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Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry

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Kinetics Optical Spectra Thermodynamics
ESR Studies Excited States Photochemistry
Radiation Chemistry Related Experimental Studies Multiphase Systems
Polymers Biological and Medical Aspects Solar Energy
Industrial and Environmental Applications Theoretical Studies Reviews

Kinetics

Deriving reaction mechanisms from kinetic spectroscopy: application to late rhodopsin intermediates.
Szundi, I., Lewis, J.W., Kliger, D.S., Biophys. J. 73(2): 688-702 (1997).

Coupling of cytochrome and quinone trunovers in the photocycle of reaction centers from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
Osvath, S., Maroti, P., Biophys. J. 73(2): 972-82 (1997).

Photoinduced electron-transfer reactions of tri-1-naphthyl phosphate and di-1-naphthyl methylphosphonate sensitised by 9,10-dicyanoanthracene.
Nakamura, M., Majima, T., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (14): 1291-2 (1997).

Flash photolysis of 5-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone in aqueous solution: Kinetics and mechanism of photoenolization and of enol trapping.
Chiang, Y., Kresge, A.J., Hellrung, B., Schunemann, P., Wirz, J., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(4): 1106-21 (1997).

Iridoid glucosides with free radical scavenging properties from Fagraea blumei.
Cuendet, M., Hostettmann, K., Potterat, O., Dyatmiko, W., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(4): 1144-52 (1997).

Toward the rational design of superoxide dismutase mimics: Mechanistic studies for the elucidation of substituent effects on the catalytic activity of macrocyclic manganese(II) complexes.
Riley, D.P., Lennon, P.J., Neumann, W.L., Weiss, R.H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6522-8 (1997).

Electronic relaxation dynamics in coupled metal nanoparticles.
Feldstein, M.J., Keating, C.D., Liau, Y.H., Natan, M.J., Scherer, N.F., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6638-47 (1997).

Diffusion process of the benzyl radical created by photodissociation probed by the transient grating method.
Okamoto, K., Hirota, N., Terazima, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5269-77 (1997).

Diffusion of free radicals in solution. TEMPO, diphenylpicrylhydrazyl, and nitrosodisulfonate - Comment.
Okamoto, K., Hirota, N., Terazima, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5380-1 (1997).

Redox chemistry of bipyrroles: Further insights into the oxidative polymerization mechanism of pyrrole and oligopyrroles.
Guyard, L., Hapiot, P., Neta, P., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(29): 5698-706 (1997).

Medium effect on the decay kinetics of benzophenone oxide.
Nazarov, A.M., Chainikova, E.M., Safiullin, R.L., Khursan, S.L., Komissarov, V.D., React. Kinet. Catal. Lett. 61(1): 173-4 (1997).

The oxidation of catecholamines and 6-hydroxydopamine by molecular oxygen: Effect of ascorbate.
Roginsky, V.A., Barsukova, T.K., Bruchelt, G., Stegmann, H.B., Z. Naturforsch., C: Biosci. 52C(5-6): 380-90 (1997).


Optical Spectra

Electronic absorption spectra of carbon chain anions C-2n+1 (n = 2-5) in neon matrices.
Forney, D., Grutter, M., Freivogel, P., Maier, J.P., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5292-5 (1997).

Structural conditions for spontaneous generation of optical activity in J-aggregates.
Pawlik, A., Kirstein, S., DeRossi, U., Daehne, S., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(29): 5646-51 (1997).

Effects of rapid intramolecular electron transfer on vibrational spectra.
Ito, T., Hamaguchi, T., Nagino, H., Yamaguchi, T., Washington, J., Kubiak, C.P., Science 277(5326): 660-3 (1997).


Thermodynamics

Establishment and successful application of the [sigma]JJ* scale of spin-delocalization substituent constants.
Jiang, X.K., Acc. Chem. Res. 30(7): 283-9 (1997).

An annulene TCNQ derivative with rather weak accentor properties.
Mitchell, R.H., Jin, X., Otsubo, T., Takimiya, K., Can. J. Chem. 75(6): 611-5 (1997).

Electrochemistry of electron transfer probes. Observation of the transition from activation to counterdiffusion control in the fragmentation of a-aryloxyacetophenone radical anions.
Andersen, M.L., Long, W., Wayner, D.D.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6590-5 (1997).

Redox properties of polythiaarene derivatives. A novel class of electron acceptors.
Tucker, J.H.R., Gingras, M., Brand, H., Lehn, J.M., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1303-7 (1997).

Photochemical behaviour of [beta]-carbolines. 4. Acid-base equilibria in the ground and excited states in organic media.
Biondic, M.C., ErraBalsells, R., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1323-7 (1997).

Disjoint and coextensive diradical diions.
Bushby, R.J., McGill, D.R., Ng, K.M., Taylor, N., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1405-14 (1997).


ESR Studies

The tetranuclear manganese cluster in photosystem II: Location and magnetic properties of the S2 state as determined by saturation-recovery EPR spectroscopy.
Koulougliotis, D., Schweitzer, R.H., Brudvig, G.W., Biochemistry 36(32): 9735-46 (1997).

Crystal structure and photodynamic behavior of the blue emission variant Y66H/Y145F of green fluorescent protein.
Wachter, R.M., King, B.A., Heim, R., Kallio, K., Tsien, R.Y., Boxer, S.G., Remington, S.J., Biochemistry 36(32): 9759-65 (1997).

Measurement of cofactor distances between P700.+ and A1.- in native and quinone-substituted photosystem I using pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Zech, S.G., van der Est, A.J., Bittl, R., Biochemistry 36(32): 9774-9 (1997).

Spin-labeling studies of the conformational changes in the vicinity of D36, D38, T46, and E161 of bacteriorhodopsin during the photocycle.
Rink, T., Riesle, J., Oesterhelt, D., Gerwert, K., Steinhoff, H.-J., Biophys. J. 73(2): 983-93 (1997).

MARY-detected ESR spectrum of solvent radical cations (holes) in squalane.
Tadjikov, B.M., Stass, D.V., Usov, O.M., Molin, Y.N., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(1-2): 25-30 (1997).

Active oxygen radical scavenging ability of water-soluble fullerenols.
Sun, D.Y., Zhu, Y.S., Liu, Z.Y., Liu, G.Z., Guo, X.H., Zhan, R.Y., Liu, X.Y., Chin. Sci. Bull. 42(9): 748-52 (1997).

Polycationic high-spin states of one- and two-dimensional (diarylamino)benzenes, prototypical model units for purely organic ferromagnetic metals as studied by pulsed ESR/electron spin transient nutation spectroscopy.
Sato, K., Yano, M., Furuichi, M., Shiomi, D., Takui, T., Abe, K., Itoh, K., Higuchi, A., Katsuma, K., Shirota, Y., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6607-13 (1997).

Theory of electric-field effects on electron-spin-resonance hyperfine couplings.
Karna, S.P., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(3): 379-82 (1997).


Excited States

S-1 singlet excited-state absorption of DODCl.
Wittmann, M., Penzkofer, A., Appl. Phys. B: Lasers Opt. 65(1): 49-56 (1997).

Dye-doped sol-gel derived silica laser tunable from 352 nm to 387 nm.
Ye, C., Lam, K.S., Lam, S.K., Lo, D., Appl. Phys. B: Lasers Opt. 65(1): 109-11 (1997).

Electronic and molecular structure of charge transfer singlet states: 4-(9-anthryl)julolidine and 4-(9-acridyl)julolidine.
Herbich, J., Kapturkiewicz, A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(1-2): 8-17 (1997).

Fluorescence quenching of 2,2'-bithiazole-containing calix[4]arenes by copper(I). Access to the corresponding [ML2], [ML], and [M2L] copper(I) complexes.
PelletRostaing, S., RegnoufdeVains, J.B., Lamartine, R., Meallier, P., Guittonneau, S., Fenet, B., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(4): 1229-43 (1997).

[2]Staffane rod as a molecular rack for unraveling conformer properties: Proposed singlet excitation localization isomerism in anti,anti,anti-hexasilanes.
Mazieres, S., Raymond, M.K., Raabe, G., Prodi, A., Michl, J., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6682-3 (1997).

