Time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance study on cofactor geometries and electronic couplings after primary charge separations in the photosynthetic reaction center

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 8078-8088

  Kobori, Yasuhiro ^a   Ponomarenko, Nina ^b,c   Norris, James R ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLOROPHYLL; COUPLINGS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRONS; EXCITED STATES; GEOMETRY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEPARATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

CHARGE-SEPARATED STATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER; QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SINGLET EXCITED STATE; TIME-RESOLVED ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIZATION;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84928008286     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01294     Document Type: Article

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