Photoinduced Processes in Nucleic Acids and Proteins : Faraday Discussion

Light induced chemical and physical processes in small organic-/inorganic-/bio-molecules have been a subject of experimental and theoretical research for several decades. Photochemical and photophysical processes in biomolecules are intimately involved in a multitude of functional processes, that include vision, photosynthesis, molecular recognition, gene replication, etc., and can be utilized in areas such as photodynamic therapy. Such processes in DNA are also of interest to both the biological and materials communities as memory devices and structural building blocks. In this volume, the topics covered include light induced charge and energy transport in nucleic acids and proteins, photocrosslinking between nucleic acids and proteins, light induced damage and repair in nucleic acids and proteins and bionanophotonics.