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Direct observation of the (forbidden) S-1 state in carotenoids

Polivka, Tomas LU ; Herek, Jennifer LU ; Zigmantas, Donatas LU orcid ; Åkerlund, Hans-Erik LU and Sundström, Villy LU (1999) In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(9). p.4914-4917
Abstract
Carotenoids are involved in a variety of biological functions, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood, in part because of the long-standing difficulty in assigning the location of the first excited (S-1) state. Here, we present a method for determining the energy of the forbidden S-1 state, on the basis of ultrafast spectroscopy of the short lived level. Femtosecond transient absorption spectra and kinetics of the S-1 --> S-2 transition revealed the location of the intermediate level in two carotenoid species involved in the xanthophyll cycle, zeaxanthin and violaxanthin, and yielded surprising implications regarding the mechanism of photoregulation in photosynthesis.
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dependence, photophysics, fluorescence, spectroscopy, energy, photosynthesis, spheroidene, dissipation, xanthophyll cycle, internal-conversion rate
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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96
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National Academy of Sciences
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  author       = {{Polivka, Tomas and Herek, Jennifer and Zigmantas, Donatas and Åkerlund, Hans-Erik and Sundström, Villy}},
  issn         = {{1091-6490}},
  keywords     = {{dependence; photophysics; fluorescence; spectroscopy; energy; photosynthesis; spheroidene; dissipation; xanthophyll cycle; internal-conversion rate}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{9}},
  pages        = {{4914--4917}},
  publisher    = {{National Academy of Sciences}},
  series       = {{Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}},
  title        = {{Direct observation of the (forbidden) S-1 state in carotenoids}},
  url          = {{http://www.pnas.org/content/96/9/4914.full}},
  volume       = {{96}},
  year         = {{1999}},
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