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Dong JY, Kitahama Y, Fujita T, Adachi M, Shigeta Y, Ishizaki A, Tanaka S, Xiao TH, Goda K. Manipulation of photosynthetic energy transfer by vibrational strong coupling. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:045101. [PMID: 38284659 DOI: 10.1063/5.0183383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Uncovering the mystery of efficient and directional energy transfer in photosynthetic organisms remains a critical challenge in quantum biology. Recent experimental evidence and quantum theory developments indicate the significance of quantum features of molecular vibrations in assisting photosynthetic energy transfer, which provides the possibility of manipulating the process by controlling molecular vibrations. Here, we propose and theoretically demonstrate efficient manipulation of photosynthetic energy transfer by using vibrational strong coupling between the vibrational state of a Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) complex and the vacuum state of an optical cavity. Specifically, based on a full-quantum analytical model to describe the strong coupling effect between the optical cavity and molecular vibration, we realize efficient manipulation of energy transfer efficiency (from 58% to 92%) and energy transfer time (from 20 to 500 ps) in one branch of FMO complex by actively controlling the coupling strength and the quality factor of the optical cavity under both near-resonant and off-resonant conditions, respectively. Our work provides a practical scenario to manipulate photosynthetic energy transfer by externally interfering molecular vibrations via an optical cavity and a comprehensible conceptual framework for researching other similar systems.
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- Jun-Yu Dong
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- LucasLand, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science, Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
- Institute of Quantum Materials and Physics, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- LucasLand, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan
- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, China
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Kosenkov D. PyFREC 2.0: Software for excitation energy transfer modeling. J Comput Chem 2022; 43:1320-1328. [PMID: 35608241 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Excitation energy transfer is a ubiquitous process of fundamental importance for understanding natural phenomena, such as photosynthesis, as well as advancing technologies ranging from photovoltaics to development of photosensitizers and fluorescent probes used to explore molecular interactions inside living cells. The current version of PyFREC 2.0 is an advancement of the previously reported software (D. Kosenkov, J. Comput. Chem. 2016, 37, 1847-1854). The current update is primarily focused on providing a computational tool based on Förster theory for bridging a gap between theoretically calculated molecular properties (e.g., electronic couplings, orientation factors, etc.) and experimentally measured emission and absorption spectra of molecules. The software is aimed to facilitate deeper understanding of photochemical mechanisms of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in donor-acceptor pairs. Specific updates of the software include implementations of overlap integrals between donor emission and acceptor absorption spectra of FRET pairs, estimation of Strickler-Berg fluorescence lifetimes, calculation of Förster radii, energy transfer efficiency, and radiation zones that, in particular, determine applicability of the Förster theory.
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- Dmitri Kosenkov
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
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Cho KH, Rhee YM. Cooperation between Excitation Energy Transfer and Antisynchronously Coupled Vibrations. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:5601-5610. [PMID: 34013724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effects of the environment in energy transfer systems have been continuously studied for decades. Here, we investigate how the energy transfer and the emergence of vibrational correlations cooperate with each other based on simulations with a few numerically approximate mixed quantum classical (MQC) methods. By adopting a two-state system with locally coupled underdamped vibrations that are resonant with the electronic energy gap, we observe prominent energy dissipations from the electronic system to the vibrations, rehighlighting the role of underdamped vibrations as a temporal electronic energy buffer. More importantly, this energy dissipation generates specific phase relations between the two vibrations. Namely, the vibrations become anticorrelated right after the initiation of the energy transfer but then synchronized as the transfer completes. These phase relations are interpreted as a selective activation of an anticorrelated motion of the vibrations and a subsequent deactivation by thermal energy redistribution. Furthermore, we show that a single vibration simultaneously coupled to the two electronic states with opposite phases induces a completely equivalent energy transfer dynamics as the two localized vibrations. Finally, we discuss how the vibrational energy dissipation dynamics is affected by the adopted MQC approaches and warn about the increased subtlety toward properly treating dissipation effects over having reliable population dynamics.
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- Kwang Hyun Cho
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Korea
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Kemp DJ, Warner LG, Wright TG. Torsions, low-frequency vibrations, and vibration–torsion (“vibtor”) levels in the m-chlorotoluene cation. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:064303. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5142992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- David J. Kemp
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Toutounji M. Spectroscopy of Vibronically Coupled and Duschinskcally Rotated Polyatomic Molecules. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:1690-1698. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mohamad Toutounji
- College of Science, Department of Chemistry, UAE University, P.O.
Box 15551, Al-Ain 15258, UAE
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