Photochemical and photophysical properties of carotenoid immobilized on a surfactant micellar medium including chlorophyll as an artificial photosynthesis system
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To develop an artificial photosynthesis model, the anionic water-soluble carotenoid dye crocetin was electrostatically immobilized onto the surface of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) micellar medium including Mg chlorophyll-a and b (MgChl-a and b) (Cro/MgChl), and its photophysical properties were studied using UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The fluorescence of MgChl-a and b was observed, with the excitation wavelength attributed to the absorption band of crocetin, indicating that photo-induced energy transfer from the photoexcited state of crocetin to MgChl-a and b occurs. The photostability of MgChl-a and b in Cro/MgChl was investigated under continuous irradiation. After 60 min irradiation, the absorbance decreases at 660 nm Cro/MgChl and MgChl-a/b, without crocetin, were 3.0 and 17%, respectively. These results indicate that the photo-bleaching rate of MgChl-a/b in Cro/MgChl on irradiation is suppressed by the crocetin molecule on the surface of micelles.
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