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Overview

Su Lin is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States, focusing on interdisciplinary research at the interface of biochemistry, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work primarily explores the molecular mechanisms underlying photosynthetic processes and the development of novel biosensing techniques involving advanced bioanalysis.

Their research output spans multiple fields of study, including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broad areas, Su Lin's subfields of expertise include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Polymers and Plastics

Su Lin's main topics of investigation cover:

  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Recent scholarly contributions by Su Lin include the following papers:

  • "The structure of a red-shifted photosystem I reveals a red site in the core antenna," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "DNA-templated programmable excitonic wires for micron-scale exciton transport," 2022, Chem
  • "Interfacing DNA nanotechnology and biomimetic photonic complexes: advances and prospects in energy and biomedicine," 2022, Journal of Nanobiotechnology
  • "Two-Dimensional Excitonic Networks Directed by DNA Templates as an Efficient Model Light-Harvesting and Energy Transfer System," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Interfacing Photosystem I Reaction Centers with a Porous Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide Electrode to Perform Light-Driven Redox Chemistry," 2021, ACS Applied Electronic Materials

Su Lin has coauthored extensively with a number of researchers, reflecting collaboration across related fields. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Hao Yan
  • Xu Zhou
  • Neal W. Woodbury
  • Hao Liu
  • Deeksha Satyabola

Their research has been published predominantly in journals recognized for work in molecular biology and nanotechnology, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Nature Communications
  • Chem
  • Journal of Nanobiotechnology
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ACS Applied Electronic Materials

Best Publications

  • An Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna-Reaction Center Complex

    Darius Kuciauskas;Paul A. Liddell;Su Lin;Thomas E. Johnson;Thomas E. Johnson

  • Energy and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Porphyrin−Fullerene Dyads

    Darius Kuciauskas;Su Lin;Gilbert R. Seely;Ana L. Moore

  • DNA-directed artificial light-harvesting antenna

    Palash K. Dutta;Reji Varghese;Jeanette Nangreave;Su Lin

  • Protein dynamics control the kinetics of initial electron transfer in photosynthesis

    Haiyu Wang;Su Lin;James P. Allen;JoAnn C. Williams

  • Solution synthesis of ultrathin single-crystalline SnS nanoribbons for photodetectors via phase transition and surface processing.

    Zhengtao Deng;Di Cao;Jin He;Su Lin

  • Photoswitched singlet energy transfer in a porphyrin-spiropyran dyad.

    J. L. Bahr;Gerdenis Kodis;L. De la Garza;Su Lin

  • Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Carotenoporphyrin−Fullerene Triads: Temperature and Solvent Effects

    Darius Kuciauskas;Paul A. Liddell;Su Lin;Simon G. Stone

  • Ab Initio Calculations of Vibronic Spectra and Dynamics for Small Polyatomic Molecules: Role of Duschinsky Effect

    A. M. Mebel;M. Hayashi;K. K. Liang;S. H. Lin

  • Photodissociation Dynamics of Propyne and Allene: A View from ab Initio Calculations of the C3Hn (n = 1−4) Species and the Isomerization Mechanism for C3H2

    A. M. Mebel;W. M. Jackson;and A. H. H. Chang;S. H. Lin

  • Distance-dependent interactions between gold nanoparticles and fluorescent molecules with DNA as tunable spacers.

    Rahul Chhabra;Jaswinder Sharma;Haining Wang;Shengli Zou

  • Time-resolved fluorescence of nitrobenzoxadiazole-aminohexanoic acid: effect of intermolecular hydrogen-bonding on non-radiative decay.

    Su Lin;Walter S. Struve

  • High-Quality Manganese-Doped Zinc Sulfide Quantum Rods with Tunable Dual-Color and Multiphoton Emissions

    Zhengtao Deng;Ling Tong;Ling Tong;Marco Flores;Su Lin;Su Lin

  • Observation of the reduction and reoxidation of the primary electron acceptor in photosystem I

    Gary Hastings;Frank A. M. Kleinherenbrink;Su Lin;Thomas J. McHugh

  • Aqueous synthesis of zinc blende CdTe/CdS magic-core/thick-shell tetrahedral-shaped nanocrystals with emission tunable to near-infrared.

    Zhengtao Deng;Olaf Schulz;Su Lin;Baoquan Ding

  • Demystifying PIFE: The Photophysics Behind the Protein-Induced Fluorescence Enhancement Phenomenon in Cy3

    Elana M. S. Stennett;Monika A. Ciuba;Su Lin;Marcia Levitus

  • Programmed coherent coupling in a synthetic DNA-based excitonic circuit

    Étienne Boulais;Nicolas P. D. Sawaya;Nicolas P. D. Sawaya;Rémi Veneziano;Alessio Andreoni

  • Excitation energy flow in chlorosome antennas of green photosynthetic bacteria

    Mamoru Mimuro;Tsunenori Nozawa;Naoto Tamai;Keizou Shimada

  • Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Carotenobuckminsterfullerene Dyad

    Hiroshi Imahori;Sergio Cardoso;Dereck Tatman;Su Lin

  • B-side electron transfer in a Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center mutant in which the B-side monomer bacteriochlorophyll is replaced with bacteriopheophytin

    Evaldas Katilius;Trieva Turanchik;Su Lin;and Aileen K. W. Taguchi

  • Relationship between thermodynamics and mechanism during photoinduced charge separation in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    Neal W. Woodbury;Jeffrey M. Peloquin;Rhett G. Alden;Rhett G. Alden;Xiaomei Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University
Robert E. Blankenship
Robert E. Blankenship Washington University in St. Louis
Hao Yan
Hao Yan Arizona State University
James P. Allen
James P. Allen Arizona State University
Devens Gust
Devens Gust Arizona State University
Thomas A. Moore
Thomas A. Moore Arizona State University
Ana L. Moore
Ana L. Moore Arizona State University
Paul A. Liddell
Paul A. Liddell Arizona State University
Yan Liu
Yan Liu Arizona State University
Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme Arizona State University

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