Ultrafast infrared observation of exciton equilibration from oriented single crystals of photosystem II

Marius Kaucikas; Karim Maghlaoui; Jim Barber; Thomas Renger; Jasper J. van Thor

doi:10.1038/ncomms13977

Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Ultrafast infrared observation of exciton equilibration from oriented single crystals of photosystem II

Marius Kaucikas,
Karim Maghlaoui,
Jim Barber,
Thomas Renger,
Jasper J. van Thor

Affiliations

Marius Kaucikas: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Sir Ernst Chain Building, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Karim Maghlaoui: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Sir Ernst Chain Building, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Jim Barber: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Sir Ernst Chain Building, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Thomas Renger: Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Altenberger Str.
Jasper J. van Thor: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Sir Ernst Chain Building, London SW7 2AZ, UK

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13977
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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There are two common models of photosynthetic light harvesting by photosystem II cores. Here, the authors use structurally sensitive, time resolved infrared pleochroism of single crystals of photosystem II core complexes to probe the exciton equilibration that discriminates between the models.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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