[LIBRO][B] Photosynthetic excitons

H Van Amerongen, R Van Grondelle - 2000 - books.google.com
Excitons are considered as the basic concept used by describing the spectral properties of
photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes and excitation dynamics in photosynthetic light …

Understanding the changes in the circular dichroism of light harvesting complex II upon varying its pigment composition and organization

S Georgakopoulou, G van der Zwan, R Bassi… - Biochemistry, 2007 - ACS Publications
In this work we modeled the circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of LHCII, the main light
harvesting antenna of photosystem II of higher plants. Excitonic calculations are performed …

Exciton interactions of chlorophyll tetramer in water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein BoWSCP

DA Cherepanov, GE Milanovsky, KV Neverov… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
The exciton interaction of four chlorophyll a (Chl a) molecules in a symmetrical tetrameric
complex of the water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein BoWSCP was analyzed in the pH …

Linear and circular dichroism

G Garab - Biophysical techniques in photosynthesis, 1996 - Springer
The efficiency of photosynthetic light energy conversion depends largely on the molecular
architecture of the photosynthetic membranes. Linear and cicular dichroism (LD and CD) …

The orientation of transition moments of dye molecules used in fluorescence studies of muscle systems

UA Van der Heide, B Orbons, HC Gerritsen… - European biophysics …, 1992 - Springer
Fluorescence and phosphorescence depolarization techniques can provide information on
orientational order and rotational motion of crossbridges in muscle fibres. However the …

Interactions between chlorophyll a and β-carotene in nematic liquid crystals

D Frackowiak, B Zelent, H Malak, R Cegielski, J Goc… - Biophysical …, 1995 - Elsevier
Fluorescence lifetime in the ps range, polarized absorption, polarized fluorescence spectra
and delayed luminescence time resolved spectra were measured for chlorophyll a solutions …

Molecular orientation and structure of the transition moments of porphyrin derivatives with various symmetries

Z Gryczynski, R Paolesse, KM Smith… - The Journal of Physical …, 1994 - ACS Publications
In order to determine the anisotropy in the absorption transition moments of hemes we
measured the visible and UV linear dichroism of the high-symmetry porphyrin derivatives, ß …

Effect of central metal substitution on linear dichroism of porphyrins: evidence of out-of-plane transition moments

Z Gryczynski, R Paolesse, KM Smith, E Bucci - Biophysical chemistry, 1997 - Elsevier
Absorption anisotropy and emission anisotropy measurements in poly (vinyl) alcohol (PVA)
films of different porphyrin derivatives are reported. Wavelength dependent absorption …

Linear dichroism study of metalloporphyrin transition moments in view of radiationless interactions with tryptophan in hemoproteins

Z Gryczynski, E Bucci, J Kuba - Photochemistry and …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
We measured the linear dichroism of several metalloporphyrins embedded in stretched
polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) films to estimate the orientation of the absorption transition moments …

Effective Shape and Dynamics of Chlorophyll a in a Nematic Liquid Crystal

A Arcioni, MAMJ van Zandvoort… - The Journal of …, 1998 - ACS Publications
The ordering matrix and the three rotational diffusion tensor components of chlorophyll a
dissolved in the nematic liquid crystal ZLI-1167 have been determined at various …