Ultrafast Dynamics and Spectroscopy of Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

  1. I. Prigogine4,5,
  2. Stuart A. Rice6
  1. S. H. Lin1,2,
  2. C. H. Chang2,
  3. K. K. Liang2,
  4. R. Chang2,
  5. Y. J. Shiu2,
  6. J. M. Zhang2,
  7. T.-S. Yang2,
  8. M. Hayashi3,
  9. F. C. Hsu1

Published Online: 28 APR 2002

DOI: 10.1002/0471264318.ch1

Book Title

Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 121

Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 121

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How to Cite

Lin, S. H., Chang, C. H., Liang, K. K., Chang, R., Shiu, Y. J., Zhang, J. M., Yang, T.-S., Hayashi, M. and Hsu, F. C. (2002) Ultrafast Dynamics and Spectroscopy of Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers, in Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 121 (eds I. Prigogine and S. A. Rice), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471264318.ch1

Editor Information

  1. 4

    Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

  2. 5

    International Solvay Institutes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

  3. 6

    Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  2. 2

    Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  3. 3

    Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 28 APR 2002
  2. Published Print: 4 JAN 2002

Book Series:

  1. Advances in Chemical Physics

Book Series Editors:

  1. I. Prigogine4,5,
  2. Stuart A. Rice6

Series Editor Information

  1. 4

    Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

  2. 5

    International Solvay Institutes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

  3. 6

    Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471205043

Online ISBN: 9780471264316

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Keywords:

  • molecules;
  • absorption spectroscopy;
  • electron transfer;
  • energy transfer;
  • radiationless transitions;
  • relaxation dynamics;
  • heat bath;
  • ultrafast dynamics;
  • pump-probe experiments;
  • transient absorption experiments;
  • photosynthetic reaction centers

Summary

The purpose of this paper is to present a microscopic model that can analyze the absorption spectra, describe internal conversion, photoinduced ET, and energy transfer in the ps and sub-ps range, and construct the fs time-resolved profiles or spectra, as well as other fs time-resolved experiments. The authors show that in the sub-ps range, the system is best described by the Hamiltonian with various electronic interactions, because when the timescale is ultrashort, all the rate constants lose their meaning.

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