From light-harvesting to photoprotection:A supramolecular aggregate with switchable photosynthetic activity

Conghui Wang; Lei Xu; Lingli Bu; Junhao Hu; He Xu; Jingjing Lu; Huilin Zou; Teck Peng Loh

doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2025.113143

From light-harvesting to photoprotection:A supramolecular aggregate with switchable photosynthetic activity

Conghui Wang^*, Lei Xu, Lingli Bu, Junhao Hu, He Xu, Jingjing Lu, Huilin Zou, Teck Peng Loh^*

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Abstract

To protect plants from photodamage under high light condition, photosynthetic system could switch from light-harvesting to photoprotective state. In this study, a supramolecular aggregate with lifetime of 9.29 μs and switchable photosynthetic activity was constructed. The efficient phosphorescence resonance energy transfer (PRET) process depended on the induced aggregate behavior between negatively charged diarylethene derivative and positively charged assembly. The photoprotective process was achieved through the photochromism of diarylethene derivative to quench excited state energy. Furthermore, the supramolecular aggregate also displayed low toxic and targeted mitochondrion ability.

Original language	English
Article number	113143
Journal	Dyes and Pigments
Volume	244
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2025.113143
Publication status	Published - Jan 2026
Externally published	Yes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Chemical Engineering
Process Chemistry and Technology

Keywords

Cell imaging
Diarylethene
Near-infrared
Phosphorescence resonance energy transfer
Photochromism

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From light-harvesting to photoprotection:A supramolecular aggregate with switchable photosynthetic activity

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