Vibrationally hot fluorescence in chlorophyll-a

✍ Scribed by E.R. Menzel; J.S. Polles

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 357 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(74)80176-4

✦ Synopsis

Fluorescence from high vibrational levels of the first exited singlet state of chlorophyll-a in solution is observed at 77OK. The pronounced fluorescence efficiency dependence on pumping of specific vibrational levels may contribute to excitation-wavelength effects on photosynthesis.