Graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets have received a great deal of attention for a wide range of applications from optoelectronic devices to biological sensors. We now report a mechanistic study of the interfacial electron transfer (ET) processes between organic dye molecule, 9-phenyl-2,3,7-trihydroxy-6-fluorone (PF), and nanometre-sized GO sheets using ensemble-averaged and single-molecule spectrosc...

The effect o f K-picrate-18-crown-6 (crown) on the photoelectron transport activity o f beet spinach thylakoid membranes was investigated. Addition o f micromolar concentration o f crown to thylakoid preparation inhibited p-benzoquinone, chloride-indophenol, methyl viologen supported Hill activities maximally by 75 per cent in a concentration dependent manner. However, the photosystem I catalyz...

abstract background: accurate methods of radiation therapy dose calculation. there are different monte carlo codesfor simulation of photons, electrons and the coupled transport of electrons and photons. mcnpis a general purpose monte carlo code that can be used for electron, photon and coupledphoton-electron transport.monte carlo simulation of radiation transport is considered to be one of the ...

arrangement of the redox components in the membrane as random rather than chain-like and they raise the question of the role of lateral diffusion in the mechanism of electron transport. We report here the rates of lateral diffusion for the major inner membrane redox components as determined by fluorescence recovery after photo-bleaching (Table 1, column I). Based on the diffusion coefficients e...

Immiscible liquid-liquid interfaces provide unique double phase regions for the design and construction of nanoscale materials. Here, we reported Ag(I)-directed growth of metal-organic complex nanocrystals by using AgNO3 as a connector in the aqueous solution and bidentate ligand of 1,4-bis(9-O-dihydroquininyl)anthraquinone [(DHQ)2AQN] and its enantiomer of (DHQD)2AQN in the chloroform solution...

The effects of potassium-(picrate)-(18-crown-6) on the electron transport of photosystem II was investigated in isolated pea thylakoids. Low concentrations of the compound inhibited the fast decay of fluorescence yield associated with electron transfer between the primary (Q a ) and secondary (Qb) quinone electron acceptor and increased the intermediary level of fluorescence to the Fmax level. ...

The physiological state of a chloroplast is strongly influenced by both biotic and abiotic conditions. Unfavourable growth conditions lead to photosynthetic stress. Chlorophyll a fluorescence is a widely used probe of photosynthetic activity (specifically PSII), and therefore stress which specifically targets the electron transport pathway and associated alternative electron cycling pathways. B...

Leaf chlorophyll fluorescence parameters as well as chlorophyll content were compared in three dominant mangrove species grown in two zones with different salinity in the Bhitarakanika National Park. The accumulation of dry matter and chlorophyll content in leaves decreased under high saline conditions. Quantification and de-convolution of chlorophyll fluo-rescence transient into several phenom...

Substantial experimental evidence indicates that the level of chlorophyll fluorescence in algae and higher plants is controlled predominantly by the activity of photosystem II (PS II) of the photosynthetic electron transport chain (2). The overall fluorescence yield seems to depend on the oxidation/reduction state of Q, the presumed primary electron acceptor of PS II (7) (H2O ? Y hv hv -> Q -) ...

The changes in PSII photochemistry in Spirulina platensis cells exposed to salinity stress (0-0.8 M NaCl) for 12 h were studied. Salinity stress induced a decrease in oxygen evolution activity, which correlated with the decrease in the quantum yield of PSII electron transport (PhiPSII). Phycocyanin content decreased significantly while chlorophyll content remained unchanged in salt-stressed cel...