Strong plasmonic fluorescence enhancement of individual plant light-harvesting complexes

Autor: Kyeyune, Farooq, Botha, Joshua L., van Heerden, Bertus, Malý, Pavel, van Grondelle, Rienk, Diale, Mmantsae, Krüger, Tjaart P. J.

Plasmonic coupling of metallic nanoparticles and adjacent pigments can dramatically increase the brightness of the pigments due to the enhanced local electric field. Here, we demonstrate that the fluorescence brightness of a single plant light-harves

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1905.06042

ApcE plays an important role in light-induced excitation energy dissipation in the Synechocystis PCC6803 phycobilisomes.

Autor: Assefa, Gonfa Tesfaye, Botha, Joshua L., van Heerden, Bertus, Kyeyune, Farooq, Krüger, Tjaart P. J., Gwizdala, Michal

Publikováno v: Photosynthesis Research; Apr2024, Vol. 160 Issue 1, p17-29, 13p

Advanced analysis of single-molecule spectroscopic data.

Autor: Botha JL; Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa., van Heerden B; Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; National Institute of Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS), South Africa., Krüger TPJ; Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; National Institute of Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS), South Africa. Electronic address: tjaart.kruger@up.ac.za.

Publikováno v: Biophysical reports [Biophys Rep (N Y)] 2024 Sep 11; Vol. 4 (3), pp. 100173. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 02.