Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Modeling Reveal a Predominant Contribution of Excitonic Interactions to the Bathochromic Shift in α-Crustacyanin, the Blue Carotenoprotein in the Carapace of the Lobster Homarus gammarus

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Main Authors: van Wijk, Arjan A. C., Spaans, Arnold, Uzunbajakava, Natallia, Otto, Cees, de Groot, Huub J. M., Lugtenburg, Johan, Buda, Francesco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2005
• Subjects: Homarus gammarus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja045049+; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja045049%2B