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Spectral characterization of chlorophyll fluorescence in extract of barley leaves embedded in silica xerogel matrix

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We have used the sol-gel method to prepare SiO2 based matrix containing barley leaves extracts and studied the spectral characteristics of chlorophyll fluorescence of the glass under structural evolution promoted by heat treatment. One primary effect on the fluorescence for barley leaves embedded in glass is that PSII chlorophyll fluorescence transients are not present. We obtain a higher PSII thermostability for leaves embedded in xerogel matrix than in the green barley leaves. We observed for high temperatures that fluorescing aggregates are formed. The behavior of the PSII fluorescence under heat treatment will be used in subsequent works to study the microstructural evolution during the silica-gel-glass conversion and their optical properties.

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Abbreviations

PSI::

Photosystem I

PSII::

Photosystem II

LHC::

Light Harvesting Complexes

qE::

High-Energy-State Quenching

PPCs::

Pigment-Protein Complexes

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  1. Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua, México

    A. Vázquez-Durán & G. Martínez Castañón

  2. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, 78000, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México

    C. Araujo-Andrade, G. Martínez Castañón, G. Ortega-Zarzosa, Facundo Ruiz & J. R. Martínez

  3. Departamento de Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, 78000, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México

    C. Araujo-Andrade & J. R. Martínez

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Vázquez-Durán, A., Araujo-Andrade, C., Castañón, G.M. et al. Spectral characterization of chlorophyll fluorescence in extract of barley leaves embedded in silica xerogel matrix. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 39, 223–227 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-006-7877-x

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