsequent relaxation of a locally excited (LE) state. Time-dependent 2D-EVSFG experiments indicate that the relaxation of the LE state, S 2, is strongly coupled with two high-frequency modes of 1,529.1 and 1,568.1 cm-1 Quantum chemistry calculations further verify that the strong vibronic couplings of the two vibrations promote the transition from the S 2 state to the lower excited state S 1 We believe that this development of 2D-EVSFG opens up an avenue of understanding excited-state dynamics related to interfaces and surfaces.
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Arsenault EA, Schile AJ, Limmer DT, Fleming GR. Vibronic coupling in energy transfer dynamics and two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectra. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:054201. [PMID: 34364357 DOI: 10.1063/5.0056477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We introduce a heterodimer model in which multiple mechanisms of vibronic coupling and their impact on energy transfer can be explicitly studied. We consider vibronic coupling that arises through either Franck-Condon activity in which each site in the heterodimer has a local electron-phonon coupling or Herzberg-Teller activity in which the transition dipole moment coupling the sites has an explicit vibrational mode-dependence. We have computed two-dimensional electronic-vibrational (2DEV) spectra for this model while varying the magnitude of these two effects and find that 2DEV spectra contain static and dynamic signatures of both types of vibronic coupling. Franck-Condon activity emerges through a change in the observed excitonic structure, while Herzberg-Teller activity is evident in the appearance of significant side-band transitions that mimic the lower-energy excitonic structure. A comparison of quantum beating patterns obtained from analysis of the simulated 2DEV spectra shows that this technique can report on the mechanism of energy transfer, elucidating a means of experimentally determining the role of specific vibronic coupling mechanisms in such processes.
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- Eric A Arsenault
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Arsenault EA, Bhattacharyya P, Yoneda Y, Fleming GR. Two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy: Exploring the interplay of electrons and nuclei in excited state molecular dynamics. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:020901. [PMID: 34266264 DOI: 10.1063/5.0053042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy (2DEVS) is an emerging spectroscopic technique which exploits two different frequency ranges for the excitation (visible) and detection (infrared) axes of a 2D spectrum. In contrast to degenerate 2D techniques, such as 2D electronic or 2D infrared spectroscopy, the spectral features of a 2DEV spectrum report cross correlations between fluctuating electronic and vibrational energy gaps rather than autocorrelations as in the degenerate spectroscopies. The center line slope of the spectral features reports on this cross correlation function directly and can reveal specific electronic-vibrational couplings and rapid changes in the electronic structure, for example. The involvement of the two types of transition moments, visible and infrared, makes 2DEVS very sensitive to electronic and vibronic mixing. 2DEV spectra also feature improved spectral resolution, making the method valuable for unraveling the highly congested spectra of molecular complexes. The unique features of 2DEVS are illustrated in this paper with specific examples and their origin described at an intuitive level with references to formal derivations provided. Although early in its development and far from fully explored, 2DEVS has already proven to be a valuable addition to the tool box of ultrafast nonlinear optical spectroscopy and is of promising potential in future efforts to explore the intricate connection between electronic and vibrational nuclear degrees of freedom in energy and charge transport applications.
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- Eric A Arsenault
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Weakly RB, Gaynor JD, Khalil M. Multimode two-dimensional vibronic spectroscopy. II. Simulating and extracting vibronic coupling parameters from polarization-selective spectra. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:184202. [PMID: 34241007 DOI: 10.1063/5.0047727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Experimental demonstrations of polarization-selection two-dimensional Vibrational-Electronic (2D VE) and 2D Electronic-Vibrational (2D EV) spectroscopies aim to map the magnitudes and spatial orientations of coupled electronic and vibrational coordinates in complex systems. The realization of that goal depends on our ability to connect spectroscopic observables with molecular structural parameters. In this paper, we use a model Hamiltonian consisting of two anharmonically coupled vibrational modes in electronic ground and excited states with linear and bilinear vibronic coupling terms to simulate polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectra. We discuss the relationships between the linear vibronic coupling and two-dimensional Huang-Rhys parameters and between the bilinear vibronic coupling term and Duschinsky mixing. We develop a description of the vibronic transition dipoles and explore how the Hamiltonian parameters and non-Condon effects impact their amplitudes and orientations. Using simulated polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectra, we show how 2D peak positions, amplitudes, and anisotropy can be used to measure parameters of the vibronic Hamiltonian and non-Condon effects. This paper, along with the first in the series, provides the reader with a detailed description of reading, simulating, and analyzing multimode, polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectra with an emphasis on extracting vibronic coupling parameters from complex spectra.
