Energy transfer pathways in light-harvesting complexes of purple bacteria as revealed by global kinetic analysis of two-dimensional transient spectra

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 11349-11362

  Ostroumov, Evgeny E ^a   Mulvaney, Rachel M ^b   Anna, Jessica M ^a   Cogdell, Richard J ^b   Scholes, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SPECIES; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; TRANSIENT SPECTRA; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT; VIBRATIONAL LEVELS;

PIGMENTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; TIME; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884947659     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403028x     Document Type: Article

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