Open AccessThe Primary Quantum Conversion Process in Photosynthesis: ElectronSpin Resonance
Author(s) -
Melvin Calvin
Publication year - 1957
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/914472
Subject(s) - electron paramagnetic resonance , conduction band , resonance (particle physics) , photosynthesis , primary (astronomy) , electron , quantum , spin (aerodynamics) , nuclear magnetic resonance , chemistry , condensed matter physics , atomic physics , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , biochemistry
Photoinduced electron spin resonance signals have been observed in isolated chloroplasts and other green materials with a growth time not affected by reducing the temperature to -140 deg. This is interpreted in terms of conduction-band and trapped-electron theory