EPJ Web of Conferences (Mar 2013)

Ultrafast Energy Transfer in an Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna

  • van Grondelle R.,
  • Moore A.L.,
  • Moore T.A.,
  • Gust D.,
  • Pillai S.,
  • van Stokkum I.H.M.,
  • Snellenburg J.J.,
  • Maiuri M.,
  • Cerullo G.,
  • Polli D.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134108010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41
p. 08010

Abstract

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We temporally resolved energy transfer kinetics in an artificial light-harvesting dyad composed of a phthalocyanine covalently linked to a carotenoid. Upon carotenoid photo-excitation, energy transfers within ≈100fs (≈52% efficiency) to the phthalocyanine.