Abstract |
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Foreward 1 |
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Foreward 2 |
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Preface |
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1 Multiscale Hierarchical Processes |
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1.1 Coupled Systems, Hierarchy and Emergence |
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1.2 Principles of Synergetics |
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12 | (3) |
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1.3 Axiomatic Motivation of Rate Equations |
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1.4 Rate Equations in Photosynthesis |
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1.5 Top down and Bottom up Signaling |
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23 | (4) |
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2 Photophysics, Photobiology and Photosynthesis |
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2.1 Light Induced State Dynamics |
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2.1.1 Light Induced Transition Probabilities and Rate Equations |
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2.1.2 Absorption and Emission of Light |
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33 | (2) |
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2.1.3 Relaxation Processes and Fluorescence Dynamics |
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35 | (4) |
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2.1.4 Decay Associated Spectra (DAS) |
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2.2 Rate Equations and Excited State Dynamics in Coupled Systems |
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2.2.1 Simulation of Decay-Associated Spectra |
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2.2.2 Excited States in Coupled Pigments |
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2.2.3 Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) |
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2.3 Light-Harvesting, Energy and Charge Transfer and Primary Processes of Photosynthesis |
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2.4 Antenna Complexes in Photosynthetic Systems |
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2.4.1 The Light-Harvesting Complex of PS II (LHCII) of Higher Plants |
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2.4.2 The LH1 and LH2 of Purple Bacteria |
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2.4.3 The Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) Complex of Green Sulfur Bacteria |
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79 | (1) |
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2.4.4 Phycobilisomes in Cyanobacteria |
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2.4.5 Antenna Structures and Core Complexes of Amarina |
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2.5 Fluorescence Emission as a Tool for Monitoring PS II Function |
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2.6 Excitation Energy Transfer and Electron Transfer Steps in Cyanobacteria Modeled with Rate Equations |
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2.7 Excitation Energy and Electron Transfer in Higher Plants Modeled with Rate Equations |
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2.8 Nonphotochemical Quenching in Plants and Cyanobacteria |
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2.9 Hierarchical Architecture of Plants |
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3 Formation and Functional Role of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) |
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3.1 Generation, Decay and Deleterious Action of ROS |
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3.1.1 Direct 1Δ2O2 Generation by Triplet-triplet Interaction |
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3.1.2 The O2-*/H2O2 System |
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3.1.3 H202 and Formation of 1ΔgO2 and Other Reactive Species like HO* |
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134 | (2) |
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3.2.1 Exogenic ROS Sensors |
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145 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Genetically Encoded ROS Sensors |
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3.2.4 Electrochemical Biosensors |
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3.3 Signaling Role of ROS |
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4 ROS Signaling in Coupled Nonlinear Systems |
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4.1 Signaling by Superoxide and Hydrogen Peroxide in Cyanobacteria |
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158 | (5) |
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4.2 Signaling by Singlet Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide in Eukaryotic Cells and Plants |
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4.3 ROS and Cell Redox Control and Interaction with the Nuclear Gene Expression |
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4.4 ROS as Top down and Bottom up Messengers |
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4.4.1 Stoichiometric and Energetic Considerations and the Role of Entropy |
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4.4.2 The Entropy in the Ensemble of Coupled Pigments |
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186 | (5) |
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4.5 Second Messengers and Signaling Molecules in H2O2 Signaling Chains and (Nonlinear) Networking |
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191 | (1) |
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4.6 ROS-Waves and Prey-Predator Models |
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4.7 Open Questions on ROS Coupling in Nonlinear Systems |
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5 The Role of ROS in Evolution |
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5.1 The Big Bang of the Ecosphere |
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5.2 Complicated Patterns Result from Simple Rules but Only the Useful Patterns are Stable |
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201 | (4) |
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5.3 Genetic Diversity and Selection Pressure as Driving Forces for Evolution |
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6 Outlook: Control and Feedback in Hierarchical Systems in Society, Politics and Economics |
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Bibliography |
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Appendix |
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Index |
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