Energy Transfer through Light-Harvesting Nanohybrid (IMAGE)

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Energy Transfer through Light-Harvesting Nanohybrid

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As depicted in the illustration above, the hybrid nanostructure contains molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) as the base, core-shell cadmium selenide (CdSe)-zinc sulfide (ZnS) quantum dots (QDs) on the outer side, and the allophycocyanin (APC) protein sandwiched between the QDs and MoSe2. When the system is excited with light (blue lightning strike symbol), energy is transferred in a stepwise manner through the different components, as indicated by the gray arrows. A top view of the APC protein structure is shown on the right.

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