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- Robert B Weakly
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Gaynor JD, Weakly RB, Khalil M. Multimode two-dimensional vibronic spectroscopy. I. Orientational response and polarization-selectivity. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:184201. [PMID: 34241026 DOI: 10.1063/5.0047724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional Electronic-Vibrational (2D EV) spectroscopy and two-dimensional Vibrational-Electronic (2D VE) spectroscopy are among the newest additions to the coherent multidimensional spectroscopy toolbox, and they are directly sensitive to vibronic couplings. In this first of two papers, the complete orientational response functions are developed for a model system consisting of two coupled anharmonic oscillators and two electronic states in order to simulate polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectra with arbitrary combinations of linearly polarized electric fields. Here, we propose analytical methods to isolate desired signals within complicated spectra and to extract the relative orientation between vibrational and vibronic dipole moments of the model system using combinations of polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectral features. Time-dependent peak amplitudes of coherence peaks are also discussed as means for isolating desired signals within the time-domain. This paper serves as a field guide for using polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectroscopies to map coupled vibronic coordinates on the molecular frame.
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- James D Gaynor
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Nag P, Vennapusa SR. Role of Skeletal and O-H Vibrational Motions in the Ultrafast Excited-State Relaxation Dynamics of Alizarin. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:10989-10996. [PMID: 33331785 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c09454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The role of two skeletal (C═C and C═O stretch) and O-H vibrational motions in the internal conversion dynamics associated with the coupled S1(ππ*, A') -S2(nπ*, A″) potential energy surfaces of alizarin are investigated theoretically. Quantum wavepacket dynamics simulations reveal a nonadiabatic population transfer from the "bright" S1(ππ*, A') to "dark" S2(nπ*, A″) state on a time scale of 10 fs. A detailed analysis of computed structural parameters, energetics, and time-dependent observables suggest that these vibrations promote the nonadiabatic dynamics before initiating the proton transfer process. We also discuss how the simultaneous evolution of multidimensional dynamics involving several vibrational degrees of freedom would increase the complexity, while analyzing the spectral and kinetic data of time-resolved spectroscopy measurements.
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- Probal Nag
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala PO, Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala PO, Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India
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Pieper J, Irrgang KD. Nature of low-energy exciton levels in light-harvesting complex II of green plants as revealed by satellite hole structure. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2020; 146:279-285. [PMID: 32405995 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-020-00752-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Persistent non-photochemical hole burning at 4.2 K is an efficient experimental tool to unravel position and nature of low-energy excitonic states in pigment-protein complexes. This is demonstrated here for the case of the trimeric chlorophyll (Chl) a/b light-harvesting complexes of Photosystem II (LHC II) of green plants, where previous work (Pieper et al. J Phys Chem B 103:2412, 1999a) reported a highly localized lowest energy state at 680 nm. At that time, this finding appeared to be consistent with the contemporary knowledge about the LHC II structure, which mainly suggested the presence of weakly coupled Chl heterodimers. Currently, however, it is widely accepted that the lowest state is associated with an excitonically coupled trimer of Chl molecules at physiological temperatures. This raises the question, why an excitonically coupled state has not been identified by spectral hole burning. A re-inspection of the hole burning data reveals a remarkable dependence of satellite hole structure on burn fluence, which is indicative of the excitonic coupling of the low-energy states of trimeric LHC II. At low fluence, the satellite hole structure of the lowest/fluorescing ~ 680 nm state is weak with only one shallow satellite hole at 649 nm in the Chl b spectral range. These findings suggest that the lowest energy state at ~ 680 nm is essentially localized on a Chl a molecule, which may belong to a Chl a/b heterodimer. At high fluence, however, the lowest energy hole shifts blue to ~ 677 nm and is accompanied by two satellite holes at ~ 673 and 663 nm, respectively, indicating that this state is excitonically coupled to other Chl a molecules. In conclusion, LHC II seems to possess two different, but very closely spaced lowest energy states at cryogenic temperatures of 4.2 K.
