Electron spin resonance of charge carriers in chlorophyll a/water micelles
AUTOR(ES)
Bowman, M. K.
RESUMO
Chlorophyll a/water micelles (P740) prepared in hydrocarbon media have been shown by small-angle neutron scattering to consist of hollow cylinders whose surface is formed of a monolayer of chlorophyll crosslinked by water. The micelles can be reversibly oxidized or reduced to generate highly mobile holes or electrons that undergo rapid, one-dimensional transport along the chains of chlorophyll macrocycles comprising the surface of the micelles. Large π-π overlap within the chains facilitates the one-dimensional charge transport and is expected to do the same for energy transport. Structural defects in the micelle surface act as boundaries for charge transport, confining the spins to one-dimensional domains of approximately 200 macrocycles. The one-dimensional transport within the limited domains results in motionally narrowed electron spin resonance lines with some residual inhomogeneous broadening. Although the chlorophyll a incorporated in micelles is more easily oxidized than is monomeric chlorophyll a, it is much more resistant to chemical alteration.
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