Electronic Excited State of Alizarin Dye Adsorbed on TiO2 Nanoparticles: A Study by Electroabsorption (Stark Effect) Spectroscopy

2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (27) ◽  
pp. 10233-10241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Nawrocka ◽  
Stanisław Krawczyk
Author(s):  
Ben O. Spurlock ◽  
Milton J. Cormier

The phenomenon of bioluminescence has fascinated layman and scientist alike for many centuries. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a number of observations were reported on the physiology of bioluminescence in Renilla, the common sea pansy. More recently biochemists have directed their attention to the molecular basis of luminosity in this colonial form. These studies have centered primarily on defining the chemical basis for bioluminescence and its control. It is now established that bioluminescence in Renilla arises due to the luciferase-catalyzed oxidation of luciferin. This results in the creation of a product (oxyluciferin) in an electronic excited state. The transition of oxyluciferin from its excited state to the ground state leads to light emission.


2002 ◽  
Vol 106 (19) ◽  
pp. 4833-4837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Morandeira ◽  
Laurine Engeli ◽  
Eric Vauthey

1990 ◽  
Vol 75 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 401-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Minguzzi ◽  
F. Pozzi ◽  
M. Tonelli ◽  
G. Baldacchini ◽  
U.M. Grassano

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