Biological applications of picosecond spectroscopy. Academic Article

abstract

• Technological advances in picosecond spectroscopy have permitted the mechanisms of various chemical, physical and biological processes to be elucidated and understood to a greater degree than ever before. By means of picosecond emission, absorption and Raman spectroscopy, one can probe and measure directly the transient intermediates and kinetics of primary events in complex biological processes. A description of two current types of laser systems--solid-state and synchronously pumped dye lasers--and their application to determining the primary events in the biological processes of dissociation of oxy- and carboxymyoglobin, excited-state relaxation of porphyrins and visual transduction, illustrate the power of picosecond spectroscopy.

authors

• Rentzepis, Peter

published proceedings

• Nature

author list (cited authors)

• Hilinski, E. F., & Rentzepis, P. M.

citation count

• 32

complete list of authors

• Hilinski, EF||Rentzepis, PM

publication date

• April 1983

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Nature  Journal

keywords

• Carbon Monoxide
• Isomerism
• Lasers
• Myoglobin
• Oxygen
• Porphyrins
• Retinal Pigments
• Rhodopsin
• Spectrum Analysis
• Spectrum Analysis, Raman
• Time Factors

PubMed Central ID

• 6339946

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1038/302481a0

start page

• 481

end page

• 487

volume

• 302

issue

• 5908

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1038%2F302481a0