Spectroscopic Untersuchung von Chlorophyll Model Systems in einem Myoglobin Matrix [Elektronische Ressource] / Prasanna Venkatesh Rangadurai

1 ________________________________________________________________________ Spectroscopic Investigation of Chlorophyll Model Systems in a Myoglobin Matrix Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf vorgelegt von Prasanna Venkatesh Rangadurai aus Chennai (Madras), India Düsseldorf, November 2011 2 Aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Mülheim an der Ruhr Gedruckt mit der Genehmigung der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Referent: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lubitz Koreferent: Prof. Dr. Rainer Weinkauf Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 17.11.2011 3 In each century since the beginning of the world wonderful things have been discovered. In the last century more amazing things were found out than in any century before. In this century hundreds of things still more astounding will be brought to light. At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see that it is done- then it is done and the entire world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.