Femtosecond stimulated raman spectroscopy of the dark S1 excited state of carotenoid in photosynthetic light harvesting complex

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-52

  Yoshizawa, Masayuki ^a,b   Nakamura, Ryosuke ^a,b   Yoshimatsu, Orihiro ^a   Abe, Kenta ^a   Sakai, Shunsuke ^c   Nakagawa, Katsunori ^b,c   Fujii, Ritsuko ^b,d   Nango, Mamoru ^b,d   Hashimoto, Hideki ^b,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Femtosecond stimulated raman spectroscopy; Light harvesting; Reconstituted LH1; Spirilloxanthin; Vibrational dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860483816     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2012_2169     Document Type: Article

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