Electric Field Modulation of the Fluorescence Lineshape for Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: A New Probe of the Primary Electron Transfer Mechanism

1990 ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Boxer ◽  
D. J. Lockhart ◽  
S. Franzen ◽  
S. H. Hammes
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Primary Electron ◽  
Reaction Centers ◽  
Transfer Mechanism ◽  
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers ◽  
Electron Transfer Mechanism ◽  
Field Modulation

scholarly journals Access to Primary Charge Separation Mechanism in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: Anisotropic Excitation Spectra of Electric Field Modulated Fluorescence Yields

1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 763-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Eberl
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Radical Pair ◽  
Primary Electron ◽  
Reaction Centers ◽  
Separation Mechanism ◽  
Primary Charge Separation ◽  
Excitation Spectra ◽  
Primary Radical ◽  
Primary Radical Pair

AbstractTwo-step sequential and unistep, superexchange primary electron transfer form primary radical pair states which differ in the direction and magnitude of their dipole moments as revealed in the X-ray structure analysis. The direction can be measured by the excitation anisotropy of electric field induced changes of the fluorescence yield. This method determines angles between the dipole of the primary radical pair and photoselected transition moments (in absorption and emission) of cofactors in the reaction centers. Transitions particularly favourable for discrimination between the two models of primary electron transfer are discussed.

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