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Anna B. Shin
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From: Cathy Bourgeois <cmbourg(a)mit.edu>
Date: Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Subject: Announcement: Exctionic Seminar, Tues. Dec. 7, 3pm
To: efrc-all(a)mit.edu
*Please forward to your groups*
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*Center for Excitonics* *
Seminar Series Announcement*
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*“Optimization of Energy Transfer Processes in Photosynthetic Systems”***
*Jianshu Cao, MIT*
*Tuesday, December 7, 2010 / 3pm*
*RLE Hermann Haus Room, 36-428*
*Abstract*
Excitation energy transfer (EET) in photosynthetic systems can be highly
efficient and robust. In this talk, I will discuss the optimization of both
natural and artificial systems:
- A simple scaling theory is used to examine the interplay of quantum
coherence, dynamic noise, and static disorder in efficient energy transfer.
- The symmetry and network connectivity reveal useful insights into the
optimal structure of photosynthetic systems.
- Distributions of fluorescent chromophores on a self-assembling molecular
architecture can be optimized to achieve the maximal antenna effect.
*The reported work is a collaboration with J. Wu, J. Kim, and R. Silbey
*bio*
Jianshu Cao is an associate professor of chemistry at MIT. He received a
Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University in 1993. After postdoctoral
research at the University of Pennsylvania and at UCSD, he joined the MIT
faculty in 1998. His research interests include quantum dynamics of
molecular systems, stochastic analysis of single molecule measurements,
self-assembly of colloids and polymers, and mechanical properties of
*The Center for Excitonics is an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by
the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Office of Basic Energy
Sciences*