紫菌外周捕光天线LH2中的超快能量弛豫

主要用飞秒抽运-探测技术观察了紫细菌Rb. sphaeroides 601外周捕光天线LH2中细菌叶绿素(BChl)之间的能量传递过程. 在783 nm的激光激发B800情况下, 在B800到B850的能量传递之前, 存在一个约0.35 ps的分子内能量重新分布过程; 通过调节激发波长, 清楚地观察到激发态BChl分子的动力学演变过程. 结果表明基态漂白和激发态吸收存在明显的竞争, 同时在818 nm处出现一个鞍点, 说明在B800的激发态和B850的上激子态存在快速、高效的能量传递; B850分子上激子态的激发能将通过内转换向次最低激发态快速弛豫, 并导致最低激发态布局和分子构象变化.     

HL-LH2中色素分子间的单重激发态能量传递

采用飞秒时间分辨吸收光谱手段观测了在500和800 nm激发下高光培养的紫色光合细菌Rhodopseu-domonas(Rps). palustris外周捕光天线LH2(HL-LH2)中不同共轭链长类胡萝卜素(Carotenoid, 简称Car)和细菌叶绿素a(Bacteriachlorophyll a, 简称BChl a)的特征吸收光谱. 光谱动力学分析结果表明, HL-LH2中不同Car分子间可能存在复杂的单重激发态能量平衡过程, Car分子同时向BChl a分子发生多途径的单重激发态能量传递, B800主要接受来自Car的S2和S1态能量; B850则主要接受来自长共轭链Car(共轭双键数目n=13)的S1态和B800的激发态能量, 整个能量传递过程在3~5 ps内完成.     

仿生捕光材料的研究进展

光合作用是地球上最重要的化学反应之一,而高等植物的光合作用发生在叶绿体的类囊体上,功能单元是类囊体上的蛋白质复合体.其中的捕光蛋白复合体是由天线色素和蛋白质组装而成的,协同组装在其中发挥了重要的作用,其结构的研究和模拟对充分利用太阳能具有重要的意义.本文综述了仿生捕光材料的最新研究进展,着重讨论了人们通过染料分子与无机有机材料、生物高分子、纳米胶束作为模板材料构成的人工捕光系统的研究.在此基础上,分析当前研究中存在的问题,评述了仿生捕光材料的发展趋势和方向.     

光合细菌Rhodopseudomonas palustris捕光天线LH2中类胡萝卜素分子间三重态能量传递的光谱学证据

紫色光合细菌Rhodopseudomonas (Rps.) palustris的外周捕光天线LH2含有多种类胡萝卜素分子(Car), 研究多种共存的Car的生理学功能具有重要意义. 文中采用纳秒时间分辨吸收光谱手段分别在生理学温度(室温)和低温(77 K)下研究了Car三重激发态(³Car^*)的动力学行为. 在用纳秒光脉冲选择性地激发Car后记录到其宽带、非对称的三重态吸收(T_n←T₁)光谱, 这一光谱特征是由含不同C = C共轭双键数目(N)的Car所致. 不同Car对T_n←T₁吸收谱的贡献在室温下严重交叠, 在低温下却可以清晰辨别. 在室温下T_n←T₁吸收峰的短波侧随探测光延时的增加而变窄, 历经约1 μs达到光谱平衡, 但在低温下同样的光谱动力学却并不显著. 上述光谱动力学变化被解释为不同Car间的激发态平衡过程. 对室温下的时间分辨光谱的全局分析(Global Analysis)分离出峰值波长在545和565 nm的两个主要光谱组分, 分别被指认为N = 11和13的Car的T_n←T₁吸收光谱. 短波长组分的寿命为0.72 μs(空气饱和样品)和1.36 μs(生物除氧样品), 而对应的长波长组分的寿命为2.12和3.75 μs. 这种N小的Car寿命短的反常行为表明不同共轭链长度的Car间可能存在着三重激发态能量传递, 由此推测Rps. palustris的LH2中单个α, β-亚基内存在两种不同共轭长度的Car.     

