Although plasmonic enhancement has been widely studied in pigment–protein complexes – such as Photosystem I and light-harvesting complexes – its application to pigment-pigment self-assembled systems – which are promising candidates for the design of efficient artificial light-harvesting antennas for solar energy – remains largely unexplored. In this Perspective, the authors highlight recent advances in biomimetic light-harvesting design with chlorosome mimics, discussing the role of pigment-pigment interactions in facilitating efficient energy transfer and the potential for plasmonically-enhanced photophysics in these systems.
- Elizabeth Donahue
- Tomáš Malina
- Emily A. Sprague-Klein
