Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy reveals ultrafast downhill energy transfer in photosystem i trimers of the cyanobacterium thermosynechococcus elongatus

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3677-3684

  Anna, Jessica M ^a   Ostroumov, Evgeny E ^a   Maghlaoui, Karim ^b   Barber, James ^b   Scholes, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excited States; Photochemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER DYNAMICS; HIGH FREQUENCY; LINE SHAPE; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM I TRIMER; PIGMENT-PROTEIN COMPLEXES; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-SCALES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPIES; ULTRA-FAST;

CHROMOPHORES; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; OLIGOMERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84871588674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3018013     Document Type: Article

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