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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEXES
1.1 General Introduction to Photosynthesis
1.1.1 Reaction centers
1.2 Light-Harvesting Complexes
1.2.1 Crystal structure of LH2 from Rps. acidophila (strain
10050)
1.2.2 A comparison of LH2 structures from Rps.
acidophila and Rs. molischianum
1.2.3 Projection structure of LH1 complex from
Rhodospirillum rubrum
1.2.4 Organization of photosynthetic complexes in the
membrane of purple bacteria
1.3 Application of Hole Burning Spectroscopy to Light-Harvesting
Complexes
1.3.1 Marriages of non-photochemical hole burning
spectroscopies with high pressure and electric field
1.4 Thesis Organization
1.5 Other Published Work of the Candidate
1.6 ReferencesCHAPTER 2.
MECHANISMS FOR EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER
AND RELAXATION
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Energy transfer in photosynthesis
2.2 Frster Energy Transfer
2.2.1 Conventional Fdrster theory
2.2.2 Implications and validity of assumptions made in
conventional Forster energy transfer
2.2.3 Kolaczkowski-Hayes-Small (KHS) theory for weak
coupling energy transfer
2.3 Energy Transfer via Electron Exchange Interactions
2.4 Molecular Excitons
2.4.1 Mott-Wannier and Frenkel excitons
2.4.2 An excitonically coupled dimer - A simple example
2.4.3 Extension from the dimer to molecular crystals and
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Wu, H.M. Hole burning with pressure and electric field: A window on the electronic structure and energy transfer dynamics of bacterial antenna complexes, report, February 12, 1999; Iowa. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc675509/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.