Year: 1958
Type: report
Abstract: The concepts of solid-state photophysics are applied to biological materials, especially particulate matter derived from green plants. Photoinduced electron-spin resonance signals have been observed in isolated chloroplasts and other green plant materials; their growth time is not affected by reducing the temperature to -140 C. The luminescence of these materials has also been investigated under a variety of conditions. The results of these studies have been shown to be consistent with a mechanism involving the recombination of electrons and holes trapped in a quasi-crystalline lattice. Some details of such a mechanism have been proposed that suggest the mode of entry of the light energy into the photosynthetic pathway.
DOI: 10.2172/915464
Authors: Gordon Tollin, USAEC, Sogo, Power B., Melvin Calvin
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W270601751