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- Jörg Pieper
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwald str. 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia.
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- Department of Life Science & Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University for Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
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The role of mixed vibronic Q y-Q x states in green light absorption of light-harvesting complex II. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6011. [PMID: 33243997 PMCID: PMC7691517 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19800-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The importance of green light for driving natural photosynthesis has long been underappreciated, however, under the presence of strong illumination, green light actually drives photosynthesis more efficiently than red light. This green light is absorbed by mixed vibronic Qy-Qx states, arising from chlorophyll (Chl)-Chl interactions, although almost nothing is known about these states. Here, we employ polarization-dependent two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy to study the origin and dynamics of the mixed vibronic Qy-Qx states of light-harvesting complex II. We show the states in this region dominantly arise from Chl b and demonstrate how it is possible to distinguish between the degree of vibronic Qy versus Qx character. We find that the dynamics for states of predominately Chl b Qy versus Chl b Qx character are markedly different, as excitation persists for significantly longer in the Qx states and there is an oscillatory component to the Qx dynamics, which is discussed. Our findings demonstrate the central role of electronic-nuclear mixing in efficient light-harvesting and the different functionalities of Chl a and Chl b. The green component of the solar spectrum can efficiently drive natural photosynthesis, but the process has been little investigated due to the complexity of the excited states involved. Here the authors utilize polarization-dependent two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy to define the origin and dynamics of these states in light-harvesting complex II.
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Analysis of Photosynthetic Systems and Their Applications with Mathematical and Computational Models. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10196821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In biological and life science applications, photosynthesis is an important process that involves the absorption and transformation of sunlight into chemical energy. During the photosynthesis process, the light photons are captured by the green chlorophyll pigments in their photosynthetic antennae and further funneled to the reaction center. One of the most important light harvesting complexes that are highly important in the study of photosynthesis is the membrane-attached Fenna–Matthews–Olson (FMO) complex found in the green sulfur bacteria. In this review, we discuss the mathematical formulations and computational modeling of some of the light harvesting complexes including FMO. The most recent research developments in the photosynthetic light harvesting complexes are thoroughly discussed. The theoretical background related to the spectral density, quantum coherence and density functional theory has been elaborated. Furthermore, details about the transfer and excitation of energy in different sites of the FMO complex along with other vital photosynthetic light harvesting complexes have also been provided. Finally, we conclude this review by providing the current and potential applications in environmental science, energy, health and medicine, where such mathematical and computational studies of the photosynthesis and the light harvesting complexes can be readily integrated.
