Porphyrins. Excited States and Dynamics

Content: Quantum mechanical studies of the photodissociation of nitrosoheme complexes / Lek Chantranupong, Gilda H. Loew, and Ahmad Waleh --
Quantum mechanical studies of charge-transfer states in porphyrin heterodimers / James D. Petke and Gerald M. Maggiora --
Consequences of electron transfer in chlorophylls, chlorins, and porphyrins : structural and theoretical considerations / J. Fajer, K.M. Barkigia, K.M. Smith, and D.A. Goff --
Spin-orbit and spin-polarization effects in metalloporphyrins / David A. Case --
The role of NH-tautomerism in the formation of excited states : porphyrins with nonsymmetrical substitution / Georgii P. Gurinovich, Edward I. Zenkevich, and Alexander M. Shulga --
Optical detection of the lanthanoid ion contraction by internal charge-transfer absorption of rare earth bisporphyrinate double-deckers / J.W. Buchler, K. Elsässer, M. Kihn-Botulinski, B. Scharbert, and S. Tansil --
The S₂ emission of metalloporphyrins / Hiroshi Kobayashi and Youkoh Kaizu --
Metalloporphyrin dimeric S₂ emission resulting from triplet-triplet annihilation / G.F. Stelmakh and M.P. Tsvirko --
Triplet-state decay rate constants of porphyrin in the presence of carotenoids : an electron paramagnetic resonance and electron spin echo study / L.D. Kispert, J. Joseph, C. Lin, and J.R. Norris --
Electron paramagnetic resonance study of dimerization effects on porphyrins in the photoexcited triplet state / Hans van Willigen, T.K. Chandrashekar, U. Das, and Marie H. Ebersole --
Distance-dependent rates of photoinduced charge separation and dark charge recombination in fixed-distance porphyrin-quinone molecules / Michael R. Wasielewski and Mark P. Niemczyk --
Picosecond excited-state relaxation of some iron porphyrins and hemoproteins / Karl D. Straub and Peter M. Rentzepis --
Intermediates found in the picosecond photodissociation of the CO and O₂ forms of synthetic heme complexes / K. Caldwell, L.J. Noe, J.D. Ciccone, and T.G. Traylor --
Picosecond measurements of electron transfer in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers / Dewey Holten, Christine Kirmaier, and William W. Parson --
Two-photon absorption and radiationless transitions of porphyrins / Seiji Tobita, Yoshizumi Kajii, and Ikuzo Tanaka --
Axial coordination in nickel porphyrins and nickel-reconstituted heme proteins investigated by Raman-difference and transient-Raman spectroscopy / J.A. Shelnutt, K. Alston, E.W. Findsen, M.R. Ondrias, and J.M. Rifkind --
Resonance Raman studies of porphyrin radical cations, excited states, and ligation photodynamics / Dongho Kim, Lisa Miller, Oliver Su, James Terner, and Thomas G. Spiro --
Resonance Raman investigation of transient photoinduced ligation changes in nickel porphyrin / E.W. Findsen, M.R. Ondrias, J.A. Shelnutt, and J.M. Friedman --
Mechanistic studies of thermal and photoinduced atropisomerization of substituted tetraphenyl porphyrins in solution and organized assemblies / Ruth A. Freitag, David C. Barber, Haruo Inoue, and David G. Whitten --
Quenching of low-lying excited states in porphyrins by electron acceptors in rigid matrices / Zbigniew Gasyna, William R. Browett, and Martin J. Stillman --
Photooxidation of phthalocyanines : photoinduced reactivity of the triplet state / Tebello Nyokong, Zbigniew Gasyna, and Martin J. Stillman --
Cation radical formation with exposure of magnesium porphyrin thin films to light and oxygen / Robert M. Burgess, Martin Gouterman, Gamal-Eddin Khalil, and James van Zee --
Chemistry and structure of the principal tumor-localizing porphyrin photosensitizer in hematoporphyrin derivative / Chi K. Chang, Shinji Takamura, Brian D. Musselman, and David Kessel.