Thermochromatium tepidum外周捕光天线蛋白LH2在脂质体及表面活性剂胶束中的光谱性质

采用动态光散射、透射电子显微镜、紫外-可见吸收光谱和拉曼光谱对比研究了处于表面活性剂胶束和脂质体磷脂双分子层中的Thermochromatium(Tch.)tepidum LH2的光谱响应.结果表明,与在表面活性剂胶束中相比,双分子层脂膜中LH2的Spirilloxanthin(一种含有13个共轭双键的类胡萝卜素)构象有明显差异;表面活性剂及磷脂分子端基的荷电状态对B850-Qy吸收谱有显著影响;Ca2+结合导致B850 Qy吸收谱带红移和增色,而H+结合则使该吸收谱带蓝移和减色.对LH2脱辅基蛋白氨基酸序列的分析结果表明,Ca2+和H+的结合位点可能位于α脱辅基蛋白的C-端一侧.B850 Qy吸收谱带对Ca2+和H+的响应特性可能与Tch.tepidum适应其生存环境的能力有关.     

具有星形拓扑结构的捕光分子

合成了单体甲基丙烯酸-2-(9,9-二乙基)芴甲酯(FMMA)作为捕光天线分子,通过原子转移自由基聚合方法(ATRP)合成了以β-环糊精(β-CD)为核的21臂星形发光聚合物β-CD-g-(PFMMA-b-PDMAEMA)21作为捕光聚合物.通过氢核磁共振谱、基质辅助激光解析电离飞行时间质谱和凝胶渗透色谱对其结构进行了表征.将其与能量受体分子蒽包合,通过紫外-荧光测试检测到了两者的能量传递现象,成功证明了基于主客体包合作用的星形拓扑分子捕捉和传递能量的过程,在光敏器件、太阳能电池和有机发光二极管等领域内具有潜在的应用价值.     

2-氨基苯并噻唑的结构及激发态质子转移动力学

通过傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）、傅里叶变换拉曼（FT-Raman）和488 nm拉曼光谱,结合密度泛函理论（DFT）计算研究了2-氨基苯并噻唑（ABT）在晶态和溶剂中的二聚体结构,并解释了质子性溶剂中ABT二聚体与溶剂分子间的氢键作用.电子光谱实验揭示了ABT二聚体的光物理和光化学反应;紫外吸收和荧光发射光谱结果表明,溶剂、激发波长和pH值对ABT二聚件激发态衰变具有调控作用;含时密度泛函理论（TD-DFT）解释了ABT二聚体双荧光现象,提出了高激发态的质子转移机理.     

光合放氧复合物锰簇光组装*

在光系统II水氧化过程中, 由锰簇及其附近一个具氧化还原活性的酪氨酸Y_Z组成的光合放氧复合物通过4个连续的氧化还原反应将水裂解为质子和氧气。在光系统II的功能性组装过程中,光合放氧复合物锰簇是通过一个被称作光组装的过程形成的。结合当前的研究进展,本文详尽地介绍了光合放氧复合物锰簇光组装的动力学模型、与锰簇形成相关的蛋白及锰簇的外围配体、锰与去锰光系统II的结合特性、其它辅助因子对锰簇光组装的影响及锰簇光组装的机理。此外,结合我们的研究结果,对人工合成的锰化合物与去锰光系统II放氧复合物的光组装进行了综述和讨论。本文最后介绍了目前光合放氧复合物锰簇结构及功能研究中存在的一些问题,并对光合放氧复合物锰簇结构及功能研究的应用前景进行了展望。     

光合放氧复合物结构及其放氧机理的研究

光合水氧化是地球上最重要的生化过程之一.光合放氧生物包括光系统Ⅰ(PSⅠ)和光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)两种类型反应中心,光系统Ⅱ反应中心能以水作为电子给体,利用光能氧化水产生质子和氧气.对于水如何被氧化这个难题前人已做了大量的工作,但到目前为止放氧复合物(OEC)的结构及水氧化的机理仍不清楚.本文结合当前研究结果,就光合放氧复合物的结构及光合放氧机理进行了综述,希望能有助于推进这方面的工作.     