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Bhattacharyya P, Fleming GR. The role of resonant nuclear modes in vibrationally assisted energy transport: The LHCII complex. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:044119. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0012420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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- Pallavi Bhattacharyya
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Sánchez Muñoz C, Schlawin F. Photon Correlation Spectroscopy as a Witness for Quantum Coherence. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:203601. [PMID: 32501097 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.203601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The development of spectroscopic techniques able to detect and verify quantum coherence is a goal of increasing importance given the rapid progress of new quantum technologies, the advances in the field of quantum thermodynamics, and the emergence of new questions in chemistry and biology regarding the possible relevance of quantum coherence in biochemical processes. Ideally, these tools should be able to detect and verify the presence of quantum coherence in both the transient dynamics and the steady state of driven-dissipative systems, such as light-harvesting complexes driven by thermal photons in natural conditions. This requirement poses a challenge for standard laser spectroscopy methods. Here, we propose photon correlation measurements as a new tool to analyze quantum dynamics in molecular aggregates in driven-dissipative situations. We show that the photon correlation statistics of the light emitted in several models of molecular aggregates can signal the presence of coherent dynamics. Deviations from the counting statistics of independent emitters constitute a direct fingerprint of quantum coherence in the steady state. Furthermore, the analysis of frequency resolved photon correlations can signal the presence of coherent dynamics even in the absence of steady state coherence, providing direct spectroscopic access to the much sought-after site energies in molecular aggregates.
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- Carlos Sánchez Muñoz
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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Arsenault EA, Yoneda Y, Iwai M, Niyogi KK, Fleming GR. Vibronic mixing enables ultrafast energy flow in light-harvesting complex II. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1460. [PMID: 32193383 PMCID: PMC7081214 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14970-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Since the discovery of quantum beats in the two-dimensional electronic spectra of photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes over a decade ago, the origin and mechanistic function of these beats in photosynthetic light-harvesting has been extensively debated. The current consensus is that these long-lived oscillatory features likely result from electronic-vibrational mixing, however, it remains uncertain if such mixing significantly influences energy transport. Here, we examine the interplay between the electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom (DoF) during the excitation energy transfer (EET) dynamics of light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) with two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy. Particularly, we show the involvement of the nuclear DoF during EET through the participation of higher-lying vibronic chlorophyll states and assign observed oscillatory features to specific EET pathways, demonstrating a significant step in mapping evolution from energy to physical space. These frequencies correspond to known vibrational modes of chlorophyll, suggesting that electronic-vibrational mixing facilitates rapid EET over moderately size energy gaps.
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- Eric A Arsenault
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Biswas S, Bhattacharya I, Chakraborty T. Identification of an Emitting Metastable State of p-Fluorophenol-Ammonia 1:2 Complex by Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:10563-10570. [PMID: 31714082 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b07958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We have demonstrated here, for the first time to our knowledge, the formation of an emitting metastable species upon lowest electronic excitation (S1) of a hydrogen-bonded 1:2 complex of para-fluorophenol (pFP) with ammonia (NH3), which is known to be one of the smallest reactive complexes to undergo excited state H-atom transfer (HAT) reaction to produce •NH4(NH3) radical fragment. The emission spectrum of the species is characterized to be red-shifted, broad, and structureless. From the viewpoint of energy balance, an excited state proton transfer (ESPT) is unfavorable, but according to predicted electronic structure parameters, the metastable state species could be stabilized by charge transfer (CT) interaction at the hydrogen-bonded geometry of the complex. We propose that this species could act as an intermediate to the HAT process in the excited state. The observation of such a state could be valuable to understand the complex dynamics of similar events in biologically relevant systems.
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- Souvick Biswas
- School of Chemical Sciences , Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , 2A Raja S C Mullick Road, Jadavpur , Kolkata 700032 , India
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- School of Chemical Sciences , Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , 2A Raja S C Mullick Road, Jadavpur , Kolkata 700032 , India
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- School of Chemical Sciences , Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , 2A Raja S C Mullick Road, Jadavpur , Kolkata 700032 , India
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Insights into the mechanisms and dynamics of energy transfer in plant light-harvesting complexes from two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2019; 1861:148050. [PMID: 31326408 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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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 steps of photosynthesis. Apart from the highly engaging albeit controversial analysis of the role of quantum coherences in the photosynthetic processes, 2DES has been applied to resolve the dynamics and pathways of energy and electron transport in various light-harvesting antenna systems and reaction centres, providing unsurpassed level of detail. In this paper we discuss the main technical approaches and their applicability for solving specific problems in photosynthesis. We then recount applications of 2DES to study the exciton dynamics in plant and photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes, especially light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) and the fucoxanthin-chlorophyll proteins of diatoms, with emphasis on the types of unique information about such systems that 2DES is capable to deliver. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Light harvesting, edited by Dr. Roberta Croce.
