Nanofabricated Functional Architecture of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes

• Applicants: Dr. Stefan Kudera; Professor Dr. Jürgen Köhler
• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2009 to 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 146597209

In this project we want to prepare functionalised natural photosynthetic lightharvestingcomplexes that can be tagged to a metal nanoparticle and organized on asubstrate. We then study how to control, manipulate, and optimise their function throughnanofabrication of different plasmonic structures. Such experiments provide valuableinformation about the underlying physical principles to manipulate the performance of naturalfunctional units and might play a guiding role for the exploitation of the natural systems asblueprints for the design of efficient artificial light-harvesting antennae.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: United Kingdom
• Participating Person: Professor Dr. Richard Cogdell