Jakub Pšenčík

Research interests

• Primary events of photosynthesis (excitation energy transfer and electron transport)
• Function and properties of chlorophylls and carotenoids
• Structure and function of photosynthetic complexes
• Self-assembling pigment aggregates, biomimetic light harvesting
• Quenching of chlorophyll triplet states by carotenoids
• Dye sensitized solar cells

• Chlorosomes, the light harvesting complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria
• Reaction centres of photosystem II

Recent publications

A. Richardson, J. Alster, P. Khoroshyy, J. Psencik, J. Valenta, R. Tuma and K. Critchley: Direct synthesis and characterisation of hydrophilic Cu-deficient copper indium sulphide quantum dots. ACS Omega 9 (2024) 17114-17124 (Supporting information)

T Malina, D Bina, A. M. Collins, J Alster and J Psencik: Efficient two step excitation energy transfer in artificial light harvesting antenna based on bacteriochlorophyll aggregates. J. Photochem. Photobiol. 254 (2024) 112891 (Supporting information)

J. Alster; D. Bina; K. Charvatova; H. Lokstein; J. Psencik: Direct observation of triplet energy transfer between chlorophylls and carotenoids in the core antenna of photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus. BBA - Bioenergetics 1865 (2024) 149016 (Supporting information)

K. Bouda, A. Fucikova, J. Psencik and J. Alster: Solvent signals in two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. AIP Adv. 12 (2022) 115306 (Supplementary data)

M. Scholz, G. Croizat, J. Psencik, R. Dedic, S. Nonell and G. Wagnieres: Understanding delayed fluorescence and triplet decays of Protoporphyrin IX under hypoxic conditions. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 20 (2021) 843-857

T. Malina, R Koehorst, D. Bina, J. Psencik and H. van Amerongen: Superradiance of bacteriochlorophyll c aggregates in chlorosomes of green photosynthetic bacteria. Sci. Rep. 11 (2021) 8354 (Supplementary data)

L. Peedikakkandy, O. Pavelka, M. Alsterova, A. Fucikova, J. Dostal, J. Dian, J. Psencik: On the nature of plasmon-induced photocurrent enhancement in bacteriochlorophyll c sensitized solar cells: Towards red light harvesting. Mater. Chem. Phys 258 (2021) 123932 (Supplementary data)

I. S. Vinklarek, D. Bia, T. Malina, A. M. Collins, R. Litvin, J. Alster, J. Psencik: Triplet state quenching of bacteriochlorophyll c aggregates in a protein-free environment of a chlorosome interior. Chem. Phys.529 (2020) 110542 (Supplementary data)

R. R. Choubeh, R. B. M. Koehorst, D. Bina, P. C. Struik, J. Psencik, H. van Amerongen: Efficiency of excitation energy trapping in the green photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum. BBA - Bioenergetics 1860 (2019) 147-154 (Supplementary material)

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Teaching

• Experimental methods of biophysics and chemical physics
• Advanced methods of optical spectroscopy
• Physical principles of photosynthesis
• Fundamentals of classical radiometry and photometry
• Tutorial of electricity, magnetism and optics,
• Practical Course in Experimental Methods of Biophysics and Chemical Physics