Recolección de luz fotosintética por carotenoides: detección de un estado excitado intermedio

G Cerullo1, D Polli, G Lanzani

  • 1National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science (INFM), Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy. giulio.cerullo@fisi.polimi.it

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 21, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

Los científicos encontraron evidencia directa de un fugaz estado excitado intermedio (Sx) en los carotenoides. Este estado media rápidamente la transferencia de energía, impactando nuestra comprensión de la fotosíntesis.

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