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Spectropolarimetry of primitive phototrophs as global surface biosignatures
William B. Sparks, M. Niki Parenteau, Robert E. Blankenship +5
Photosynthesis is an ancient metabolic process that began on the early Earth, offering plentiful energy to organisms that utilize it, to the extent that they can achieve global sig…
Near shot-noise limited time-resolved circular dichroism pump-probe spectrometer
Valentyn Stadnytskyi, Gregory S. Orf, Robert E. Blankenship +1
We describe an optical near shot-noise limited time-resolved circular dichroism (TRCD) pump-probe spectrometer capable of reliably measuring μdeg circular dichroism signal with nan…
Absence of selection for quantum coherence in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex: a combined evolutionary and excitonic study
Stéphanie Valleau, Romain A. Studer, Florian Häse +5
We present a study on the evolution of the Fenna-Matthews-Olson bacterial photosynthetic pigment-protein complex. This protein complex functions as an antenna. It transports absorb…
Long-lived quantum coherence in photosynthetic complexes at physiological temperature
Gitt Panitchayangkoon, Dugan Hayes, Kelly A. Fransted +5
Photosynthetic antenna complexes capture and concentrate solar radiation by transferring the excitation to the reaction center which stores energy from the photon in chemical bonds…
Spectral signatures of photosynthesis II: coevolution with other stars and the atmosphere on extrasolar worlds
Nancy Y. Kiang, Antigona Segura, Giovanna Tinetti +6
As photosynthesis on Earth produces the primary signatures of life that can be detected astronomically at the global scale, a strong focus of the search for extrasolar life will be…
Spectral signatures of photosynthesis I: Review of Earth organisms
Nancy Y. Kiang, Janet Siefert, Govindjee +1
Why do plants reflect in the green and have a 'red edge' in the red, and should extrasolar photosynthesis be the same? We provide: 1) a brief review of how photosynthesis works; 2)…