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123. Polivka T, Sundstrom V (2004) Ultrafast dynamics of carotenoid excited states—from solution to
natural and artificial systems. Chem Rev 104(4):2021–2071. https ://doi.org/10.1021/cr020 674n
124. Buckup T, Savolainen J, Wohlleben W, Herek JL, Hashimoto H, Correia RRB, Motzkus M (2006)
Pump-probe and pump-deplete-probe spectroscopies on carotenoids with N = 9–15 conjugated
bonds. J Chem Phys 125(19):194505. https ://doi.org/10.1063/1.23882 74
125. Jailaubekov AE, Song SH, Vengris M, Cogdell RJ, Larsen DS (2010) Using narrowband excitation
to confirm that the S* state in carotenoids is not a vibrationally-excited ground state species. Chem
Phys Lett 487(1–3):101–107. https ://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplet t.2010.01.014
126. Hauer J, Maiuri M, Viola D, Lukes V, Henry S, Carey AM, Cogdell RJ, Cerullo G, Polli D (2013)
Explaining the temperature dependence of spirilloxanthin’s S* signal by an inhomogeneous ground
state model. J Phys Chem A 117(29):6303–6310. https ://doi.org/10.1021/jp401 1372
127. Ehlers F, Scholz M, Schimpfhauser J, Bienert J, Oum K, Lenzer T (2015) Collisional relaxation
of apocarotenals: identifying the S* state with vibrationally excited molecules in the ground electronic state S-0*. Phys Chem Chem Phys 17(16):10478–10488. https ://doi.org/10.1039/c4cp0
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128. Balevicius V, Abramavicius D, Polivka T, Pour AG, Hauer J (2016) A unified picture of S* in
carotenoids. J Phys Chem Lett 7(17):3347–3352. https ://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcle tt.6b014 55
129. Tavan P, Schulten K (1987) Electronic excitations in finite and infinite polyenes. Phys Rev B
36(8):4337–4358. https ://doi.org/10.1103/PhysR evB.36.4337
130. Orlandi G, Zerbetto F (1986) Vibronic coupling in polyenes—the frequency increase of the active
C=C Ag stretching mode in the absorption-spectra. Chem Phys 108(2):187–195. https ://doi.
org/10.1016/0301-0104(86)85040 -6
131. Nagae H, Kakitani Y, Koyama Y (2009) Theoretical description of diabatic mixing and coherent
excitation in singlet-excited states of carotenoids. Chem Phys Lett 474(4–6):342–351. https ://doi.
org/10.1016/j.cplet t.2009.04.039
132. Yoshizawa M, Aoki H, Hashimoto H (2001) Vibrational relaxation of the 2A(g)(−) excited state in
all-trans-beta-carotene obtained by femtosecond time-resolved Raman spectroscopy. Phys Rev B
63(18):180301. https ://doi.org/10.1103/PhysR evB.63.18030 1
133. McCamant DW, Kukura P, Mathies RA (2003) Femtosecond time-resolved stimulated Raman
spectroscopy: application to the ultrafast internal conversion in beta-carotene. J Phys Chem A
107(40):8208–8214
134. Yoshizawa M, Nakamura R, Yoshimatsu O, Abe K, Sakai S, Nakagawa K, Fujii R, Nango M,
Hashimoto H (2012) Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy of the dark S-1 excited state of
carotenoid in photosynthetic light harvesting complex. Acta Biochim Pol 59(1):49–52
135. Quick M, Kasper MA, Richter C, Mahrwald R, Dobryakov AL, Kovalenko SA, Ernsting NP (2015)
Beta-carotene revisited by transient absorption and stimulated Raman spectroscopy. ChemPhysChem 16(18):3824–3835. https ://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.20150 0586
136. Kukura P, McCamant DW, Mathies RA (2004) Femtosecond time-resolved stimulated Raman spectroscopy of the S-2 (1B(u)(+)) excited state of beta-carotene. J Phys Chem A 108(28):5921–5925
137. Kardas TM, Ratajska-Gadomska B, Lapini A, Ragnoni E, Righini R, Di Donato M, Foggi P,
Gadomski W (2014) Dynamics of the time-resolved stimulated Raman scattering spectrum in presence of transient vibronic inversion of population on the example of optically excited trans-betaapo-8′-carotenal. J Chem Phys. https ://doi.org/10.1063/1.48790 60
138. Shim S, Mathies RA (2008) Development of a tunable femtosecond stimulated Raman apparatus
and its application to beta-carotene. J Phys Chem B 112(15):4826–4832
139. Koumura N, Zijlstra RWJ, van Delden RA, Harada N, Feringa BL (1999) Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor. Nature 401:152
140. van Leeuwen T, Lubbe AS, Štacko P, Wezenberg SJ, Feringa BL (2017) Dynamic control of function by light-driven molecular motors. Nat Rev Chem 1:0096
141. Saltiel J (1967) Perdeuteriostilbene. The role of phantom states in the cis-trans photoisomerization
of stilbenes. J Am Chem Soc 89:1036–1037
142. Sension RJ, Repinec ST, Szarka AZ, Hochstrasser RM (1993) Femtosecond laser studies of the cis–stilbene photoisomerization reactions. J Chem Phys 98:6291–6315. https ://doi.
org/10.1063/1.46482 4
143. Kovalenko SA, Dobryakov AL, Ioffe I, Ernsting NP (2010) Evidence for the phantom state in
photoinduced cis–trans isomerization of stilbene. Chem Phys Lett 493:255–258. https ://doi.
org/10.1016/j.cplet t.2010.05.022
243
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