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Bhattacharyya P, Fleming GR. Two-Dimensional Electronic-Vibrational Spectroscopy of Coupled Molecular Complexes: A Near-Analytical Approach. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2081-2089. [PMID: 30951318 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This work presents theoretical calculations of the two-dimensional electronic-vibrational (2DEV) spectrum of a vibronically coupled molecular dimer using a near-analytical method. In strongly coupled dimers, where the IR mode is resonant with the electronic energy gap between the excitons, multiple infrared transitions become allowed that are forbidden in weakly coupled systems that have a nonresonant IR mode. This formalism enables the coherences and population contributions to be explored separately and allows efficient calculation of relaxation rates between the vibronic states. At short times, we find strong contributions of vibronic coherences to the 2DEV spectra. They decay fairly rapidly, giving rise to strong population signals. Although the interpretation of 2DEV spectra is considerably more complex than that for weakly coupled systems, the richness of the spectra and the necessity to consider both visible and infrared transition moments suggest that such analysis will be very valuable in characterizing the role of vibronic effects in ultrafast molecular dynamics.
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- Pallavi Bhattacharyya
- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
- Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
- Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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Wu EC, Arsenault EA, Bhattacharyya P, Lewis NHC, Fleming GR. Two-dimensional electronic vibrational spectroscopy and ultrafast excitonic and vibronic photosynthetic energy transfer. Faraday Discuss 2019; 216:116-132. [DOI: 10.1039/c8fd00190a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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2-Dimensional electronic vibrational spectroscopy presents a novel experimental and theoretical approach to study energy transfer.
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- Eric C. Wu
- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley 94720
- USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley 94720
- USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley 94720
- USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
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Song Y, Konar A, Sechrist R, Roy VP, Duan R, Dziurgot J, Policht V, Matutes YA, Kubarych KJ, Ogilvie JP. Multispectral multidimensional spectrometer spanning the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:013108. [PMID: 30709236 DOI: 10.1063/1.5055244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Multidimensional spectroscopy is the optical analog to nuclear magnetic resonance, probing dynamical processes with ultrafast time resolution. At optical frequencies, the technical challenges of multidimensional spectroscopy have hindered its progress until recently, where advances in laser sources and pulse-shaping have removed many obstacles to its implementation. Multidimensional spectroscopy in the visible and infrared (IR) regimes has already enabled respective advances in our understanding of photosynthesis and the structural rearrangements of liquid water. A frontier of ultrafast spectroscopy is to extend and combine multidimensional techniques and frequency ranges, which have been largely restricted to operating in the distinct visible or IR regimes. By employing two independent amplifiers seeded by a single oscillator, it is straightforward to span a wide range of time scales (femtoseconds to seconds), all of which are often relevant to the most important energy conversion and catalysis problems in chemistry, physics, and materials science. Complex condensed phase systems have optical transitions spanning the ultraviolet (UV) to the IR and exhibit dynamics relevant to function on time scales of femtoseconds to seconds and beyond. We describe the development of the Multispectral Multidimensional Nonlinear Spectrometer (MMDS) to enable studies of dynamical processes in atomic, molecular, and material systems spanning femtoseconds to seconds, from the UV to the IR regimes. The MMDS employs pulse-shaping methods to provide an easy-to-use instrument with an unprecedented spectral range that enables unique combination spectroscopies. We demonstrate the multispectral capabilities of the MMDS on several model systems.
