Biological Events Probed by Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy

Content: 
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
CHAPTER 1 - Primary Processes of Oxygen-Evolving Photosynthesis, Pages 3-25, Daniel Wong
CHAPTER 2 - Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Pages 27-53, F. Pellegrino, R.R. Alfano
CHAPTER 3 - Early Photochemical Events in Green Plant Photosynthesis: Absorption and EPR Spectroscopic Studies, Pages 55-77, Bacon Ke, Edward Dolan, V.A. Shuvalov, V.V. Klimov
CHAPTER 4 - Electron Transfer Reactions in Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria and in Reaction Center Models, Pages 79-117, Thomas L. Netzel
CHAPTER 5 - Photoprocesses in Chlorophyll Model Systems, Pages 119-155, Joseph J. Katz, J.C. Hindman
CHAPTER 6 - Exciton Annihilation and Other Nonlinear High-Intensity Excitation Effects, Pages 157-191, Nicholas E. Geacintov, Jacques Breton
CHAPTER 7 - Fluorescence Decay Kinetics and Bimolecular Processes in Photosynthetic Membranes, Pages 193-214, Charles E. Swenberg
CHAPTER 8 - Statistical Theory of the Effect of Mutiple Excitation in Photosynthetic Systems, Pages 215-235, David Mauzerall
CHAPTER 9 - An Introduction to Visual Pigments and Purple Membranes and Their Primary Processes, Pages 239-258, Robert Callender
CHAPTER 10 - Dynamics of the Primary Events in Vision, Pages 259-269, K.S. Peters, N. Leontis
CHAPTER 11 - Primary Events in Bacteriorhodopsin, Pages 271-280, Thomas G. Ebrey
CHAPTER 12 - Theoretical Aspects of Photoisomerization in Visual Pigments and Bacteriorhodopsin, Pages 281-297, Barry Honig
CHAPTER 13 - Simulation of the Primary Event in Rhodopsin Photochemistry Using Semiempirical Molecular Dynamics Theory, Pages 299-317, Robert R. Birge
CHAPTER 14 - Introduction to Hemoproteins, Pages 321-337, Laura Eisenstein, Hans Frauenfelder
CHAPTER 15 - The Study of the Primary Events in the Photolysis of Hemoglobin and Myoglobin Using Picosecond Spectroscopy, Pages 339-357, Lewis J. Noe
CHAPTER 16 - Ultrafast Techniques Applied to DNA Studies, Pages 361-383, Stanley L. Shapiro
CHAPTER 17 - Picosecond Laser Techniques and Design, Pages 387-416, A.G. Doukas, J. Buchert, R.R. Alfano
CHAPTER 18 - Subpicosecond Ultrafast Laser Technique—Application and Design, Pages 417-427, C.V. Shank, B.I. Greene
Index, Pages 429-443