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Excited-State Dynamics of Protonated Aromatic Amino Acids

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Photophysics of Ionic Biochromophores

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The electronic spectroscopy and the electronic excited state dynamics of the three protonated aromatic amino acids (PAAAs) phenylalanine (Phe), tyrosine (Tyr) and tryptophan (Trp) are presented in this chapter. Ab-initio calculations combined with various experimental techniques such as coincidence experiments, pump-probe spectroscopy and photo-fragmentation of cold trapped ions have been implemented to work out the complex photophysical processes involved in these AAs. The results include photo-fragmentation spectra, excited-state lifetimes, full fragmentation patterns at fixed excitation energies and specific fragmentation channels as a function of the excitation energy. Fragmentation patterns depending on the electronic excited state are detailed.

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Dedonder, C., Féraud, G., Jouvet, C. (2013). Excited-State Dynamics of Protonated Aromatic Amino Acids. In: Brøndsted Nielsen, S., Wyer, J. (eds) Photophysics of Ionic Biochromophores. Physical Chemistry in Action. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40190-9_9

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