Yasushi Koyama

Efficient light harvesting through carotenoids

Thorsten Ritz, A. Damjanović, Klaus Schulten et al. · Photosynthesis Research · 2000 · 173 citations

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Plant Biology +11

New trends in photobiology

Yasushi Koyama · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology · 1991 · 170 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophotonics +11

Raman and infrared spectra of the all‐<i>trans</i>, 7‐<i>cis</i>, 9‐<i>cis</i>, 13‐<i>cis</i> and 15‐<i>cis</i> isomers of β‐carotene: Key bands distinguishing stretched or terminal‐bent configurations form central‐bent configurations

Yasushi Koyama, Ichiro Takatsuka, Munetaka Nakata et al. · Journal of Raman Spectroscopy · 1988 · 153 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +14

The 1B_u⁺, 1B_u^-, and 2A_g^- Energies of Crystalline Lycopene, β-Carotene, and Mini-9-β-carotene as Determined by Resonance-Raman Excitation Profiles:  Dependence of the 1B_u^- State Energy on the Conjugation Length

Tokutake Sashima, Yasushi Koyama, Takashi Yamada et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · 2000 · 134 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +8

Mechanism of the Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Energy Transfer via the S₁ State in the LH2 Complexes from Purple Bacteria

Jianping Zhang, Ritsuko Fujii, Qian Pu et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · 2000 · 131 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +17