Polymethine dyes (PDs) with absorption bands in the near-infrared region undergo symmetry breaking in polar solvents. To investigate how symmetry breaking affects nonlinear optical responses of PDs, an extensive and challenging experimental characterization of a cationic 2-azaazulene polymethine dye, including linear absorption, fluorescence, two-photon absorption and excited-state absorption, ...

Phycobilisomes from the nonchromatic adapting cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis are composed of a central core containing allophycocyanin and rods with phycocyanin and linker polypeptides in a regular array. Room temperature absorption spectra of phycobilisomes from this organism indicated the presence of phycocyanin and allophycocyanin. However, low temperature absorption spectra showed the a...

a series of new heteroleptic chelated copper(ii) complexes that encompass n,n-dibezyl substituted derivative of ethylenediamine (x-diamine) and acetylacetonate (acac) were prepared.  the ir and electronic absorption spectra and the molar conductivity of the complexes are presented and discussed.  the molar conductivity values of the complexes in different solvents reveals a predominance of elec...

Abstract. Absorption spectra of small molecular aggregates (oligomers) are considered. The dipole-dipole interaction between the monomers leads to shifts of the oligomer spectra with respect to the monomer absorption. The line-shapes of monomer as well as oligomer absorption depend strongly on the coupling to vibrational modes. Using a recently developed approach [Roden et. al, PRL 103, 058301]...

The Mg K-edge and Zn K- and L3-edge X-ray absorption near edge spectra of Mg and Zn porphyrins in the ground state and low-lying optically excited states are calculated. Also computed are X-ray absorption near edge spectra of Fe(II) spin crossover compound in its ground and low-lying optically excited states, motivated by a recent experiment (J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 38). The calculated abso...

Dicoronylene Isomers, UV/VIS Absorption Spectra, Fluorescence Spectra The non-alternant hydrocarbon cyclopenta[l,2-a:3,4,5-b'c']dicoronene (3) has been pre­ pared by aluminium chloride catalyzed dimerization o f coronene (1). The UV/VIS absorption spectrum, fluorescence spectrum and fluorescence quantum yield o f 3 is reported and com ­ pared with that o f the alternant isomer benzo[l,2,3-bc:4,...

Visual systems of vertebrates exhibit a striking level of diversity, reflecting their adaptive responses to various color environments. The photosensitive molecules, visual pigments, can be synthesized in vitro and their absorption spectra can be determined. Comparing the amino acid sequences and absorption spectra of various visual pigments, we can identify amino acid changes that have modifie...