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FY2024

Research Papers

  1. Soichiro Seki, Kzauhiro Yoshida, Mitsuru Sugisaki, Nami Yamano, Ritsuko Fujii, Shin-ichi Sasaki, “Characterization of the Ultraviolet-B Absorption Band of Carotenoids Using Solvent-Dependent Shifts in Steady-State and Transient Absorption Spectra”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128(23): 5623–5629 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c02212
  2. Yanxiang Liu, Yuanlin Li, Yu-Ting Xu, Hai Xu, Yu Gao, Xiao-Feng Wang, Ritsuko Fujii, Shin-ichi Sasaki, “Boosting intimate contact and charge transfer between Carotenoid dye and Ti3C2TxMXene for photocatalytic hydrogen production”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 997: 174798 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174798.
FY2023

Research Papers

  1. Ritsuko Fujii, “Blue light and a marine macro-green alga Codium fragile: Discovery of biosynthetic precursor of siphonaxanthin”, Algal Resources, 16(1): 9-16, 2023. 
  2. Yutaro Sasaki, Toshio Norikura, Isao Matsui-Yuasa, Ritsuko Fujii, Leenawaty Limantara, Akiko Kojima-Yuasa*, “Kaempferia galanga L. extract and its main component, ethyl p-methoxycinnamate, inhibit the proliferation of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells by suppressing TFAM expression”, Heliyon, 9(6): e17588 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17588
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  1. Tianfang Zheng, Yanxiang Liu, Yuanlin Li, Lin Yang, Hangchen Ren, Xiao-Feng Wang*, Ritsuko Fujii, Osamu Kitao, Takashi Nakamura, Shin-ichi Sasaki*, “Panchromatic Pt/TiO2-Based Photocatalysts Sensitized with Carboxylated Chlorin Dyads for Water Splitting Hydrogen Evolution”, Applied Surface Science, 619, 156570 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156570
  2. Yu Kita, Ritsuko Fujii and Yutaka Amao*, "Expression of biocatalysts and their use in monomer synthesis for biodegradable polymer from acetone and CO2", Sustainable Energy & Fuel, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SE01150F
  3. Yanxiang Liu, Yuanlin Li, Aijun Li, Yu Gao*, Xiao-Feng Wang*, Ritsuko Fujii, Shin-ichi Sasaki*, "Squaraine dye/Ti3C2Tx MXene organic-inorganic hybrids for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution", J. Colloid Interface Sci., 633, 218-225 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.11.096
  4. Soichiro Seki, Tetsuko Nakaniwa, Pablo Castro-Hartmann, Kasim Sader, Akihiko Kawamoto, Hideaki Tanaka, Pu Qian, Genji Kurisu, Ritsuko Fujii*, "Structural insights into blue-green light utilization by marine green algal light harvesting complex II at 2.78 Å",  BBA Advances, 2: 100064(2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadva.2022.100064
  5. Tatas Hardo Panintingjati Brotosudarmo, Bernd Wittmann, Soichiro Seki, Ritsuko Fujii*, Jürgen Köhler*, "Wavelength-Dependent Optical Response of Single Photosynthetic Antenna Complexes from Siphonous Green Alga Codium fragile",  J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 13(23):5226-5231(2022). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01160
  6. Jiaxin Ye, Na Li, Xiao-Feng Wang*, Ritsuko Fujii, Yumiko Yamano, Shin-ichi Sasaki*, "Enhancement of Power Conversion Efficiency by Chlorophyll and Carotenoid Co-Sensitization in the Biosolar Cells",  J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 431:114042(2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114042
  7. Tatas Hardo Panintingjati Brotosudarmo, Bernd Wittmann, Soichiro Seki, Ritsuko Fujii, Jürgen Köhler*, "Preprocess dependence of optical properties of ensembles and single siphonaxanthin-containing major antenna from the marine green alga Codium fragile ",  Sci. Rep., 12:8461, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11572-3
  8. Soichiro Seki, Yumiko Yamano, Naohiro Oka, Yasuhiro Kamei, Ritsuko Fujii*, "Discovery of a novel siphonaxanthin biosynthetic precursor in Codium fragile that accumulates only by exposure to blue-green light",  FEBS Lett., 596(12):1544-1555, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.14357
  9. Xiaoli Sun, Yuanlin Li, Xiao-Feng Wang*, Ritsuko Fujii, Yumiko Yamano, Osamu Kitao and Shin-ichi Sasaki*, "Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets hybridized with bacteriochlorin–carotenoid conjugates for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution",  New J. Chem., 46(5):2166-2177, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ04460E

