PHOTOSYNTHESIS: THEORY ANDAPPLICATIONS IN ENERGY,BIOTECHNOLOGY ANDNANOTECHNOLOGY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES -- HIGHLY EFFICIENT LIGHT-HARVESTINGNANO- AND BIOMATERIALS:MATERIAL DESIGN AND NEW LASER SPECTROSCOPY -- ABSTRACT -- 1.1. DESIGN OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT-HARVESTING MATERIALS -- 1.1.1. Design of Star-shaped Phthalocyanines having Conjugated Oligomers -- 1.1.2. Syntheses of Phthalocyanine Precursors -- 1.1.3. Syntheses of Star-Shaped Stilbenoid Phthalocyanines -- 1.1.4. Design of Light-Harvesting Dendritic Porphyrins -- 1.1.5. Syntheses and Characterizations of Dendritic Porphyrins -- References -- 1.2. RAPID ENERGY TRANSFER IN LIGHT-HARVESTING DENDRIMERS -- 1.2.1. Dendrimers Having π-conjugated Antenna -- 1.2.2. Highly Efficient and Rapid Energy Transfer -- 1.2.3. Rapid Energy Transfer -- 1.2.4. Temperature Dependence -- 1.2.5 .Summary -- References -- 1.3. ULTRAFAST LASER SPECTROSCOPY APPLICABLETO NANO- AND BIOMATERIALS -- 1.3.1 Principle of Femtosecond Time-frequency 2D Imaging Spectroscopy -- 1.3.2. Time-frequency 2D Imaging of Ultrafast Internal Conversion of β-Carotene in Solid Films -- 1.3.3. Time-frequency 2D Imaging of Rapid Energy Transfer in Lightharvestingπ-conjugated Small Dendrimers -- 1.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE FK506-BINDING PROTEINS (FKBPS)OF THE THYLAKOID:EMERGING ROLES IN PLANT PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- The Immunophilins -- The Trigger Factor -- Discovering the FKBPs in Higher Plants -- The Non-Lumenal FKBPs in Plant Development and Stress Response -- Expression of the Thylakoid FKBPs -- Sequence and Structure of the Thylakoid FKBPs -- Thylakoid FKBPs as PPIase Catalysts -- Redox Regulation of Thylakoid FKBPs -- Cellular Transport of the Thylakoid FKBPs -- Thylakoid FKBPs: Molecular Chaperones in the Chloroplast.

Evolution of the Thylakoid FKBPs -- Prolyl Bond Isomerisation in the Thylakoid -- Immunophilins in Phospho-Mediated Regulation of Photosynthetic Proteins -- CONCLUSION -- Roles for FKBPs in the Chloroplast -- REFERENCES -- THYLAKOID PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATIONAND ITS IMPACT ON SHORT- ANDLONG-TERM ACCLIMATION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE THYLAKOID PHOSPHORYLOME -- Lhcb Proteins -- PSII Core Proteins in Flowering Plants -- Other Thylakoid Phosphoproteins -- Phosphorylation Sites -- Chlamydomonas Phosphoproteins -- THYLAKOID PROTEIN KINASES -- Biochemical Approaches to Isolate Thylakoid Protein Kinases -- The Kinases Stt7 and STN7 -- STN8 -- Interaction between Thylakoid Kinases -- THYLAKOID PROTEIN PHOSPHATASES -- Biochemical Approaches to Isolate Thylakoid Protein Phosphatases -- Regulation of the Activity of Thylakoid Protein Phosphatases -- SHORT-TERM PHOSPHORYLATION-DEPENDENTACCLIMATION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- State Transitions -- PSII Core Protein Phosphorylation and Repair of PSII Complexes -- LONG-TERM PHOSPHORYLATION-DEPENDENTACCLIMATION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- THE EVOLUTION OF THYLAKOID PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- IMPACT OF ROOT-ZONE TEMPERATURE ONPHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY OF AEROPONICALLYGROWN TEMPERATE AND SUBTROPICALVEGETABLE CROPS IN THE TROPICS -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- COOLING THE RZ PROTECTS CERTAIN TEMPERATE ANDSUBTROPICAL VEGETABLE CROPS FROM MIDDAY DEPRESSION OFPHOTOSYNTHESIS IN THE TROPICAL GREENHOUSE -- ALLEVIATION OF STOMATAL AND NON-STOMATAL LIMITATIONS OFPHOTOSYNTHESIS OF TEMPERATE AND SUBTROPICAL PLANTSGROWN UNDER TROPICAL CONDITIONS BY RZ COOLING -- C AND N METABOLISM OF CERTAIN TEMPERATE AND SUBTROPICALVEGETABLE CROPS IN RESPONSES TO RZT -- EFFECTS OF RZT ON SHOOT, ROOT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTOF CERTAIN TEMPERATE ANDSUBTROPICAL PLANTS GROWN IN THE TROPICS.

CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF METHANE AND HYDROGENTHROUGH CATALYTIC REDUCTIONOF CARBON DIOXIDE WITH WATER -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH STUDY -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY -PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE -- 3.1. Observation -- 3.2. Effects of Temperature on the Photo-activity -- 4. MEASUREMENT OF PRODUCT YIELDS -- 5. KINETIC MODEL SIMULATING CH4 REFORMATION -- 6. MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE YIELDS FOR VARIOUS PROCESSES -- 7. COMPARISON AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TWO CLOSED-COIL PHOTOBIOREACTORSOPERATING AT HIGH DEAN NUMBERIN DENSE ALGAL CULTURES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Description of the Two Reactor Systems -- Culture Conditions -- Micro-organisms and Culture Medium -- Analytical Procedures -- Calculation of Productivity and Growth Rates -- Parameters to Define Hydrodynamic Coil Performance -- Photosynthetic Efficiency Calculation -- RESULTS -- Arthrospira Growth inside CCP6 Using a Peristaltic Pump for CultureRecyclin -- Arthrospira Growth, inside CCP1, Using an Airlift System for Culture Recycling -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SYNTHETIC MODELS OF PHOTOSYNTHETICWATER OXIDIZING COMPLEX (OEC):O2 EVOLUTION FROM WATER BYHETEROGENEOUS MANGANESE-OXO COMPLEXES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MOLECULAR ASPECT OF [(OH2)(TERPY)MN(μ-O)2MN(TERPY)(OH2)]3+ IN HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION -- 3. CHARACTERIZATION OF [(OH2)(TERPY)MN(μ-O)2MN(TERPY)(OH2)]3+ / LAYER COMPOUND HYBRIDS -- 4. WATER OXIDATION CATALYSIS BY HETEROGENEOUS[(OH2)(TERPY)MN(μ-O)2MN(TERPY)(OH2)]3+ /LAYER COMPOUND HYBRIDS -- 5. WATER OXIDATION MECHANISM AND IMPORTANT INFLUENCINGFACTORS FOR [(OH2)(TERPY)MN(μ-O)2MN(TERPY)(OH2)]3+ /LAYER COMPOUND HYBRIDS -- 6. CONCLUSION -- 7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 8. REFERENCES.

PHOTOSYSTEM I AS A NATURAL EXAMPLE OF THEEFFICIENT BIO-SOLAR ENERGY NANO-CONVERTER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF PSI -- KEY ELEMENTS OF PSI -- Light-Harvesting Pigments -- Carotenoids -- Electron Transport Chain Co-Factors - Two Better then One? -- The Primary Electron Donor - P700 -- The initial electron acceptor - A -- The First Stable Electron Acceptor - A0 -- The Phyloquinone Electron Acceptor - A1 -- Three Fe4S4 clusters - FX, FA, FB. -- PSI IN THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTION - 3.5 BILLION YEARS OFPERFECTION -- 4 - 3.5 Billion Years Ago, Emergence of Photosynthesis -- 3.5 - 1.5 Billion Years Ago, from Symmetry through Pseudosymmetry toAsymmetry -- Last 1.5 Billion Years, from a Bottom of the Ancient Ocean to the TerrestrialLife -- PSI IN NANO-BIOTECHNOLOGY -- TOWARDS FUNCTIONAL PSI NANO-BIOHYBRID ELECTRONICDEVICES -- I. First Successful PSI-Gold Nano-Particle Hybrid Electrodes -- II. Photovoltaic Activity of PSI-Based Self-Assembled Monolayer -- III. Functional Bio-Photosensor Made of PSI Coupled with Transistor ViaMolecular Wire -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MULTIPLICITY OF NDH-1 COMPLEXESIN CYANOBACTERIA -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- OVERVIEW -- TWO TYPES OF NDH-1 AS REVEALED BY REVERSE GENETICS -- MULTIPLE NDH-1 COMPLEXES AS REVEALED BY PROTEOMICS -- TWO ACTIVE NDH-1 COMPLEXES AS REVEALED BYACTIVITY STAINING -- A HYPOTHETICAL SCHEME OF THE ASSEMBLY OFMULTIPLE NDH-1 COMPLEXES IN CYANOBACTERIA -- PERSPECTIVE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NATURAL PRODUCT BIOSYNTHETICGENE CLUSTER FROM CYANOBACTERIA -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.