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Hints for teaching experiments and demonstrations

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Author

Editor

  • Lars Olof Björn

Summary, in English

Directions are given for demonstrating various topics from the other book chapters: The wave-nature of light, singlet oxygen, chromatic adaptation of cyanobacteria, the properties of the human visual system, photoconversion of rhodopsin, photosynthesis of previtamin D, spectral properties of chlorophyll, photoconversion of protochlorophyllide, separation of chloroplast pigments, photoadaptation of plant leaves, ultraviolet radiation damage, photoreactivation, phytochrome, plant photomorphogenesis, bioluminescence. At the end a short list is provided of further ideas for the reader to work on. The references are listed separately for each topic.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

617-645

Publication/Series

Photobiology — The science of life and light, 2nd. ed.

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • Photobiology Class experiments Light Wave-nature of light Singlet oxygen Chromatic adaptation Cyanobacteria Vision Rhodopsin Photosynthesis Vitamin D Provitamin D Previtamin D Chlorophyll Protochlorophyllide Chloroplast pigments Photoadaptation Ultraviolet radiation Radiation damage Photoreactivation Phytochrome Photomorphogenesis Bioluminescence Optical tweezers Quantum dot Ozone layer

Status

Published

Project

  • Photobiology

Research group

  • Photobiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-0-387-72654-0