2021

  1. Yanxiang Liu, Yuanlin Li, Gang Chen, Xiao-Feng Wang*, Ritsuko Fujii, Yumiko Yamano, Osamu Kitao, Takashi Nakamura, and Shin-ichi Sasaki*, "Semi-Synthetic Chlorophyll-Carotenoid Dyad for Dye-Sensitized Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution", Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8(20), 2101303(2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101303
  2. Simona Streckaite, Manuel J. Llansola-Portoles, Andres A Pascal, Cristian Ilioaia, Andrew Gall, Soichiro Seki, Ritsuko Fujii, Bruno Robert*, "Pigment structure in the light-harvesting protein of the siphonous green alga Codium fragile", Biochim Biophys Acta, 1862(5), 148384(2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78930-x
  3. Heriyanto, Indra AjieGunawan, Ritsuko Fujii, Takashi Maoka, Yuzo Shioi, Konstantina Maria Brigita Kameubun, Leenawaty Limantara, Tatas Hardo Panintingjati Brotosudarmo*, "Carotenoid composition in buah merah (Pandanus conoideus Lam.), an indigenous red fruit of the Papua Islands", Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 96, 103722(2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103722

2020

  1. Emi Tanaka, Yuko Ogawa, Tomomi Shimonaka, Yoshiaki Sato, Takashi Hamazaki, Ritsuko Fujii, Tokiko Nagamura-Inoue, Haruo Shintaku, Masahiro Tsuji*, "Metabolome analysis and mass spectrometry Imaging after neonatal stroke and cell therapies in mouse brains", Scientific Reports, 10, 21881(2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103722
  2. Yuki Isaji, Nami Yamano, Masahiko Iha, Tetsuko Naaniwa, Rei Tohda, Naoko Norioka, Genji Kurisu, Ritsuko Fujii*, "In-vitro reconstitution of photosynthetic light-harvesting complex from siphonous green alga Codium fragile", Carotenoid Science, 24, 51-52(2020).
  3. Soichiro Seki, Yumiko Yamano, Kentaro Fujiwara, Ryuichi Kano, Ritsuko Fujii*, "Novel biosynthetic precursor of siphonaxanthin found in Codium fragile trichomes cultivated under blue-green light", Carotenoid Science, 24, 49-50(2020).

2018

  1. Nami Yamano, Tadashi Mizoguchi, and Ritsuko Fujii*, "The pH-Dependent Photophysical Properties of Chlorophyll-c Bound to the Light-Harvesting Complex from a Diatom, Chaetoceros calcitrans", Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 358, 379-385(2018). doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.047

2017

  1. Tadashi Mizoguchi, Megumi Isaji, Nami Yamano, Jiro Harada, Ritsuko Fujii and Hitoshi Tamiaki*, "Molecular Structures and Functions of Chlorophylls-a Esterified with Geranylgeranyl, Dihydrogeranylgeranyl and Tetrahydrogeranylgeranyl Groups at the 17-Propionate Residue in a Diatom, Chaetoceros calcitrans", Biochemistry, 56(28), 3682-3688(2017). doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00381

