Triplet states in bacterial reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and related systems [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Aliaksandr Marchanka

Triplet states in bacterial reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and related systems Inaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf vorgelegt von Aliaksandr Marchanka aus Orechowsk Düsseldorf, Juni 2009Aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Mülheim an der RuhrGedruckt mit der Genehmigung der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Referent: Prof. Dr. W. Lubitz Koreferent: Prof. Dr. K. Kleinermanns Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 26.06.2009 No llores porque ya se terminó… sonríe, porque sucedió. To my mother and the memory of my father AknowledgementI would like to thank Dr. Maurice van Gastel, my supervisor, for his help, mentoring, support, trust and patience in leading me through secrets of science. He is also thanked for carefully reading and suggesting scientific and grammatical corrections of our publications and this thesis. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lubitz is gratefully acknowledged for giving me the opportunity to perform my PhD project in his laboratory, for general supervising, and for being my first reviewer. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Karl Kleinermanns for being my second reviewer. Dr. Jens Niklas, Dr. Shipra Prakash, Dr.