A kinetic study of the reaction between boldine and singlet oxygen [O2(1[Delta]g)].
Zanocco, A.L., Lemp, E., Gunther, G., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1299-302 (1997).

4-(9-Anthryl)aniline. 1. Intramolecular charge-transfer state formation in solution.
Lee, S., Arita, K., Kajimoto, O., Tamao, K., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5228-31 (1997).

4-(9-Anthryl)aniline. 2. Two weakly-coupled electronic states and their torsional potentials evaluated from the laser-induced fluorescence spectra in a supersonic jet.
Lee, S., Kajimoto, O., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5232-40 (1997).

Inter-ring torsional modulation in molecular lasers. Ultraviolet lasing via amplified spontaneous emission spectroscopy of phenylimidazoles.
Catalan, J., dePaz, J.L.G., delValle, J.C., Kasha, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5284-91 (1997).

Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzimidazole in cyclodextrins and binary solvent mixtures.
Roberts, E.L., Dey, J., Warner, I.M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5296-301 (1997).

Excited-state dynamics of chlorine dioxide in the condensed phase from resonance Raman intensities.
Esposito, A.P., Foster, C.E., Beckman, R.A., Reid, P.J., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5309-19 (1997).

Competitive energy and electron-transfer reactions of the triplet state of 1-nitronaphthalene: A laser flash photolysis and time-resolved resonance Raman study.
Fournier, T., Tavender, S.M., Parker, A.W., Scholes, G.D., Phillips, D., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5320-6 (1997).

Fullerenes in photoconductive polymers. Charge generation and charge transport.
Wang, Y., Suna, A., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(29): 5627-38 (1997).

Fluorescence behavior of low molar mass and polymer liquid crystals in ordered solid films.
Conger, B.M., Mastrangelo, J.C., Chen, S.H., Macromolecules 30(14): 4049-55 (1997).

Fluorescence quenching of 1,3,5-triaryl-2-pyrazoline derivatives with acceptor substituents in the 5-phenyl radical.
Doroshenko, A.O., Skripkina, V.T., Shershukov, V.M., Ponomarev, O.A., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 82(3): 338-43 (1997).


Photochemistry

Thermolysis and photolysis of a-(aryloxy) acetophenones.
Gaber, A.E.M., Bull. Pol. Acad. Sci., Chem. 44(4): 235-41 (1996).

Further examples of photocycloadditions of 1,3-diketonatoboron difluorides to olefins: A description of the reaction pattern and mechanism.
Chow, Y.L., Cheng, X.N., Wang, S.S., Wu, S.P., Can. J. Chem. 75(6): 720-6 (1997).

On a new synthesis of sterpurene and the bioactivity of some related Chondrostereum purpureum sesquiterpene metabolites.
Strunz, G.M., Bethell, R., Dumas, M.T., Boyonoski, N., Can. J. Chem. 75(6): 742-53 (1997).

Thermolysis and photolysis of two steroidal hydroxamic acid methanesulfonates.
Edwards, O.E., GrueSorensen, G., Blackwell, B.A., Can. J. Chem. 75(6): 857-72 (1997).

The first observation of thermal transformation of strained paracyclophane into the Dewar isomer.
Okuyama, M., Ohkita, M., Tsuji, T., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (14): 1277-8 (1997).

Stereochemical observations on the bromate induced monobromopentahydroxylation of benzene by catalytic photoinduced charge transfer osmylation. A concise synthesis of (+/-)-pinitol.
Jung, P.M.J., Motherwell, W.B., Williams, A.S., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (14): 1283-4 (1997).

The photochemistry of lomefloxacin. An aromatic carbene as the key intermediate in photodecomposition.
Fasani, E., Mella, M., Caccia, D., Tassi, S., Fagnoni, M., Albini, A., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (14): 1329-30 (1997).

Photolysis of ozone at 693 nm in solid oxygen. Isotopic effects in ozone reformation.
Bahou, M., SchriverMazzuoli, L., CamyPeyret, C., Schriver, A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(1-2): 31-6 (1997).

Photochemistry of nonconjugated bichromophoric systems. 3. Synthesis and photoreaction of poly(ethylene glycol) biscoumarinyloxyacetates.
Wang, Y.M., Du, D.M., Meng, J.B., Zhou, X.Z., Wang, L., Chin. J. Chem. 15(2): 169-73 (1997).