2016

  1. Ritsuko Fujii*, Nami Yamano, Hideki Hashimoto, Norihisa Misawa, and Kentaro Ifuku*, "Photoprotection vs. Photoinhibition of Photosystem II in Transplastomic Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Dominantly Accumulating Astaxanthin", Plant Cell Physiol., 58, 1518-1519(2016). doi:10.1093/pcp/pcv187

2015

  1. Chiasa Uragami, Yuko Sugai, Kohei Hanjo, Ayumi Sumino, Ritsuko Fujii, Takanori Nishioka, Isamu Kinoshita, Takehisa Dewa, Mamoru Nango, Alastair T. Gardiner, Richard J. Cogdell, and Hideki Hashimoto, "Observation of Hybrid Artificial Photosynthetic Membranes Using Peripheral and Core Antennae from Two Different Species of Photosynthetic Bacteria by AFM and Fluorescence Micro-Spectroscopy", J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 313, 60-71(2015). doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.06.009
  2. Shohei Kita, Ritsuko Fujii, Richard J. Cogdell, Hideki Hashimoto, "Characterization of Fucoxanthin Aggregates in Mesopores of Silica Gel: Electronic Absorption and Circular Dichroism Spectroscopies", J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 313, 3-8(2015). doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.05.009

2014

  1. S. Kita, Ritsuko Fujii, H. Hashimoto"Fabrication of Molecularly-Oriented Films of Carotenoids: A Model System of Photosynthetic Antenna", Carotenoid Science, f19, 52-57(2014).
  2. K. Kawakami*, R. Fujii*, Y. Umena, S. Ozawa, Y. Takahashi, H. Hashimoto, J.-R. Shen, N. Kamiya, "Identification of β-Cryptoxanthin in Oxygen-Evolving Photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus", Carotenoid Science, 19, 48-51(2014).
  3. O. Yoshimatsu, K. Abe, S. Sakai, T. Horibe,Ritsuko Fujii, M. Nango, H. Hashimoto, M. Yoshizawa"The S* State of Carotenoid Investigated by Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy", Carotenoid Science, 19, 43-45(2014).
  4. Chiasa Uragami, Denise Galzerano, Andrew Gall, Yusuke Shigematsu, Maiwen Meisterhans, Naohiro Oka, Masahiko Iha, Ritsuko Fujii, Bruno Robert, and Hideki Hashimoto, "Light-dependent conformational change of neoxanthin in a siphonous green alga, Codium intricatum, revealed by Raman spectroscopy", Photosynth. Res., 121, 69-77(2014).
  5. Daisuke Kosumi, Ritsuko Fujii, Mitsuru Sugisaki, Naohiro Oka, Masahiko Iha, Hideki Hashimoto, "Characterization of the intramolecular transfer state of marine carotenoid fucoxanthin by femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy", Photosynth. Res., 121, 61-68(2014).

2013

  1. Mai Yamamoto, Tomoko Horibe, Yoshiaki Nishisaka, Shuichi Suzuki, Masatoshi Kozaki, Ritsuko Fujii, Matsumi Doe, Mamoru Nango, Keiji Okada, and Hideki Hashimoto, "Reassociation of All-trans-3, 4-Dihydroanhydrorhodovibrin with LH1 Subunits Isolated from Rhodospirillum Rubrum: Selective Binding of All-trans Isomer from Mixture of Cis and Trans Isomers", Bull. Chem. Soc. J., 86(1), 121-128(2013).

