Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aartsma, Thijs J. (Editor), Matysik, Jörg (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, 26
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Sciences.

Since the first volume on Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis Research, published in 1996, new experimental techniques and methods have been devised at a rapid pace. The present book is a sequel which complements the first volume (Volume 3 in the Series) by providing a comprehensive overview of...

Table of Contents:

• Imaging
• The Supramolecular Architecture of the Bacterial Photosynthetic Apparatus Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
• Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy. A Gateway to Photosynthetic Structure
• Non-Linear Contrast Mechanisms for Optical Microscopy
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Plants: Water Balance and Water Transport in Relation to Photosynthetic Activity
• Structure
• Crystallization Methods of Membrane Proteins: Practical Aspects of Crystallizing Plant Light-Harvesting Complexes
• X-ray Crystallography of Photosynthetic Proteins
• Electron Crystallography in Photosynthesis Research
• X-ray Scattering for Bio-Molecule Structure Characterization
• Mass Spectrometry-Based Methods for Studying Kinetics and Dynamics in Biological Systems
• Optical Spectroscopy
• Femtosecond Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy
• Nonlinear Femtosecond Optical Spectroscopy Techniques in Photosynthesis
• (Sub)-Picosecond Spectral Evolution of Fluorescence Studied with a Synchroscan Streak-Camera System and Target Analysis
• Optical Spectroscopy of Individual Light-Harvesting Complexes
• Magnetic Resonance
• High-Field/High-Frequency Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Involving Single- and Multiple-Transition Schemes
• High-Time Resolution Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of Quantum Beat Oscillations Observed in Photosynthetic Reaction Center Proteins
• Distance Measurements in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers by Pulsed EPR
• Spin Labeling of Photosynthetic Systems
• Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) NMR for Structure Determination in Photosynthesis
• Photochemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (Photo-CIDNP) Magic-Angle Spinning NMR
• Theory
• Calculations of Electrostatic Energies in Proteins Using Microscopic, Semimicroscopic and Macroscopic Models and Free-Energy Perturbation Approaches
• Theory of Excitation Energy Transfer and Optical Spectra of Photosynthetic Systems
• Molecular Dynamics Methods for Bioelectronic Systems in Photosynthesis
• Equilibrium and Dynamical Path Integral Methods in Bacterial Photosynthesis
• Density Functional Theory and Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics Methods.