Abnormally high light absorption by pigments adsorbed on metals

✍ Scribed by L.A. Khanova; M.R. Tarasevich

• Book ID: 103017788
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 271 KB
• Volume: 102
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(83)80668-x

✦ Synopsis

An abnormally high extinction coefficient (almost 100 times as high as in solution) has been found for chlorophyll and pheophytin adsorbed on a smooth metal. These and some literature data suggest this phenomenon may be rather general, particularly for substances having a system of conjugated bonds.