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2012

  1. D. Kosumi, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, Y. Iinuma, N. Oka, Y. Takaesu, T. Taira, M. Iha, H. A. Frank, H. Hashimoto, "Excitation Energy Transfer Dynamics of Fucoxanthin-Chlorophyll-a/c-Protein", Carotenoid Science, 17, 35-39 (2012).
  2. S. Maruta, T. Horibe, D. Kosumi, Y. Sugai, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, S. Takaichi, R.J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto, "Excitation Energy Transfer Between Carotenoids and Bacteriochlorophylls in Purple Bacterial Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Antennae", Carotenoid Science, 17, 23-29 (2012).
  3. N. Oka, T. Kusumoto, T. Taira, M. Iha, Y. Shigematsu, R. Fujii, and H. Hashimoto, "Novel Mass Production of Siphoaxanthin from a Green Alga, “Motsure-miru” (Codium intricatum)", Carotenoid Science, 17, 19-22 (2012).
  4. D. Kosumi, M. Kita, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, N. Oka, Y. Takaesu, T. Taira, M. Iha and H. Hashimoto, "Excitation Energy-Transfer Dynamics of Brown Algal Photosynthetic Antennas", J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3(18), 2659-2664(2012).
  5. Daisuke Kosumi, Satoshi Maruta, Tomoko Horibe, Yuya Nagaoka, Ritsuko Fujii, Mitsuru Sugisaki, Richard J. Cogdell, and Hideki Hashimoto, "Ultrafast excited state dynamics of spirilloxanthin in solution and bound to core antenna complexes: Identification of the S* and T1 states", J. Chem. Phys., 137, 064505(2012).
  6. Masayuki Yoshizawa, Ryosuke Nakamura, Orihiro Yoshimatsu, Kenta Abe, Shunsuke Sakai, Katsunori Nakagawa, Ritsuko Fujii, Mamoru Nango, Hideki Hashimoto, "Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy of the dark S1 excited state of carotenoid in photosynthetic light harvesting complex", Acta Biochim. Polonica, 59, 49-52(2012).
  7. Tomoko Horibe, Katsunori Nakagawa, Toshiyuki Kusumoto, Ritsuko Fujii, Richard J. Cogdell, Mamoru Mimuro, Hideki Hashimoto, "Polarization angle dependence of stark absorption spectra of spirilloxanthin bound to the reconstituted LH1 complexes using LH1-subunits isolated from the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum", Acta Biochim. Polonica, 59, 97-100(2012)
  8. A.W. Roszak, V. Moulisova, A.D. Reksodipuro, A.T. Gardiner, R. Fujii, H. Hashimoto, N.W. Isaacs, R.J. Cogdell, "New Insights into the Structure of the Reaction Centre from Blastochloris viridis: Evolution in the Laboratory", Biochem J., 442(1), 27-37(2012).
  9. Ritsuko Fujii, Mamiko Kita, Matsumi Doe, Yoshiro Iinuma, Naohiro Oka, Yuki Takaesu, Tomonori Taira, Masahiko Iha, Tadashi Mizoguchi and Richard J. Cogdell, Hideki Hashimoto, "The Pigment Stoichiometry in a Chlorophyll a/c Type Photosynthetic Antenna", Photosynth. Res., 111, 165-172(2012).
  10. Ritsuko Fujii, Mamiko Kita, Yoshiro Iinuma, Naohiro Oka, Yuki Takaesu, Tomonori Taira, Masahiko Iha, Richard J. Cogdell and Hideki Hashimoto, "Isolation and Purification of the Major Photosynthetic Antenna, Fucoxanthin-Chl a/c Protein, from Cultured Discoid Germilings of the Brown Alga, Cladosiphonokamuranus TOKIDA (Okinawa Mozuku)", Photosynth. Res., 111, 157-163(2012).

