Functional Nanohybrid Materials from Photosynthetic Reaction Center Proteins

Figure 3

Comparison of the Coulomb free energy for transition of single charge from water to lipid phase of the membrane (a) with the redox free energy of transition from ground state to excited state primary donors of photosystem II (P₆₈₀) and bacterial RCs (P₈₆₀) (b). For comparison, the free energy of 1 mole photon with the wavelength of 660 nm and 800 nm (wavelengths that are characteristic to chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll absorption, resp.) is also indicated. See explanation in the text.

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