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- Yin Song
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Wu EC, Ge Q, Arsenault EA, Lewis NHC, Gruenke NL, Head-Gordon MJ, Fleming GR. Two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopic study of conical intersection dynamics: an experimental and electronic structure study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:14153-14163. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05264f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The relaxation from the lowest singlet excited state of the triphenylmethane dyes, crystal violet and malachite green, is studied via two-dimensional electronic-vibrational (2DEV) spectroscopy.
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- Eric C. Wu
- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
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Chen C, Gong N, Qu F, Gao Y, Fang W, Sun C, Men Z. Effects of carotenoids on the absorption and fluorescence spectral properties and fluorescence quenching of Chlorophyll a. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 204:440-445. [PMID: 29966898 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.06.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fluorescence and absorption characteristics of Chlorophyll a (Chl-a) were modulated by the carotenoids (Cars) with different numbers of conjugated carbon‑carbon double bonds in solutions. The Chl-a absorption appears the redshift phenomenon with the effective conjugated of Cars increasing. The absorption of Chl-a and Cars are linearly dependent on intrinsic factors, namely effective conjugate length and functional groups, and on environmental factors, such as the polarizability of the solvent. Cars can be able to quench the Chl-a fluorescence by producing the non-emitting exciplex intermediate. The effective conjugated length of Cars is one of the reasons that effect the fluorescence quenching of Chl-a. According to the Stern-Volmer plots, the Chl-a fluorescence quenching should be predominantly dynamic rather than static.
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- Chen Chen
- Coherent Light and Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- Coherent Light and Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- Coherent Light and Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- Coherent Light and Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 120022, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- Coherent Light and Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China.
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Błasiak B. One-particle density matrix polarization susceptibility tensors. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:164115. [PMID: 30384720 DOI: 10.1063/1.5051995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The electric field-induced change in the one-electron density has been expressed as a series of the one-particle density matrix susceptibilities interacting with the spatial distribution of the electric field. The analytic approximate expressions are derived at the Hartree-Fock theory, which serves as a basis for the construction of the generalized model that is designed for an arbitrary form of wavefunction and any type of one-particle density matrix. It is shown that it is possible to accurately predict the changes in the one-electron ground-state density of water molecule in a spatially uniform electric field, as well as in spatially non-uniform electric field distribution generated by point charges. When both linear and quadratic terms with respect to the electric field are accounted for, the electric field-induced polarization energies, dipole moments, and quadrupole moments are quantitatively described by the present theory in electric fields ranging from weak to very strong (0.001-0.07 a.u.). It is believed that the proposed model could open new routes in quantum chemistry for fast and efficient calculations of molecular properties in condensed phases.
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- Bartosz Błasiak
- Department of Physical and Quantum Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, Wrocław 50-370, Poland
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Rathbone HW, Davis JA, Michie KA, Goodchild SC, Robertson NO, Curmi PMG. Coherent phenomena in photosynthetic light harvesting: part two-observations in biological systems. Biophys Rev 2018; 10:1443-1463. [PMID: 30242555 PMCID: PMC6233342 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-018-0456-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Considerable debate surrounds the question of whether or not quantum mechanics plays a significant, non-trivial role in photosynthetic light harvesting. Many have proposed that quantum superpositions and/or quantum transport phenomena may be responsible for the efficiency and robustness of energy transport present in biological systems. The critical experimental observations comprise the observation of coherent oscillations or "quantum beats" via femtosecond laser spectroscopy, which have been observed in many different light harvesting systems. Part Two of this review aims to provide an overview of experimental observations of energy transfer in the most studied light harvesting systems. Length scales, derived from crystallographic studies, are combined with energy and time scales of the beats observed via spectroscopy. A consensus is emerging that most long-lived (hundreds of femtoseconds) coherent phenomena are of vibrational or vibronic origin, where the latter may result in coherent excitation transport within a protein complex. In contrast, energy transport between proteins is likely to be incoherent in nature. The question of whether evolution has selected for these non-trivial quantum phenomena may be an unanswerable question, as dense packings of chromophores will lead to strong coupling and hence non-trivial quantum phenomena. As such, one cannot discern whether evolution has optimised light harvesting systems for high chromophore density or for the ensuing quantum effects as these are inextricably linked and cannot be switched off.