2-甲基呋喃分子激发态超快非绝热动力学

Excited-state dynamics of 2-methyl furan has been studied by femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron imaging. The molecule 2-methyl furan was simultaneously excited to the n=3 Rydberg series of S₁[¹A(π3s)], ¹A'(π3p_x), ¹A(π3p_y) and ¹A(π3p_z) and the valence state of ¹A'(ππ^*) by two 400 nm photons and subsequently probed by two 800 nm photons. The average lifetime of the Rydberg series and the valence state was measured to be on the time scale of 50 fs by the time-dependent ion yield of the parent ion. Ultrafast internal conversions among these excited states were observed and extracted from the time-dependences of the photoelectron kinetic energy components of these excited states in the photoelectron kinetic energy spectra. Furthermore, it is identified that the ¹A'(ππ^*) state might play an important role in internal conversions among these excited states. The Rydberg-valence mixings, which result in numerous conical intersections, act as the driving force to accomplish such ultrafast internal conversions.     

Hierarchical Equations of Motion Simulation of Temperature‐Dependent Two‐Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy of the Chlorophyll a Manifold in LHCII

We simulated two‐dimensional electronic spectra (2DES) of the chlorophyll a manifold of light‐harvesting complex II (LHCII) at various temperatures (77, 110, 150, 190, 230, 273, and 293 K) using the hierarchical equations of the motion‐phase matching approach. We confirm the main excitation energy transfer pathways assignments within the chlorophyll a manifold of LHCII measured in a recent work (J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 6765–6775). The calculated transfer rates are also in general agreement with the measured rates. We also provided theoretical confirmation for the experimental assignments, as uphill and downhill energy transfer processes, of 2D spectral features that were reported in recent experimental reports. These temperature‐dependent features were also ascertained to follow the detailed‐balance principle.     

Long-Lived Coherence Originating from Electronic-Vibrational Couplings in Light-Harvesting Complexes

We theoretically investigate the evolutions of two-dimensional, third-order, nonlinear pho-ton echo rephasing spectra with population time by using an exact numerical path integral method. It is shown that for the same system, the coherence time and relaxation time of excitonic states are short, however, if the couplings of electronic and intra-pigment vibra-tional modes are considered, the coherence time and relaxation time of this vibronic states are greatly extended. It means that the couplings between electronic and vibrational modes play important roles in keeping long-lived coherence in light-harvesting complexes. Particularly, by using the method we can fix the transition path of the energy transfer in bio-molecular systems.     

Excitation Energy-Transfer Processes in the Sensitization Luminescence of Europium in a Highly Luminescent Complex

The excitation energy transfer (EET) pathways in the sensitization luminescence of Eu^III and the excitation energy migration between the different ligands in [Eu(fod)₃dpbt] [where fod=6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptafluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3,5-octanedione and dpbt=2-(N,N-diethylanilin-4-yl)-4,6-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-1,3,5-triazine], exhibiting well-separated fluorescence excitation and phosphorescence bands of the different ligands, were investigated by using time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy for the first time. The data clearly revealed that upon the excitation of dpbt, the sensitization luminescence of Eu^III in [Eu(fod)₃dpbt] was dominated by the singlet EET pathway, whereas the triplet EET pathway involving T₁(dpbt) was inefficient. The energy migration from T₁(dpbt) to T₁(fod) in [Eu(fod)₃dpbt] was not observed. Moreover, upon the excitation of fod, a singlet EET pathway for the sensitization of Eu^III luminescence, including the energy migration from S₁(fod) to S₁(dpbt) was revealed, in addition to the triplet EET pathway involving T₁(fod). Under the excitation of dpbt at 410 nm, [Eu(fod)₃dpbt] exhibited an absolute quantum yield for Eu^III luminescence of 0.59 at 298 K. This work provides a solid and elegant example for the concept that singlet EET pathway could dominate the sensitization luminescence of Eu^III in some complexes.     

Excitation Dynamics in Hetero‐bichromophoric Calixarene Systems

In this work, the dynamics of electronic energy transfer (EET) in bichromophoric donor–acceptor systems, obtained by functionalizing a calix[4]arene scaffold with two dyes, was experimentally and theoretically characterized. The investigated compounds are highly versatile, due to the possibility of linking the dye molecules to the cone or partial cone structure of the calix[4]arene, which directs the two active units to the same or opposite side of the scaffold, respectively. The dynamics and efficiency of the EET process between the donor and acceptor units was investigated and discussed through a combined experimental and theoretical approach, involving ultrafast pump–probe spectroscopy and density functional theory based characterization of the energetic and spectroscopic properties of the system. Our results suggest that the external medium strongly determines the particular conformation adopted by the bichromophores, with a direct effect on the extent of excitonic coupling between the dyes and hence on the dynamics of the EET process itself.     

