ArticleiScience2022
The role of chirality and plastic crystallinity in the optical and mechanical properties of chlorosomes.
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- Simultaneous chirality and energy transfer of donor-acceptor chromophores via bio-inspired supramolecular light-harvesting.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Conformational Dynamics of BacteriochlorophyllThe journal of physical chemistry. B · 2025Article
- Self-aggregation of 13Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2024Article
- Contrasting packing modes for tubular assemblies in chlorosomes.Photosynthesis research · 2024Article
- Observation of Dark States in Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectra of Chlorosomes.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2024Article
- Ultrafast Anisotropy Decay Reveals Structure and Energy Transfer in Supramolecular Aggregates.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2023Article
- Manifestation of Hydrogen Bonding and Exciton Delocalization on the Absorption and Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectra of Chlorosomes.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2023Article
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Abstract
The most efficient light-harvesting antennae found in nature, chlorosomes, are molecular tubular aggregates (TMAs) assembled by pigments without protein scaffolds. Here, we discuss a classification of chlorosomes as a unique tubular plastic crystal and we attribute the robust energy transfer in chlorosomes to this unique nature. To systematically study the role of supramolecular tube chirality by molecular simulation, a role that has remained unresolved, we share a protocol for generating realistic tubes at atomic resolution. We find that both the optical and the mechanical behavior are strongly dependent on chirality. The optical-chirality relation enables a direct interpretation of experimental spectra in terms of overall tube chirality. The mechanical response shows that the overall chirality regulates the hardness of the tube and provides a new characteristic for relating chlorosomes to distinct chirality. Our protocol also applies to other TMA systems and will inspire other systematic studies beyond lattice models.
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