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The isolated Photosystem II reaction center: first attempts to directly measure the kinetics of primary charge separation

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Discoveries in Photosynthesis

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 20))

Abstract

Direct measurements of the intrinsic rate of primary charge separation in the isolated Photosystem II (PS II) reaction center complex had to await the availability of suitable, stabilized reaction center materials as well as sophisticated femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopic techniques. The events that led to the first direct measurements of the primary charge separation act in PS II and discussions of the results thereafter are chronicled in this brief historical review.

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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO, 80401-3393, USA

    Michael Seibert

  2. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208-3113, USA

    Michael R. Wasielewski

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  1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

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  2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    J. Thomas Beatty

  3. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

    Howard Gest

  4. Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    John F. Allen

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Seibert, M., Wasielewski, M.R. (2005). The isolated Photosystem II reaction center: first attempts to directly measure the kinetics of primary charge separation. In: Govindjee, Beatty, J.T., Gest, H., Allen, J.F. (eds) Discoveries in Photosynthesis. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3324-9_26

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