Electronic excited-state transport with infrared divergence in disordered systems

1987 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 6279-6287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deng Hui-fang
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

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