ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN BACTERIORHODOPSIN

Abstract— The sequence of primary events following light absorption by light adapted bacteriorhodopsin (bR₅₇₀) is considered by analyzing recent picosecond absorption and emission data. The analysis is facilitated by theoretical calculations which allow us to characterize the properties of the first excited singlet state. It is concluded that excitation leads to the eventual population of a photochemically important nonfluorescent excited state (I) which decays into a photoproduct (J₆₂₅)- In J₆₂₅, which is most probably a ground state molecule, the chromophore has undergone a structural change, presumably trans → 13- cis isomerization. It is suggested that the subsequent process

reflects a relaxation of the protein environment involving proton transfer.     

The numerical integration of relative equilibrium solutions. The nonlinear Schrodinger equation

We analyse different error propagation mechanisms for conservativeand nonconservative time-integrators of nonlinear Schrödingerequations. We use a geometric approach based on interpretingwaves as relative equilibria.     

Ziegler–Natta polymerization of butadiene: Kinetic and molecular weight study

The effect of reaction conditions on conversion and molecular weight in the polymerization of butadiene initiated by cobalt octoate/diethylaluminum chloride/water was studied. The polymerization exhibited complex kinetics with respect to cobalt concentration. The molecular weight, as a function of conversion, was investigated. Chain transfer to aluminum alkyl was of only minor importance.     

Magnetic AC susceptibility of stoichiometric and low zinc doped magnetite single crystals

Systematic studies of AC susceptibility in a stoichiometric magnetite single crystal, in a series of low zinc doped magnetite (xZn < 0.04) and in nonstoichiometric magnetite samples (both single crystals and pellets) in the temperature range 4–300 K are presented. Measurements were performed in several AC fields ( Oe) and at different frequencies (15–6000 Hz). It is suggested that the signal is primarily due to magnetic domain wall movement, strongly influenced by structural domains (twins). Two sets of anomalies were found: the first is associated with the Verwey transition and the second involves two different effects, one at 28 K, observed only in stoichiometric magnetite, and the other at 50 K. While the temperature position of the first anomaly (28 K) does not depend on frequency, the effect at 50 K is associated with an activation process, shifting to higher temperatures with increasing frequency. This last effect may be linked to the low temperature magnetoelectric effects terminating approximately at those temperatures. Qualitatively similar results have been observed by the Magnetic After Effect technique presented in the literature, that is associated with relaxation times that are 104 higher than those characteristic of our technique.