Photosynthesis. Physical mechanisms and chemical patterns.

Foreword Preface Part I. Research in Photosynthesis: Basic Developments to About 1960: 1. The chemical nature of photosynthesis 2. The roles of chlorophylls and other pigments 3. The cooperation of two quanta or two photosystems in photosynthesis 4. Major digression: molecular physics and spectroscopy quantum energy and redox energy measurements involving light Part II. Pigment-Protein Complexes in Photosynthetic Membranes: Their Compositions, Structures, and Functions: 5. Components of the photosynthetic membranes of bacteria: composition and function in energy transfer and photochemistry 6. Photosynthetic membranes of plants: components and their molecular organization energy transfer and its regulation 7. Measurements with polarized light: interactions of molecules in excited states orientations of pigments in photosynthetic tissues Part III. Photochemical Charge Separation, Secondary Transport of Electrons and Protons, and Oxygen Evolution: 8. Reaction centers: photochemical charge separation and interaction with nearest electron donors and acceptors 9. Oxygen evolution secondary transport of electrons and protons Part IV. The Formation of ATP and the Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide: 10. Electrochemical gradients and the formation of ATP 11. Carbon assimilation by plants Epilogue Notes Index.

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