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THE ACTION SPECTRA OF FREE RADICALS PRODUCED BY THE IRRADIATION OF KERATIN CONTAINING BOUND IRON(III) IONS
Author(s) -
Smith Gerald J.,
Claridge Rodney F. C.,
Smith Carolyn J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1979.tb07765.x
Subject(s) - radical , chemistry , ion , photochemistry , chromophore , irradiation , sulfur , spectral line , carbon fibers , organic chemistry , materials science , physics , astronomy , nuclear physics , composite number , composite material
—The action spectra have been determined for two free radical species produced by irradiating wool protein containing bound iron(III) ions with light between 330 and 540 nm. The faster growing free radical displays an action spectrum with a peak at 405–415 nm. It is suggested that an iron (III) ion‐sulphur complex is the chromophore responsible for the formation of this carbon type radical.