2011

  1. D. Kosumi, T. Kusumoto, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, Y. Iinuma, M. Oka, Y. Takaesu, T. Taira, M. Iha, H.A. Frank, H. Hashimoto, "Excitation Energy Dependent Excited State Dynamics of Fucoxanthin", Carotenoid Science, 16, 73-77(2011).
  2. M. Yamamoto, S. Suzuki, M. Kozaki, K. Okada, T. Horibe, Y. Nishisaka, R. Fujii, M. Nango, H. Hashimoto, "Re-Association of 3, 4-Dihydroanhydrorhodovibrin into LH1 Subunits Isolated from Rhodospirillum rubrum", Carotenoid Science, 16, 69-72(2011).
  3. Tomoko Horibe, Daisuke Kosumi, Ritsuko Fujii, Qian Pu, C. Neil Hunter and Hideki Hashimoto, "Stark Spectroscopy of Carotenoids Bound to the LH3 Antenna Complexes from a Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Phaeospirillum molischianum", Carotenoid Science, 16, 57-61(2011).
  4. M. Sugisaki, D. Kosumi, K. Saito, R. Fujii, H. Hashimoto, "Excitation of Coherent Vibronic Oscillations in Carotenoid Molecules by Means of Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy: Intermolecular Coupling", Carotenoid Science, 16, 50-56(2011).
  5. S. Maruta, D. Kosumi, T. Horibe, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, R.J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto, "Excited State Dynamics of Spirilloxanthin in Solution and Bound to LH1-RC", Carotenoid Science, 16, 45-49(2011).
  6. Shunya Ikenaka, Chiasa Uragami, Toshiyuki Kusumoto, Ritsuko Fujii, Takanori Nishioka, Hideki Hashimoto, and Isamu Kinoshita, "The Absorption Spectrum of β-Carotene Cation Radical Promoted with Metal Complexes", Carotenoid Science, 16, 39-44(2011).
  7. S. Maruta, D. Kosumi, T. Horibe, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, R.J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto, "Unusual enhancement of triplet carotenoid formation in pigment-protein complex as revealed by femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy", Phys. Procedia, 13, 58-61(2011).
  8. D. Kosumi, T. Kusumoto, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, Y. Iinuma, N. Oka, Y. Takaesu, T. Taira, M. Iha, H.A. Frank, H. Hashimoto, "Ultrafast excited state dynamics of fucoxanthin: excitation energy dependent intramolecular charge transfer dyamics", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 10762-10770(2011).
  9. D. Kosumi, S. Maruta, T. Horibe, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, R.J. Cogdell, and H.Hashimoto, "New Ultrafast Energy Transfer Pathway in a Photosynthetic Core Antenna Revealed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Spectroscopy", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50, 1097-1100(2011).
  10. Daisuke Kosumi, Toshiyuki Kusumoto, Ritsuko Fujii, Mitsuru Sugisaki , Yoshiro Iinuma, Naohiro Oka, Yuki Takaesu, Tomonori Taira, Masahiko Iha, Harry A. Frank, Hideki Hashimoto, "Ultrafast S1 and ICT State Dynamics of a Marine Carotenoid Probed by Femtosecond One- and Two-Photon Pump-Probe Spectroscopy", J. Lumin, 131(3), 515-518(2011).

2010

  1. M. Sugisaki, Masazumi Fujiwara, Daisuke Kosumi, Ritsuko Fujii, Mamoru Nango, Richard J. Cogdell, Hideki Hashimoto, "Comparison of Transient Grating Signals from Spheroidene in an Organic Solvent and in Pigment-Protein Complexes from Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1", Phys. Rev. B., 81, 245112 (2010).

