Three-dimensional orientation of the Qy electronic transition dipole moment within the chlorophyll a molecule determined by femtosecond polarization resolved VIS pump-IR probe spectroscopy

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 45, 2008, Pages 14904-14905

  Linke, Martin ^a   Lauer, Alexandra ^a   Von Haimberger, Theodore ^a   Zacarias, Angelica ^a,b   Heyne, Karsten ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIPOLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLARIZATION; SPINACH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHLOROPHYLL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPINACIA OLERACEA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 57349110728     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja804096s     Document Type: Article

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