Photochemistry of phenothiazine in benzene and cyclohexane.
Wang, S.H., Chen, D.W., Gou, J.X., Wang, H., Chin. Sci. Bull. 42(12): 998-1000 (1997).

Chiral 2-aryl-2-methyl-2H-1-benzopyrans: Synthesis, characterization of enantiomers, and barriers to thermal racemization.
Harie, G., Samat, A., Guglielmetti, R., VanParys, I., Saeyens, W., DeKeukeleire, D., Lorenz, K., Mannschreck, A., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(4): 1122-32 (1997).

Photolysis of steroidal 20-aryl-substituted 11-nitrites.
Kalvoda, J., Grob, J., Bjelakovic, M., Lorenc, L., Mihailovic, M.L., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(4): 1221-8 (1997).

Total synthesis of the cyclic biphenyl ether peptides K-13 and OF4949-III via SNAr macrocyclization of peptidyl ruthenium pi-arene complexes.
Janetka, J.W., Rich, D.H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6488-95 (1997).

Silacyclopentadienylidene, the first silylene incorporated in a silole ring.
Kako, M., Oba, S., Uesugi, R., Sumiishi, S., Nakadaira, Y., Tanaka, K., Takada, T., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1251-3 (1997).

A buffer zone in the crystal structure that governs the solid-state photodimerization of bulky olefins with the 1,4-dihydropyridine skeleton.
Marubayashi, N., Ogawa, T., Hamasaki, T., Hirayama, N., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1309-14 (1997).

Interconversion and rearrangement of radical cations. 2. Photoinduced electron transfer and electrochemical oxidation of 1,4-bis(methylene)cyclohexane.
deLijser, H.J.P., Arnold, D.R., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1369-80 (1997).

Photochemistry - Trees to trap photons.
Mukamel, S., Nature 388(6641): 425 (1997).

Photoisomerization in dendrimers by harvesting of low-energy photons.
Jiang, D.L., Aida, T., Nature 388(6641): 454-6 (1997).


Radiation Chemistry

pH effect of *OH radical induced oxidation of phosphoryl-methionine in aqueous solution.
Chu, G.S., Yao, S.D., Zhang, Z.C., Zhang, M.W., Wang, W.F., Chin. Sci. Bull. 42(4): 296-301 (1997).

Resonance Raman and quantum chemical studies of short polyene radical cations.
Keszthelyi, T., Wilbrandt, R., Bally, T., J. Mol. Struct. 410: 339-42 (1997).

Atmospheric chemistry of dimethoxymethane (CH3OCH2OCH3): Kinetics and mechanism of its reaction with OH radicals and fate of the alkoxy radicals CH3OCHO(*)OCH3 and CH3OCH2OCH2O(*).
Wallington, T.J., Hurley, M.D., Ball, J.C., Straccia, A.M., Platz, J., Christensen, L.K., Sehested, J., Nielsen, O.J., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5302-8 (1997).

Effects of 1-MeV proton irradiation in Hg-based cuprate thin films.
Gapud, A.A., Liu, J.R., Wu, J.Z., Kang, W.N., Kang, B.W., Yun, S.H., Chu, W.K., Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 56(2): 862-7 (1997).

Effects of 1-GeV uranium ion irradiation on vortex pinning in single crystals of the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-d.
Paulius, L.M., Fendrich, J.A., Kwok, W.K., Koshelev, A.E., Vinokur, V.M., Crabtree, G.W., Glagola, B.G., Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 56(2): 913-24 (1997).


Experimental Studies on Related Topics

Inert carbon free radicals. 14. Synthesis, isolation, and properties of two strongly pi-pi interacting mixed-valence compounds: The perchloro-4,4'-ethynylenebis(triphenylmethyl) anion radical potassium (18-crown-6) salt and the perchloro-a,a,a',a'-tetraphenyl-p-xylylene anion radical tetrabutylammonium salt.
Domingo, V.M., Castaner, J., Riera, J., Brillas, E., Molins, E., Martinez, B., Knight, B., Chem. Mater. 9(7): 1620-9 (1997).

Collision-induced dissociation threshold energies of protonated glycine, glycinamide, and some related small peptides and peptide amino amides.
Klassen, J.S., Kebarle, P., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6552-63 (1997).

Total cross sections for low energy collisions of H3+ with molecular hydrogen and rare gases.
Peko, B.L., Champion, R.L., J. Chem. Phys. 107(4): 1156-62 (1997).

Solute-solvent and solvent-solvent interactions in binary solvent mixtures. 6. A quantitative measurement of the enhancement of the water structure in 2-methylpropan-2-ol-water and propan-2-ol-water mixtures by solvatochromic indicators.
Roses, M., Buhvestov, U., Rafols, C., Rived, F., Bosch, E., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1341-8 (1997).

Selective solution-phase generation and oxidation reaction of C60n- (n = 1,2) and formation of an aqueous colloidal solution of C60.
Wei, X.W., Wu, M.F., Qi, L., Xu, Z., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1389-93 (1997).

Relationship between electron difference density distribution, planarity of the > N-O groups and intermolecular hydrogen bond systems in crystals of stable nitroxide radicals.
Ciunik, Z., J. Mol. Struct. 412(1-2): 27-37 (1997).

Effective dielectric properties of solvent mixtures at microwave frequencies.
Lou, J.F., Hatton, T.A., Laibinis, P.E., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5262-8 (1997).

Synthesis and transformations of (1R,2R,3S,4R)-4-O-benzylhydroxylamino-2,3-O-isopropylidene- 1,2,3,-cyclopentanetriol: synthesis of (1S,2R,3S,4R)-4-amino-2,3-O-isopropylide-1,2,3-cyclopentanetriol.
MarcoContelles, J., RodriguezFernandez, M.M., Tetrahedron 8(13): 2249-56 (1997).


Multiphase Systems

Photochemistry in stilbene-containing monolayers. 2. Effect of cation binding on photoisomerization.
Karthaus, O., Hioki, M., Shimomura, M., Colloids Surf., A 126(2-3): 181-8 (1997).

The role of three dimensional structure in electron transmission through thin organic layers.
Kadyshevitch, A., Ananthavel, S.P., Naaman, R., J. Chem. Phys. 107(4): 1288-90 (1997).

Photochemistry of phenyl phenylacetates adsorbed on pentasil and faujasite zeolites.
Tung, C.H., Ying, Y.M., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1319-22 (1997).

A time-resolved diffuse reflectance study of the photo-reduction of 2,2'-bipyridine in faujasitic zeolites.
Bremard, C., Buntinx, G., Coustillier, G., Ginestet, G., J. Mol. Struct. 410: 81-4 (1997).

Photoelectrochemistry of films of quantum size lead sulfide particles incorporated in self-assembled monolayers on gold.
Ogawa, S., Hu, K., Fan, F.R.F., Bard, A.J., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(29): 5707-11 (1997).

Photoinduced electron transfer to methylviologen from zinc(II) tetraphenylporphyrin compartmentalized in unimer micelles of amphiphilic polyelectrolytes.
Aota, H., Araki, S., Morishima, Y., Kamachi, M., Macromolecules 30(14): 4090-6 (1997).

Light-induced amphiphilic surfaces.
Wang, R., Hashimoto, K., Fujishima, A., Chikuni, M., Kojima, E., Kitamura, A., Shimohigoshi, M., Watanabe, T., Nature 388(6641): 431-2 (1997).


Polymers

Homogeneous gas phase polymerization.
Reiss, H., Acc. Chem. Res. 30(7): 297-305 (1997).

Ultra-fast photoresponses of CdS nanoparticles in Nafion films.
Inoue, H., Urquhart, R.S., Nagamura, T., Grieser, F., Sakaguchi, H., Furlong, D.N., Colloids Surf., A 126(2-3): 197-208 (1997).

Identifying the nature of the active species in the polymerization of methacrylates: Inhibition of methyl methacrylate homopolymerizations and reactivity ratios for copolymerization of methyl methacrylate n-butyl methacrylate in classical anionic, alkyllithium/trialkylaluminum-initiated, group transfer polymerization, atom transfer radical polymerization, catalytic chain transfer, and classical free radical polymerization.
Haddleton, D.M., Crossman, M.C., Hunt, K.H., Topping, C., Waterson, C., Suddaby, K.G., Macromolecules 30(14): 3992-8 (1997).

