Award Address (Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology, sponsored by Ahmed Zewail Endowment Fund established by Newport Corporation). Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of photosynthetic complexes

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Graham R Fleming, GRFleming@lbl.gov1, Elizabeth Read2, Tessa Calhoun2, Gabriella Schlau-Cohen2, Yuan-Chung Cheng2, and Hohjai Lee2. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Deputy Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94620, (2) Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of molecular complexes can reveal electronic couplings, pathways of energy flow, and the presence of quantum coherence in the dynamics. Recent development such as two-color two-dimensional spectroscopy and the use of non-rephasing spectra and polarization to decongest crowded spectra will be described with respect to various light harvesting and reaction center complexes.
 

Physical Chemistry Awards Symposium
1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 338, Oral

Division of Physical Chemistry

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008