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Primary Processes in Photobiology

Proceedings of the 12th Taniguchi Symposium, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, December 7–12, 1986

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Takayoshi Kobayashi

    1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

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Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Physics (SPPHY, volume 20)

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. New Experimental Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Vibrational and Electronic Dephasing Time Measurement with the Use of Temporally Incoherent Light

      • T. Hattori, A. Terasaki, T. Kobayashi
      Pages 2-11

  3. Photosynthesis and Phototransformation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Energy Gap Law in Electron Transfer Reaction

      • T. Kakitani
      Pages 14-22

    3. Analysis of the Excitation Energy Transfer in Spinach Chloroplasts at Room Temperature

      • M. Mimuro, I. Yamazaki, N. Tamai, T. Yamazaki, Y. Fujita
      Pages 23-32

    4. Photonic Energy Transport in Phycobilin-Chlorophyll System: A Comparative Study with Artificial Multilayer Films

      • I. Yamazaki, N. Tamai, T. Yamazaki, M. Mimuro, A. Murakami, Y. Fujita
      Pages 33-42

    5. Calculations of Spectroscopic Properties and Electron Transfer Kinetics of Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Centers

      • W. W. Parson, S. Creighton, A. Warshel
      Pages 43-51

    6. Femtosecond Absorption Studies of the Primary Events in Bacterial Photosynthesis and Light- and Dark-Adapted Bacteriorhodopsin

      • J. W. Petrich, J. Breton, J. L. Martin
      Pages 52-60

    7. The Primary Photochemical Reactions in Systems I and II of Photosynthesis

      • H. J. van Gorkom, A. M. Nuijs
      Pages 61-69

    8. Phototransformation Pathway of Phytochrome

      • Y. Inoue
      Pages 70-79

    9. Photochemical Holeburning and Stark Spectroscopy of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

      • S. G. Boxer, D. J. Lockhart, T. R. Middendorf
      Pages 80-90

  4. Rhodopsin, Sensory Rhodopsin, Phoborhodopsin, and Retinochrome

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Photochemical Primary Process of Octopus Rhodopsin

      • H. Ohtani, T. Kobayashi, M. Tsuda, T. G. Ebrey
      Pages 92-100

    3. Phototaxis and the Second Sensory Pigment in Halobacterium halobium

      • T. Takahashi, H. Tomioka, Y. Nakamori, N. Kamo, Y. Kobatake
      Pages 101-109

    4. Photocycles of Sensory Rhodopsin

      • T. Kobayashi, H. Ohtani, M. Tsuda
      Pages 110-116

    5. Flash Photolysis Study on Sensory Rhodopsin and Phoborhodopsin

      • N. Kamo, H. Tomioka, T. Takahashi, Y. Kobatake
      Pages 117-124

    6. Photochemistry of Retinochrome Studied by Nanosecond and Picosecond Spectroscopy

      • T. Kobayashi, K. Ogasawara, S. Koshihara, K. Ichimura, R. Hara
      Pages 125-133

  5. Bacteriorhodopsin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Determination of Chromophore Structure and Photochemistry in Bacteriorhodopsin with Resonance Raman, NMR, and Chemical Analogues

      • R. A. Mathies, S. O. Smith, G. S. Harbison, J. Herzfeld, R. G. Griffin, J. Lugtenburg
      Pages 136-143
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About this book

Living things use solar energy in two ways: in the transmission of information and in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of highly sensitive visual responses and other photosensitive responses of biological systems, and the very efficient transduction of photoenergy to chemical energy in photosynthesis, it is important to observe molecular processes in biological systems. Using highly developed laser spectroscopic techniques, great progress has recently been achieved in the area of various primary processes in photobiology. It was therefore an excellent time to hold the 12th Taniguchi International Symposium, Biophysics Division, on Primary Processes in Photobiology. This volume is the proceedings of that symposium. Among the topics discussed are the femtosecond molecular processes in photosynthetic bacteriochlorophyll and the recently discovered intermediates in the photocycles of rhodopsin (found in the visual pigments of many animals), bacteriorhodopsin (found in the proton-pumping pigments of halobacteria) and retinochrome. New techniques for the measurement of the primary processes are also reported.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Takayoshi Kobayashi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Primary Processes in Photobiology

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 12th Taniguchi Symposium, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, December 7–12, 1986

  • Editors: Takayoshi Kobayashi

  • Series Title: Springer Proceedings in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72835-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-72837-2Published: 08 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72835-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0930-8989

  • Series E-ISSN: 1867-4941

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 243

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Physical Chemistry, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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