title: Multichromophoric Förster resonance energy transfer.
abstract: The theory of Förster resonance energy transfer is generalized for multichromophoric (MC) and nonequilibrium situations. For the first time, it is clarified that the far-field linear spectroscopic information is insufficient for the determination of the reaction rate and that distance dependence of the rate can vary with the disorder and temperature. Application to a light harvesting complex LH2 reveals the important consequences of a MC structure.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA.
authors.forename: Seogjoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Marshall D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Silbey
mesh_terms: D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D011506:Proteins; D014364:Tryptophan