Simulation of the interaction of photosynthetic complex pigments

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Social Fund (ESF)) under the programme EU Structural Funds Investments - LT - ERDF/ESF/CF/YEI (2014LT16MAOP001), managing authority: Finansų ministerija. The source names no beneficiary for this operation. Location: Vilnius County (NUTS LT011); Lithuania. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 1,770.14; EU co-financing EUR 1,770.14 (co-financing rate 100%), as stated by the source. Runs 2021-07-05 to 2021-08-31. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS); selected because its summary names quantum technology. Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): Targeted spectroscopic examinations of flint algae found in phytoplankton, which are responsible for about a quarter of the annual carbon capture on Earth, began relatively recently. This is partly due to the lack of detailed structural information of the main light-handed complexes of flint algae — the so-called FCP complexes: the crystallographic structure of these complexes was only isolated in 2019. The aim of this project is to calculate the interaction energy between the molecules of the FCP complex chlorophyll based on established crystallographic data. Quantum chemistry methods will calculate the dipolar moments of the jump of the chlorophyll a and c molecules present in this complex between the main and the first excited states, and knowing them — in the artwork of point dipoles, the energy of interactions between the different pigments will be calculated. It is expected that a scientific publication will be prepared at a later stage on the basis of the results of this project. As this will be the first calculations of this kind, carried out only for the very recently published crystallographic structures of the FCP complex, it can be expected that in the future the results obtained will be very useful in calculating the rates of energy transfer between different pigments and spectra of absorption and fluorescence, as well as in analysing and interpreting the relevant experimental results in more detail.

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AI-assisted summary: The project, co-funded by the EU, focuses on the interaction of pigments in flint algae, which contribute significantly to carbon capture. It runs from July 5 to August 31, 2021, with a total budget of EUR 1,770.14, fully financed by the EU. Suggested technology pillar: simulation. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.