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Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Excitation Transfer and Trapping in Purple Bacteria

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The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 28))

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In this chapter we discuss the transfer and trapping of excitation energy in the light-harvesting antenna of purple bacteria. The determination of high-resolution X-ray crystal structures of a variety of bacterial light-harvesting complexes has allowed an interpretation of the steady-state and time-resolved picosecond/femtosecond spectral responses of these complexes at a quantitative level using the disordered exciton model in combination with the generalized Förster and modified Redfield theories. Thus a consistent physical picture of energy transfer and trapping has been obtained including a precise assignment of the energy transfer pathways together with a direct visualization of the full excitation dynamics where various regimes ranging from coherent motion of the delocalized exciton to the hopping of localized excitations are superimposed. In a single complex it is possible to observe the switching between these regimes driven by slow conformational motions.

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Abbreviations

B850, B800:

spectral bands with the 850 or 800 nm absorption

BChl:

bacteriochlorophyll

Blc. :

Blastochloris

CD:

circular dichroism

FL:

fluorescence

LH1:

core light-harvesting complex of purple bacteria

LH2:

peripheral light-harvesting complex of purple bacteria

PR:

participation ratio

Qy, Qx, By, Bx:

four electronic transitions of BChl

Rba. :

Rhodobacter

RC:

reaction center

Rps. :

Rhodopseudomonas

Rsp. :

Rhodospirillum

TA:

transient absorption

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van Grondelle, R., Novoderezhkin, V.I. (2009). Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Excitation Transfer and Trapping in Purple Bacteria. In: Hunter, C.N., Daldal, F., Thurnauer, M.C., Beatty, J.T. (eds) The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8815-5_13

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