Selected Publications
Balancing Panchromatic Absorption and Multistep Charge Separation in a Compact Molecular Architecture, A. Roy, N. C. M. Magdaong, H. Jing, J. Rong, J. R. Diers, H. S. Kang, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, M. Taniguchi, C. Kirmaier, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. Bocian, and D. Holten, J. Phys. Chem A 2022, 126, 9352-9365.
High Yield of B-side Electron Transfer at 77 K in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center Protein from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, N.C. M. Magdaong, K. M. Faries, J. C. Buhrmaster, G. A. Tira, R. M. Wyllie, C. E. Kohout, D. K. Hanson, P. D. Laible, D. Holten, and C. Kirmaier, J. Phys. Chem. B 2022, 126, 8940-8956.
Probing the Effects of Electronic-Vibrational Resonance on the Rate of Excited-State Energy Transfer in Bacteriochlorin Dyads, N. C. M. Magdaong, H. Jing, J. R. Diers, C. Kirmaier, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. Bocian, and D. Holten, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 7906-7910.
Perspective on the Redox Properties of Tetrapyrrole Macrocycles, J. R. Diers, C. Kirmaier, M. Taniguchi, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. Bocian, and D. Holten, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 19130–19140.
In Situ, Protein-Mediated Generation of a Photochemically Active Chlorophyll Analog in a Mutant Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center, N. C. M. Magdaong, J. C. Buhrmaster, K. M. Faries, H. Liu, G. A. Tira, J. S. Lindsey, D. K. Hanson, D. Holten, P. D. Laible, and C. Kirmaier, Biochemistry 2021, 60, 1260-1275.
Photophysical Properties and Electronic Structure of Zinc(II) Porphyrins Bearing Zero to Four meso-Phenyl Substituents – Zinc Porphine to Zinc Tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP), N. C. M. Magdaong, M. Taniguchi, J. R. Diers, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, C. Kirmaier, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. Bocian, and D. Holten, J. Phys. Chem. A. 2020, 124, 7777-7794.
Switching Sides - Re-Engineered Primary Charge Separation in the Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center, P. D. Laible, D. K. Hanson, J C. Burhmaster, G. A. Tira, K. M. Faries, D. Holten, and C. Kirmaier, Proc. Nat Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2020, 117, 865-871.
Annulated Bacteriochlorins for Near-Infrared Photophysical Studies, H. Fujita, H. Jing, M. Krayer, S. Allu, G. Veeraraghavaiah, Z. Wu, J. Jiang, J. R. Diers, N. C. M. Magdaong, A. K. Mandal, A. Roy, D. M. Niedwiedzki, C. Kirmaier, D. F. Bocian, D. Holten and J. S. Lindsey, New Journal of Chemistry 2019, 3, 7209-7232.
Origin of Panchromaticity in Multichromophore-Tetrapyrrole Arrays, J. M. Yuen, J. R. Diers, E. J. Alexy, A. Roy, A. K. Mandal, H. S. Kang, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, C. Kirmaier, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. B, and D. Holten , J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 7181-7201.122, 7181-7201.
Tailoring Panchromatic Absorption and Excited-State Dynamics of Tetrapyrrole–Chromophore (Bodipy, Rylene) Arrays. The Interplay of Orbital Mixing and Configuration Interaction, A. K. Mandal, J. R. Diers, D. M. Niedziedzki, G. Hu, R. Liu, E. J. Alexy, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. Bocian, and D. Holten, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17547-17564.
Effects of Substituents on Synthetic Analogs of Chlorophylls. Part 4: How Formyl Group Location Dictates the Spectral
Properties of Chlorophylls b, d and f, J. M. Yuen, M. A. Harris, M. Liu, J. R. Diers, C. Kirmaier, D. F. Bocian, J. S. Lindsey and D. Holten, Photochem. Photobiol.2015, 91, 331-342.
Extending the Short and Long Wavelength Limits of Bacteriochlorin Near-Infrared Absorption via Dioxo- and Bisimide-Functionalization, P. Vairaprakash, E. Yang, T. Sahin, M. Taniguchi, M. Krayer, J. R. Diers, A. Wang, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, C. Kirmaier, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. Bocian, and D. Holten, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 4382-4995.
Optimizing Multi-Step B-side Charge Separation in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter capsulatus, K. M. Faries, L. Kressel, N. P. Dylla, Marc J. Wander, D. K. Hanson, D. Holten, P. D. Laible, C. Kirmaier, Biochem. Biophys Acta. 2016, 1857,150-159.
Effects of Strong Electronic Coupling in Chlorin and Bacteriochlorin Dyads, H. S. Kang, N. N. Esemoto, J. R. Diers, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, J. A. Greco, J. Akhigbe, Z. Yu, C. Pancholi, G. V. Bhagavathy, J. K. Nguyen, C. Kirmaier, R. R. Birge, M. Ptaszek, D. Holten and D. F. Bocian, J. Phys. Chem. A. 2016, 120, 379-395.
Manipulating the Energetics and Rates of Electron Transfer in R. capsulatus Reaction Centers with Asymmetric Pigment Content, K. M. Faries, N. P. Dylla, D. K. Hanson, D. Holten, P. D. Laible, C. Kirmaier, J. Phys. Chem. B., 2017, 121, 6989-7004.
Augmenting light coverage for photosynthesis through YFP-enhanced charge separation at the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centre, K. J. Grayson, K. M. Faries, X. Huang, P. Qian, P. Dilbeck, E. C. Martin, A. Hitchcock, C. Vasilev, J. M. Yuen, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, G. J. Leggett, D. Holten, C. Kirmaier and C. N. Hunter, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 1-12.
Tailoring Panchromatic Absorption and Excited-State Dynamics of Tetrapyrrole–Chromophore (Bodipy, Rylene) Arrays. The Interplay of Orbital Mixing and Configuration Interaction, A. K. Mandal, J. R. Diers, D. M. Niedziedzki, G. Hu, R. Liu, E. J. Alexy, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. Bocian, and D. Holten, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17547-17564.
Origin of Panchromaticity in Multichromophore-Tetrapyrrole Arrays, J. M. Yuen, J. R. Diers, E. J. Alexy, A. Roy, A. K. Mandal, H. S. Kang, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, C. Kirmaier, J. S. Lindsey, D. F. B, and D. Holten , J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 7181-7201.