| 초록 |
Natural light harvesting complexes (LHCs) have an exquisite arrangement of molecular pigments using proteins and lipids as a scaffold. The inter-distances and orientation of pigments, and their chemical microenvironments greatly affect the efficiency of light harvesting processes via Forster-type resonance energy transfer. There have been significant efforts to mimic the natural LHCs using dendrimer-like pigment arrays, polymer-assisted assembly, templated assembly with biological molecules. Here we report our recent works on artificial LHCs based on various biomolecules, including peptide assembly, viruses, and nucleic acids. Advantages and limitations of our bio-templated approach will be discussed. |
