Ultrafast excited state dynamics of spirilloxanthin in solution and bound to core antenna complexes: Identification of the S* and T1 states.

Autor: Kosumi, Daisuke, Maruta, Satoshi, Horibe, Tomoko, Nagaoka, Yuya, Fujii, Ritsuko, Sugisaki, Mitsuru, Cogdell, Richard J., Hashimoto, Hideki
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Zdroj: Journal of Chemical Physics; 8/14/2012, Vol. 137 Issue 6, p064505, 10p, 6 Diagrams
Abstrakt: Ultrafast excited state dynamics of spirilloxanthin in solution and bound to the light-harvesting core antenna complexes from Rhodospirillum rubrum S1 were investigated by means of femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopic measurements. The previously proposed S* state of spirilloxanthin was clearly observed both in solution and bound to the light-harvesting core antenna complexes, while the lowest triplet excited state appeared only with spirilloxanthin bound to the protein complexes. Ultrafast formation of triplet spirilloxanthin bound to the protein complexes was observed upon excitation of either spirilloxanthin or bacteriochlorophyll-a. The anomalous reaction of the ultrafast triplet formation is discussed in terms of ultrafast energy transfer between spirilloxanthin and bacteriochlorophyll-a. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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