2015/11/30 by Ming-Jie Tao, Qing Ai, Fu-Guo Deng +1 · 13 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Bacteriochlorophyll #Energy (signal processing) #Energy transfer #Excitation #Jump #Molecule #Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies #Process (computing) #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #physics.atom-ph #physics.bio-ph #physics.chem-ph #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/srep27535
published in Scientific Reports 6(1), 27535 (Nature Portfolio) · 15 pages, 4 figures
openalex publication_date 2016/06/09 · arxiv created 2016/08/27 · arxiv updated 2016/08/30 · openalex created_date 2017/04/07 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The structure of Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) light-harvesting complex had long been recognized as containing seven bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) molecules. Recently, an additional BChl molecule was discovered in the crystal structure of the FMO complex, which may serve as a link between baseplate and the remaining seven molecules. Here, we investigate excitation energy transfer (EET) process by simulating single-molecule pump-dump experiment in the eight-molecules complex. We adopt the coherent modified Redfield theory and non-Markovian quantum jump method to simulate EET dynamics. This scheme provides a practical approach of detecting the realistic EET pathway in BChl complexes with currently available experimental technology. And it may assist optimizing design of artificial light-harvesting devices.