2009

  1. M. Sugisaki, M. Fujiwara, D. Kosumi, R. Fujii, M. Nango, H. Hashimoto, "Transient Grating Signals from Spheroidene Bound to Rba. sphaeroides 2.4.1", Carotenoid Science, 14, 70-76(2009).
  2. T. Horibe, K. Nakagawa, T. Kusumoto, R. Fujii, R. J. Cogdell, M. Nango, H. Hashimoto, "Polarization-Angle Dependence of Stark Absorption Spectra of Spirilloxanthin Bound to Reconstituted LH1 Complexes using LH1-Subunits Isolated from the Purple Photosynnthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum", Carotenoid Science, 14, 66-69(2009).
  3. K. Nakagawa, T. Nakano, N. Fukui, A. Nakashima, S. Sakai, T. Mizuno, T. Dewa, K. Iida, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, R. Fujii, H. Hashimoto, M. Nango, "Reconstitution of the Light-Harvesting 1 (LH1) Complex Using Zinc-Substituted Bacteriochlorophyll a and LH1-Polypeptides Isolated from the Purple Photosynthitic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum, Together with Bacteriochlorophyll and All-trans Carotenoids", Carotenoid Science, 14, 62-65(2009).
  4. K. Nakagawa, N. Fukui, T. Nakano, A. Mizuno, A. Nakashima, S. Sakai, T. Mizuno, T. Dewa, K. Iida, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, R. Fujii, H. Hashimoto, M. Nango, "Carotenoid Specificity Durling Reconstitution of the Light-Harvesting 1 (LH1) Complexes Using LH1-Polypeptides Isolated from the Purple Photosynthitic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum, Together with Bacteriochlorophyll a and Carotenoids", Carotenoid Science, 14, 58-61(2009).
  5. K. Nakagawa, T. Nakano, N. Fukui, A. Nakashima, S. Sakai, T. Mizuno, T. Dewa, K. Iida, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, R. Fujii, H. Hashimoto, M. Nango, "Reconstitution of the Light-Harvesting 1 (LH1) Complex Using LH1-α and LH1-β Polypeptides, Peparately Isolated from the Purple Photosynthitic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum, Together with Bacteriochlorophyll and All-trans Carotenoid", Carotenoid Science, 14, 54-57(2009).
  6. H. Hashimoto, D. Kosumi, M. Sugisaki, M. Fujiwara, R. Fujii, R. J. Cogdell, "The Possible Involvement of Multiple 'Dark' State in Carotenoid Photophysics", Carotenoid Science, 14, 6-13(2009).
  7. D. Kosumi, T. Kusumoto, R. Fujii, M. Sugisaki, Y. Iinuma, N. Oka, Y. Takaesu, T. Taira, M. Iha, H. A. Frank, H. Hashimoto, "One- and Two-Photon Pump-Probe Optical Spectroscopic Measurements Reveal the S1 and Intramolecular Charge Transfer States are Distinct in Fucoxanthin", Chem. Phys. Lett., 483, 95-100(2009).
  8. M. Sugisaki, M. Fujiwara, R. Fujii, K. Nakagawa, M. Nango, R.J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto, "Transient Grating Spectroscopy in Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1", J. Lumin., 129, 1908-1911(2009)
  9. D. Kosumi, M. Fujiwara, R. Fujii, R.J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto, M. Yoshizawa, "The Dependence of the Ultrafast Relaxation Kinetics of the S2 and S1 States in β-Carotene Homologs and Lycopene on Conjugation Length Studied by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Absorption and Kerr-Gate Fluorescence Spectroscopies", J. Chem. Phys., 130, 214506/1-214506/8(2009).

2008

  1. K. Nakagawa, A. Mizuno, S. Suzuki, R. Fujii, T. Dewa, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, M. Nango, H. Hashimoto, "Characterization by Stark Spectroscopy of Reconstituted Light-Harvesting 1 Complex of Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum with the Polypeptides, Bacteriochlorophyll a, and Carotenoids", Carotenoid Science, 13, 38-45(2008).
  2. K. Nakagawa, S. Suzuki, R. Fujii, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, M. Nango, H. Hashimoto, "Probing the Effect of the Binding Site on the Electrostatic Behavior of a Series of Carotenoids Reconstituted into the Light-Harvesting 1 Complex from Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum Detected by Stark Spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 9467-9475(2008)
  3. K. Nakagawa, S. Suzuki, R. Fujii, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, M. Nango, and H. Hashimoto, "Electrostatic Effect of Surfactant Molecules on Bacteriochlorophyll a and Carotenoid Binding Sites in the LH1 Complex Isolated from Rhodospirillum rubrum S1 Probed by Stark Spectroscopy", Photosyn. Res., 95, 345-351(2008).
  4. K. Nakagawa, S. Suzuki, R. Fujii, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, M. Nango, and H. Hashimoto, "Probing Binding Site of Bacteriochlorophyll a and Carotenoid in the Reconstituted LH1 Complex from Rhodospirillum rubrum S1 by Stark Spectroscopy", Photosyn. Res., 95, 339-344(2008).
  5. R. Fujii, S. Shimonaka, N. Uchida, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, M. Sugisaki, and H. Hashimoto, "Construction of Hybrid Photosynthetic Units Using Peripheral and Core Antennae from Two Different Species of Photosynthetic Bacteria: Detection of the Energy Transfer from Bacteriochlorophyll a in LH2 to Bacteriochlorophyll b in LH1", Photosyn. Res., 95, 327-337(2008).
  6. M. Sugisaki, R. Fujii, R. J. Cogdell, and H. Hashimoto, "Linear and Nonlinear Optical Responses in Bacteriochlorophyll a", Photosyn. Res., 95, 309-316(2008).