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- Harry W Rathbone
- School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Quantum and Optical Science, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia
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- School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia.
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Golub M, Rusevich L, Irrgang KD, Pieper J. Rigid versus Flexible Protein Matrix: Light-Harvesting Complex II Exhibits a Temperature-Dependent Phonon Spectral Density. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:7111-7121. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b02948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Maksym Golub
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Physical Energetics, Krivu 11, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
- Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Kengaraga 8, LV-1063 Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Life Science & Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University for Applied Sciences, 10318 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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Fleming GR. The contributions of 49ers to the measurements and models of ultrafast photosynthetic energy transfer. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 135:3-8. [PMID: 28247235 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0360-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Progress in measuring and understanding the mechanism of the elementary energy transfer steps in photosynthetic light harvesting from roughly 1949 to the present is sketched with a focus on the group of scientists born in 1949 ± 1. Improvements in structural knowledge, laser spectroscopic methods, and quantum dynamical theories have led to the ability to record and calculate with reasonable accuracy the timescales of elementary energy transfer steps. The significance of delocalized excited states and of near-field Coulombic coupling is noted. The microscopic understanding enables consistent coarse graining and should enable a much-improved understanding of the regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting.
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- Graham R Fleming
- Department of Chemistry and Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioengineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Ramanan C, Ferretti M, van Roon H, Novoderezhkin VI, van Grondelle R. Evidence for coherent mixing of excited and charge-transfer states in the major plant light-harvesting antenna, LHCII. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:22877-22886. [PMID: 28812075 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03038j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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LHCII, the major light harvesting antenna from plants, plays a dual role in photosynthesis. In low light it is a light-harvester, while in high light it is a quencher that protects the organism from photodamage. The switching mechanism between these two orthogonal conditions is mediated by protein dynamic disorder and photoprotective energy dissipation. The latter in particular is thought to occur in part via spectroscopically 'dark' states. We searched for such states in LHCII trimers from spinach, at both room temperature and at 77 K. Using 2D electronic spectroscopy, we explored coherent interactions between chlorophylls absorbing on the low-energy side of LHCII, which is the region that is responsible for both light-harvesting and photoprotection. 2D beating frequency maps allow us to identify four frequencies with strong excitonic character. In particular, our results show the presence of a low-lying state that is coupled to a low-energy excitonic state. We assign this to a mixed excitonic-charge transfer state involving the state with charge separation within the Chl a603-b609 heterodimer, borrowing some dipole strength from the Chl a602-a603 excited states. Such a state may play a role in photoprotection, in conjunction with specific and environmentally controlled realizations of protein dynamic disorder. Our identification and assignment of the coherences observed in the 2D frequency maps suggests that the structure of exciton states as well as a mixing of the excited and charge-transfer states is affected by coupling of these states to resonant vibrations in LHCII.
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- Charusheela Ramanan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Lasers, Life, and Biophotonics, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Lasers, Life, and Biophotonics, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Lasers, Life, and Biophotonics, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- A.N. Berlozersky Intitut of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119992, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Lasers, Life, and Biophotonics, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Gong N, Fu H, Wang S, Cao X, Li Z, Sun C, Men Z. All-trans-β-carotene absorption shift and electron-phonon coupling modulated by solvent polarizability. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.12.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oliver TAA. Recent advances in multidimensional ultrafast spectroscopy. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:171425. [PMID: 29410844 PMCID: PMC5792921 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Multidimensional ultrafast spectroscopies are one of the premier tools to investigate condensed phase dynamics of biological, chemical and functional nanomaterial systems. As they reach maturity, the variety of frequency domains that can be explored has vastly increased, with experimental techniques capable of correlating excitation and emission frequencies from the terahertz through to the ultraviolet. Some of the most recent innovations also include extreme cross-peak spectroscopies that directly correlate the dynamics of electronic and vibrational states. This review article summarizes the key technological advances that have permitted these recent advances, and the insights gained from new multidimensional spectroscopic probes.
