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Development of Bacteriorhodopsin Analogues and Studies of Charge Separated Excited States in the Photoprocesses of Linear Polyenes †
Author(s) -
Singh Anil K.,
Hota Prasanta K.
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1562/2006-03-11-ir-844
Subject(s) - bacteriorhodopsin , chromophore , excited state , chemistry , charge (physics) , dipole , photochemistry , computational chemistry , chemical physics , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , atomic physics , physics , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , membrane
Development of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) analogues employing chromophore substitution technique for the purpose of characterizing the binding site of bR and generating bR analogues with novel opto‐electronic properties for applications as photoactive element in nanotechnical devices are described. Additionally, the photophysical and photochemical properties of variously substituted diarylpolyenes as models of photobiologically relevant linear polyenes are discussed. The role of charge separated dipolar excited states in the photoprocesses of linear polyenes is highlighted.