Light-Harvesting Complexes
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Computational and Theoretical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2015) | Viewed by 24105
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomedicine (self-assembled gels for drug release, cancer cell targeting peptides, gels as 3D cell culture mimicking, AFM as a tool in drug discovery); biophysical and protein chemistry (light-activiated bioconjugates, proteins and polymer self-assembly, controlling protein self-assembly); supramolecular chemistry (supramolecular chemistry of peptides and proteins in water, non-linear interactons in supramolecular chemistry, the formation of self-assembled gels, bio-mimetic light-harvesting and donor-acceptor arrays, binding constants and statistical treatment of supramolecular binding data)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Light-harvesting, the capture, storage and concentration of photon energy, is the first step in photosynthesis as light energy is converted to chemical energy. This incredibly efficient process is carried out by a fascinating array of proteins and chromophores in nature. The structural and photophysical properties of these systems provide a rich source of important challenges for chemistry researchers. The synthesis of artificial light-harvesting complexes is of particular note in this context because synthetic bio-mimetic light-harvesting complexes have and will continue to help us understand how their natural counterparts work. Additionally, synthetic light-harvesting complexes could be used to form novel solar concentrators to enhance the cost-efficiency of current and future generations of solar cells and other photovoltaic devices. The special issue invites submission in any area related to light-harvesting complexes, ranging from, but not limited to, biophysical and photophysical investigations into light-harvesting in nature to reports on synthetic organic and inorganic light-harvesting complexes in one-, two- or three-dimensions formed by covalent or non-covalent chemistry.
Prof. Pall Thordarson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- light-harvesting
- biomimetics
- chromophores
- energy transfer
- donor-acceptor systems
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