Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis

✍ Scribed by J. Amesz, A.J. Hoff

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 424
• Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by prominent specialists in the field, Biosphycial Techniques in Photosynthesis provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the various techniques that have proved to be of great importance in studying the mechanism of both oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis. Each chapter discusses the basic concepts of a technique, practical applications and some of the scientific results. The first section concerns optical techniques, the second magnetic resonance, whereas the third is mainly devoted to various techniques that provide information on the structure of the photosynthetic apparatus, such as X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption and electron microscopy.
Audience: For graduate students and researchers both in photosynthesis as well as in physics, (bio)chemistry and biology.

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
1 Developments in Classical Optical Spectroscopy......Page 16
2 Linear and Circular Dichroism......Page 24
3 Fluorescence......Page 54
4 Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Photosynthetic Systems......Page 76
5 Data Analysis of Time-Resolved Measurements......Page 88
6 Photosynthetic Thermoluminescence as a Simple Probe of Photosystem II Electron Transport......Page 106
7 Accumulated Photon Echo Measurements of Excited State Dynamics in Pigment–Protein Complexes......Page 122
8 Spectral Hole Burning: Methods and Applications to Photosynthesis......Page 136
9 Infrared and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy......Page 150
10 Resonance Raman Studies in Photosynthesis......Page 174
11 Stark Spectroscopy of Photosynthetic Systems......Page 190
12 The Photoacoustic Method in Photosynthesis......Page 204
13 Magnetic Resonance: An Introduction......Page 222
14 Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy......Page 224
15 Electron Spin Echo Methods in Photosynthesis Research......Page 248
16 ENDOR Spectroscopy......Page 268
17 Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) of Triplet States in Photosynthesis......Page 290
18 Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Photosynthetic Components......Page 312
19 Structure Determination of Proteins by X-Ray Diffraction......Page 330
20 Electron Microscopy......Page 338
21 X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy......Page 350
22 Mössbauer Spectroscopy......Page 368
23 Characterization of Photosynthetic Supramolecular Assemblies Using Small Angle Neutron Scattering......Page 388
24 Measurement of Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution......Page 404
Index......Page 420