Reassessing the role and lifetime of Q <sub> <i>x</i> </sub> in the energy transfer dynamics of chlorophyll <i>a</i>
Erika Keil, Ajeet Kumar, Lena Bäuml, Sebastian Reiter, Erling Thyrhaug, Simone Moser, Christopher D. P. Duffy, Regina de Vivie‐Riedle, Jürgen Hauer
Abstract
Chlorophylls are essential photosynthetic pigments. We provide a simple and consistent interpretation of their surprisingly complex energy deactivation mechanism, based on tailored spectroscopic methods and state-of-the-art theoretical techniques.
Topics & Concepts
Dynamics (music)Energy transferChlorophyllTransfer (computing)Energy (signal processing)Chlorophyll aChemical physicsEnvironmental scienceChemistryPhysicsComputer scienceBiologyBotanyAcousticsBiochemistryQuantum mechanicsParallel computingPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research