Isolation and characterization of a photosystem I-associated antenna (LHC I) and a photosystem I—core complex from the chlorophyll c-containing alga Pleurochloris meiringensis (Xanthophyceae)

A photosystem (PS) I holocomplex was isolated from Pleurochloris meiringensis Vischer (Xanthophyceae) using sucrose density centrifugation. This complex exhibited a fluorescence emission maximum at 715 nm, which is in accordance with the long wavelength emission of whole cells. The complex was further dissociated into a core complex and a light-harvesting protein (LHC I). The core protein contains mainly Chl a and β-carotene, is 8.25 times enriched in P700 and has its main emission maximum at 715 nm. Therefore, the longest wavelength emission of P. meiringensis is due to the PS I core, which is in contrast to higher plants. The LHC I differs from LHC II with regard to its polypeptide pattern as well as its spectral properties. The arrangement of antennae is discussed in relation to the regulation of energy transfer between the photosystems.     

基于超快多维振动光谱技术解析分子体系的三维空间构型

超快多维振动光谱技术目前已经被广泛应用到各种凝聚态分子体系中分子的结构以及快速变化动力学过程的测量之中,并有望成为新一代解析分子体系微观结构及超快行为的常规手段。本文从两个主线出发,介绍如何利用超快多维振动光谱技术解析分子体系的三维空间构型。一方面通过测量分子内各个振动模式跃迁偶极矩间的夹角来获得分子体系内不同基团的相对空间取向,并最终确定分子的空间构型。另一方面,通过详细解析分子间振动能量转移的机理,进而将实验中测得的振动能量转移速率转化为分子之间的距离信息。     

Quenching of chlorophyll a singlets and triplets by carotenoids in light-harvesting complex of photosystem II: comparison of aggregates with trimers

Laser-induced changes in the absorption spectra of isolated light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b complex (LHC II) associated with photosystem II of higher plants have been recorded under anaerobic conditions and at ambient temperature by using multichannel detection with sub-microsecond time resolution. Difference spectra (ΔA) of LHC II aggregates have been found to differ from the corresponding spectra of trimers on two counts: (i) in the aggregates, the carotenoid (Car) triplet–triplet absorption band (ΔA>0) is red-shifted and broader; and (ii) the features attributable to the perturbation of the Q_y band of a chlorophyll a (Chla) by a nearby Car triplet are more pronounced, than in trimers. Aggregation, which is known to be accompanied by a reduction in the fluorescence yield of Chla, is shown to cause a parallel decline in the triplet formation yield of Chla; on the other hand, the efficiency (100%) of Chla-to-Car transfer of triplet energy and the lifetime (9.3 μs) of Car triplets are not affected by aggregation. These findings are rationalized by postulating that the antenna Cars transact, besides light-harvesting and photoprotection, a third process: energy dissipation within the antenna. The suggestion is advanced that luteins, which are buried inside the LHC II monomers, as well as the other, peripheral, xanthophylls (neoxanthin and violaxanthin) quench the excited singlet state of Chla by catalyzing internal conversion, a decay channel that competes with fluorescence and intersystem crossing; support for this explanation is presented by recalling reports of similar behaviour in bichromophoric model compounds in which one moiety is a Car and the other a porphyrin or a pyropheophorbide.     

Direct Vibrational Energy Transfer in Monomeric Water Probed with Ultrafast Two Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy

Vibrational relaxation dynamics of monomeric water molecule dissolved in d-chloroform solution were revisited using the two dimensional Infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy. The vibrational lifetime of OH bending in monomeric water shows a bi-exponential decay. The fast component (T₁=(1.2±0.1) ps) is caused by the rapid population equilibration between the vibrational modes of the monomeric water molecule. The slow component (T₂=(26.4±0.2) ps) is mainly caused by the vibrational population decay of OH bending mode. The reorientation of the OH bending in monomeric water is determined with a time constant of τ=(1.2±0.1) ps which is much faster than the rotational dynamics of water molecules in the bulk solution. Furthermore, we are able to reveal the direct vibrational energy transfer from OH stretching to OH bending in monomeric water dissolved in d-chloroform for the first time. The vibrational coupling and relative orientation of transition dipole moment between OH bending and stretching that effect their intra-molecular vibrational energy transfer rates are discussed in detail.