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In this contribution the various spectroscopic techniques which have been applied to elucidate the energy transfer in photosynthetic antenna pigments are described and some of the results of a large number of studies are presented. It is not intended to give a complete review on the investigations on different types of photosynthetic organisms but to demonstrate the fundamental principles which are important in the chain of processes (light absorption, energy transfer and charge separation) which is active during the process of converting light energy into chemical binding energy. Since the thermophilic cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus is one which was subject to most intensive studies by all kinds of spectroscopic techniques and the models explaining the energy transfer are well developed, most of the data presented in this contribution will refer to this organism.
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Schneider, S. (1992). Spectroscopy of Biliproteins and Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Antenna Complexes. In: Kochanski, E. (eds) Photoprocesses in Transition Metal Complexes, Biosystems and Other Molecules. Experiment and Theory. NATO ASI Series, vol 376. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2698-4_13
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