Rate-memory and dynamic heterogeneity of first-order reactions in a polymer matrix.
Richert, R., Heuer, A., Macromolecules 30(14): 4038-41 (1997).

Exchange of polymer molecules between block copolymer micelles studied by emission spectroscopy. A method for the quantification of unimer exchange rates.
Creutz, S., vanStam, J., Antoun, S., DeSchryver, F.C., Jerome, R., Macromolecules 30(14): 4078-83 (1997).

Cross-linked nanospheres of poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate) with immediately attached surface functional groups.
Tao, J., Liu, G.J., Ding, J.F., Yang, M.L., Macromolecules 30(14): 4084-9 (1997).

Five authentic diradicals fail to initiate vinyl polymerization.
Toplikar, E.G., Herman, M.S., Padias, A.B., Hall, H.K., Priddy, D.B., Polym. Bull. (Berlin) 39(1): 37-43 (1997).

Asymmetric polymerization of diphenyl-3-pyridylmethyl methacrylate leading to optically active polymer with helical conformation and chiral recognition ability of the polymer.
Nakano, T., Taniguchi, K., Okamoto, Y., Polym. J. (Tokyo) 29(6): 540-4 (1997).

Reactivity of a polymerizable amine activator in the free radical copolymerization with methyl methacrylate and surface properties of copolymers.
Vazquez, B., Elvira, C., SanRoman, J., Levenfeld, B., Polymer 38(17): 4365-72 (1997).

Optical materials - High gains for polymer dynamic holography.
Anderson, D.Z., Science 277(5325): 530-1 (1997).

Spontaneous oscillation and self-pumped phase conjugation in a photorefractive polymer optical amplifier.
GrunnetJepsen, A., Thompson, C.L., Moerner, W.E., Science 277(5325): 549-52 (1997).

Polypyrrole: A conducting polymer (synthesis, properties, and applications).
Vernitskaya, T.V., Efimov, O.N., Usp. Khim. 66(5): 489-505 (1997).


Biological and Medical Aspects

Synthesis of dehydroluciferin by firefly luciferase: Effect of dehydroluciferin, coenzyme A and nucleoside triphosphates on the luminescent reaction.
Fontes, R., Dukhovich, A., Sillero, A., Sillero, M.A.G., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 237(2): 445-50 (1997).

Changes in the reaction mechanism of electron transfer from plastocyanin to Photosystem I in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as induced by site-directed mutagenesis of the copper protein.
De la Cerda, B., Navarro, J.A., Hervas, M., De la Rosa, M.A., Biochemistry 36(33): 10125-30 (1997).

Dynamics of carbon monoxide binding with cytochromes P-450.
Tetreau, C., Di Primo, C., Lange, R., Tourbez, H., Lavalette, D., Biochemistry 36(33): 10262-75 (1997).

Localization and orientation of functional water molecules in bacteriorhodopsin as revealed by polarized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
Hatanaka, M., Kandori, H., Maeda, A., Biophys. J. 73(2): 1001-6 (1997).

Generation of a tryptophan radical in high quantum yield from a novel amino acid analog using near-UV/visible light.
Burdi, D., Aveline, B.M., Wood, P.D., Stubbe, J., Redmond, R.W., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6457-60 (1997).

Synthesis and characterization of Mn4O4L6 complexes with cubane-like core structure: A new class of models of the active site of the photosynthetic water oxidase.
Ruettinger, W.F., Campana, C., Dismukes, G.C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(28): 6670-1 (1997).

Protein oxidation in aging, disease, and oxidative stress.
Berlett, B.S., Stadtman, E.R., J. Biol. Chem. 272(33): 20313-6 (1997).

Communication-nuclear targeting of chlorin e6 enhances its photosensitizing activity.
Akhlynina, T.V., Jans, D.A., Rosenkranz, A.A., Statsyuk, N.V., Balashova, I.Y., Toth, G., pavo, I., Rubin, A.B., Sobolev, A.S., J. Biol. Chem. 272(33): 20328-31 (1997).

