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Estimation of the relative contributions to the electronic energy transfer rates based on Förster theory: The case of C-phycocyanin chromophores

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In the present study, we provide a reformulation of the theory originally proposed by Förster which allows for simple and convenient formulas useful to estimate the relative contributions of transition dipole moments of a donor and acceptor (chemical factors), their orientation factors (intermolecular structural factors), intermolecular center-to-center distances (intermolecular structural factors), spectral overlaps of absorption and emission spectra (photophysical factors), and refractive index (material factor) to the excitation energy transfer (EET) rate constant. To benchmark their validity, we focused on the EET occurring in C-phycocyanin (C-PC) chromophores. To this aim, we resorted to quantum chemistry calculations to get optimized molecular structures of the C-PC chromophores within the density functional theory (DFT) framework. The absorption and emission spectra, as well as transition dipole moments, were computed by using the time-dependent DFT (TDDFT). Our method was applied to several types of C-PCs showing that the EET rates are determined by an interplay of their specific physical, chemical, and geometrical features. These results show that our formulas can become a useful tool for a reliable estimation of the relative contributions of the factors regulating the EET transfer rate.
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hal-03336526 , version 1 (07-09-2021)

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Kenji Mishima, Mitsuo Shoji, Yasufumi Umena, Mauro Boero, Yasuteru Shigeta. Estimation of the relative contributions to the electronic energy transfer rates based on Förster theory: The case of C-phycocyanin chromophores. Biophysics and Physicobiology, 2021, 18, pp.196-214. ⟨10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.021⟩. ⟨hal-03336526⟩
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