The influence of flavo nucleotide (FMN) dimerization on the efficiency of the FMN triplet states generation

Stabilization of aqueous graphene dispersions utilizing a biocompatible dispersant: a molecular dynamics study

“…Experimentally, D. Frąckowiak and collaborators have previously reported that the FMNS molecules tend to form dimers in an aqueous media, and a large fraction of FMNS molecules participate in forming dimeric structures as the FMNS concentrations increase. 65 Our simulation results are consistent with this experimentally observed behavior. The formation of FMNS dimers and larger clusters prohibits adsorption of FMNS molecules on the graphene flake surface.…”

“…This finding provides further evidence that FMNS molecules possess a tendency to form dimer structures at high concentrations, which agrees well with the experimental results. 65,66 As shown in Fig. 3, the unabsorbed FMNS molecules tend to form sandwich-like clusters which is favored by p-p interactions.…”

New Insights into the Ultrafast Photophysics of Oxidized and Reduced FAD in Solution

“…Those aggregates would likely be quite loose in order to explain the very small variation of the spectral shape. It is indeed known that FMN ox undergoes dimerization at submillimolar concentrations. − We therefore analyzed our data within the simplest aggregation model, the formation of a dimer (D) out of two monomers (M): normalM + normalM ⇆ normalD …”

“…We found a dimerization constant of K dim (FMN ox , 5 °C) = 470 ( 10, in relatively good agreement with the value published by Lukasiewicz et al (314 at 3 °C). 35 3.1.2. Transient Absorption Spectroscopy: "Dilute" Sample.…”

Resonance energy transfer between FMN molecules in the presence of dimers: A review

“…Flavins show a strong tendency to generate triplet states that might give rise to additional photochemistry or energy dissipation because their triplet states are particularly photoreactive [58,75,76].…”