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- Thomas A. A. Oliver
- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
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Kraack JP. Ultrafast structural molecular dynamics investigated with 2D infrared spectroscopy methods. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2017; 375:86. [PMID: 29071445 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0172-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ultrafast, multi-dimensional infrared (IR) spectroscopy has been advanced in recent years to a versatile analytical tool with a broad range of applications to elucidate molecular structure on ultrafast timescales, and it can be used for samples in a many different environments. Following a short and general introduction on the benefits of 2D IR spectroscopy, the first part of this chapter contains a brief discussion on basic descriptions and conceptual considerations of 2D IR spectroscopy. Outstanding classical applications of 2D IR are used afterwards to highlight the strengths and basic applicability of the method. This includes the identification of vibrational coupling in molecules, characterization of spectral diffusion dynamics, chemical exchange of chemical bond formation and breaking, as well as dynamics of intra- and intermolecular energy transfer for molecules in bulk solution and thin films. In the second part, several important, recently developed variants and new applications of 2D IR spectroscopy are introduced. These methods focus on (i) applications to molecules under two- and three-dimensional confinement, (ii) the combination of 2D IR with electrochemistry, (iii) ultrafast 2D IR in conjunction with diffraction-limited microscopy, (iv) several variants of non-equilibrium 2D IR spectroscopy such as transient 2D IR and 3D IR, and (v) extensions of the pump and probe spectral regions for multi-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy towards mixed vibrational-electronic spectroscopies. In light of these examples, the important open scientific and conceptual questions with regard to intra- and intermolecular dynamics are highlighted. Such questions can be tackled with the existing arsenal of experimental variants of 2D IR spectroscopy to promote the understanding of fundamentally new aspects in chemistry, biology and materials science. The final part of the chapter introduces several concepts of currently performed technical developments, which aim at exploiting 2D IR spectroscopy as an analytical tool. Such developments embrace the combination of 2D IR spectroscopy and plasmonic spectroscopy for ultrasensitive analytics, merging 2D IR spectroscopy with ultra-high-resolution microscopy (nanoscopy), future variants of transient 2D IR methods, or 2D IR in conjunction with microfluidics. It is expected that these techniques will allow for groundbreaking research in many new areas of natural sciences.
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- Jan Philip Kraack
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Kowalewski M, Fingerhut BP, Dorfman KE, Bennett K, Mukamel S. Simulating Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy of Nonadiabatic Molecular Processes: From the Infrared to the X-ray Regime. Chem Rev 2017; 117:12165-12226. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Markus Kowalewski
- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- State
Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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Concentration Effect on Quenching of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence by All-Trans-β-Carotene in Photosynthesis. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22101585. [PMID: 28934156 PMCID: PMC6151392 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22101585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Absorption, fluorescence spectra of chlorophyll a (Chl-a) and all-trans-β-carotene (β-Car) mixing solution are investigated in different polarity and polarizability solvents. The carotenoids regulate the energy flow in photosynthesis by interaction with chlorophyll, leading to an observable reduction of Chl-a fluorescence. The fluorescence red shifts with the increasing solvent polarizability. The energy transfer in the Chl-a and β-Car system is proposed. The electron transfer should be dominant in quenching Chl-a fluorescence rather than the energy transfer in this system. Polar solvent with large polarizability shows high quenching efficiency. When dissolved in carbon tetrachloride, Chl-a presents red shift of absorption and blue shift of fluorescence spectra with increasing β-Car concentration, which implies a Chl-a conformational change.
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