Photonics of Biopolymers /

Photonics of biopolymers discusses the processes of energy transformation in photoexcited proteins, nucleic acids, membranes and model systems. The author addresses, among other topics: Light absorption, screening and reabsorption; photometric studies of protein; energy transfer mechanics; fluoresce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vekshin, Nikolai L.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002.
Series:Biological and medical physics series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Photonics
  • Light Absorption in Ordered Structures
  • Screening Hypochronism
  • Photometric Estimation of Protein Content in Biological Suspensions
  • Screening and Reabsorption of Light
  • Multipass Cuvettes for Luminescence Spectroscopy
  • Division of Tyrosine and Tryptophan Fluorescence Components
  • Spectral Heterogenity of Tryptophan Emission
  • Discrete Emission States in Photoexcited Tryptophan Complexes
  • Mechanisms of Exciplex Formation
  • Mechanisms of Energy Transfer
  • Energy Transfer in Nucleic Acids
  • Energy Transfer in Proteins
  • Energy Transfer in Biomembranes
  • Fluorescent Probes
  • Pyrene Monomers and Excimers in Membranes
  • Photomodulation of Enzyme Activity
  • Photoactiviation of Animal Membranes and Their Chronomophores
  • Light-Dependent Phosphorylation in Mitochondria.