Understanding/unravelling carotenoid excited singlet states

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 15, Issue 141, 2018, Pages

  Hashimoto, Hideki ^a   Uragami, Chiasa ^a   Yukihira, Nao ^a   Gardiner, Alastair T ^b   Cogdell, Richard J ^b  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Photosynthesis; Singlet states

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BLUE-GREEN REGION; CAROTENOIDS; EXCITED SINGLET STATE; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC LIGHT; SINGLET EXCITED STATE; SINGLET STATE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

PIGMENTS;

CAROTENOID; POLYENE; CHLOROPHYLL;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 85045652219     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0026     Document Type: Review

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