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The fundamental role of quantized vibrations in coherent light harvesting by cryptophyte algae
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The influence of fast vibrations on energy transfer and conversion in natural molecular aggregates is an issue of central interest. This article shows the important role of high-energy quantized vibrations and their non-equilibrium dynamics for energy transfer in photosynthetic systems with highly localized excitonic states. We consider the cryptophyte antennae protein phycoerythrin 545 and show that coupling to quantized vibrations, which are quasi-resonant with excitonic transitions is fundamental for biological function as it generates non-cascaded transport with rapid and wider spatial distribution of excitation energy. Our work also indicates that the non-equilibrium dynamics of such vibrations can manifest itself in ultrafast beating of both excitonic populations and coherences at room temperature, with time scales in agreement with those reported in experiments. Moreover, we show that mechanisms supporting coherent excitonic dynamics assist coupling to selected modes that channel energy to preferential sites in the complex. We therefore argue that, in the presence of strong coupling between electronic excitations and quantized vibrations, a concrete and important advantage of quantum coherent dynamics is precisely to tune resonances that promote fast and effective energy distribution.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kolli, A., O’Reilly, E. J., Scholes, G. D., & Olaya-Castro, A.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Venue
- The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 2012-11-06
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 174109-174109
- ISSN
- 0021-9606 (ISSN-L)
- 1089-7690
- OpenAlex
- W1991695217
- Cited by
- 219
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 12.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- The Journal of Chemical Physics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G005222/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Strong Light-Matter Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
- Keywords
- cryptophyte algae, excitonic energy transfer, excitonic coherence, ultrafast exciton dynamics, exciton-vibration coupling, photosynthetic antenna proteins, resonant frequency tuning
- MeSH terms
- Electrons, Energy Transfer, Models, Molecular, Phycoerythrin, Protein Conformation, Quantum Theory, Vibration, Cryptophyta
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