Energy transfer in Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centers with the initial electron donor oxidized or missing.
Jackson, J.A., Lin, S., Taguchi, A.K.W., Williams, J.C., Allen, J.P., Woodbury, N.W., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(29): 5747-54 (1997).

Charge resonance effects on electronic absorption line shapes: Application to the heterodimer absorption of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers.
Zhou, H.L., Boxer, S.G., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(29): 5759-66 (1997).

Iron-sulfur clusters: Nature's modular, multipurpose structures.
Beinert, H., Holm, R.H., Munck, E., Science 277(5326): 653-9 (1997).

Distance-dependent electron transfer in DNA hairpins.
Lewis, F.D., Wu, T.F., Zhang, Y.F., Letsinger, R.L., Greenfield, S.R., Wasielewski, M.R., Science 277(5326): 673-6 (1997).

Induction of single- and double-strand breaks in plasmid DNA by monoenergetic a-particles with energies below the Bragg-maximum.
Scholz, V., Weidner, J., Koehnlein, W., Frekers, D., Woertche, H.J., Z. Naturforsch., C: Biosci. 52C(5-6): 364-72 (1997).

Is atmospheric superoxide vitally necessary? Accelerated death of animals in a quasi-neutral electric atmosphere.
Goldstein, N., Arshavskaya, T.V., Z. Naturforsch., C: Biosci. 52C(5-6): 396-404 (1997).


Industrial and Environmental Applications

Past ultraviolet radiation environments in lakes derived from fossil pigments.
Leavitt, P.R., Vinebrooke, R.D., Donald, D.B., Smol, J.P., Schindler, D.W., Nature 388(6641): 457-9 (1997).


Theoretical Studies

Degenerate Frenkel exciton states in the electroabsorption spectroscopy of molecular crystals.
Petelenz, P., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(1-2): 42-6 (1997).

Analysis of nonlinear optical contributions to temporally two-dimensional Raman scattering.
Steffen, T., Duppen, K., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(1-2): 47-54 (1997).

Quantum chemical study on the thermal Diels-Alder reaction of cyclohexadiene and methyl crotonate.
Li, Y.H., Hong, S.G., Wang, S., Peng, Y.Y., Chin. J. Chem. 15(1): 21-4 (1997).

Theoretical study of bifurcating reaction paths.
Yanai, T., Taketsugu, T., Hirao, K., J. Chem. Phys. 107(4): 1137-46 (1997).

New strategies to incorporate the solvent polarization in self-consistent reaction field and free-energy perturbation simulations - Comment.
Angyan, J.G., J. Chem. Phys. 107(4): 1291-2 (1997).

Comment on 'new strategies to incorporate the solvent polarization in self-consistent reaction field and free-energy perturbation simulations' - Response.
Luque, F.J., Bofill, J.M., Orozco, M., J. Chem. Phys. 107(4): 1293-4 (1997).

A theoretical investigation of the near UV and VIS electronic spectra for the fully deprotonated forms of anhydrotetracycline.
DeAlmedia, W.B., Costa, L.R.A., DosSantos, H.F., Zerner, M.C., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (7): 1335-9 (1997).

Excluded volume effect on the diffusion-influenced bimolecular reactions.
Jung, Y., Lee, S., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(29): 5255-61 (1997).

Steric effects in electrolytes: A modified Poisson-Boltzmann equation.
Borukhov, I., Andelman, D., Orland, H., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(3): 435-8 (1997).


Reviews

How nature harvests sunlight.
Hu, X., Schulten, K., Phys. Today 50(8): 28-34 (1997).

Methods for the analysis of transient absorbance data.
Bonneau, R., Wirz, J., Zuberbuhler, A.D., Pure Appl. Chem. 69(5): 979-92 (1997).

Kinetics the simplest radical reactions in solids.
Tolkatchev, V.A., Reactivity of Solids: Past, Present and Future, V. V. Boldyrev (ed.), Blackwell Science Publ., Oxford, England, 1996, p.185-221


E-mail: ndrlrcdc.1@nd.edu
Author: K.P. Madden
Created: 7/2/97 Updated: 2/10/98