2007

  1. Ritsuko Fujii, Nobuyuki Wakatake, Shozo Shimonaka, Qi-Dai Chen, Mitsuru Sugisaki, Alastair T. Gardiner, Richard J. Cogdell and Hideki Hashimoto, "Femtosecond Time-Resolved Absorption Spectra of Photosynthetic Membranes from a Purple Bacterium Blastochloris (Rhodopseudomonas) viridis", Carotenoid Science, 11, 26-31(2007).
  2. Masayuki Yoshizawa, Daisuke Kosumi, M. Komukai, Kazuhiro Yanagi, Ritsuko Fujii, Hideki Hashimoto, "The Roles of the Newly-Found 1Bu- State in the Internal Conversion in Carotenoids and in the Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Singlet-Energy Transfer in Antenna Complexes", Carotenoid Science, 11, 21-25(2007).
  3. Yoshinori Kakitani, Ritsuko Fujii, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Masahiro Kurahashi, Yasushi Koyama, Jiro Harada, Keizo Shimada, "Selective Binding of Carotenoids with a Shorter Conjugated Chain to the LH2 Antenna Complex and those with a Longer Conjugated Chain to the Reaction Center from Rubrivivax gelatinosus", Biochemistry, 46, 7302-7313(2007).
  4. Ronald L. Christensen, Mary Grace I. Galinato, Emily F. Chu, Ritsuko Fujii, Hideki Hashimoto, Harry A. Frank, "Symmetry Control of Radiative Decay in Linear Polyenes: Low Barriers for Isomerization in the S1 State of Hexadecaheptaene", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129(6), 1769-1775(2007).

2006

  1. R. Fujii, M. Shimizu, T. Nishio, T. Kusumoto, D. Niedzwiedzki, Z. Pendon, H. A. Frank, R. J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto, "Triplet States of Carotenoids Having Shorter Conjugation Lengths Reconstituted into the Reaction Centre of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26.1 Detected by Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy", Carotenoid Science, 10, 72-77(2006).
  2. Daisuke Kosumi, Kazuhiro Yanagi, Ritsuko Fujii, Hideki Hashimoto, Masayuki Yoshizawa, "Conjugation Length Dependence of Relaxation Kinetics in β-Carotene Homologs Probed by Femtosecond Kerr-Gate Fluorescence Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 425(1-3), 66-70(2006).
  3. Hideki Hashimoto, Ritsuko Fujii, Kazuhiro Yanagi, Toshiyuki Kusumoto, Alastair T. Gardiner, Aleksander W. Roszak, Neil W. Issacs, Zeus Pendon, Dariusz Niedzwiedski, Harry A. Frank, Richard J. Cogdell, "Structures and Functions of Carotenoids Bound to Reaction Centres from Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria", Pure Appl. Chem., 78(8), 1505-1518(2006).
  4. Yoshinori Kakitani, Ritsuko Fujii, Yasushi Koyama, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Lee Walker, Bruce Salter, Alexander Angerhofer, "Triplet-State Conformational Changes in 15-Cis-Spheroidene Bound to the Reaction Center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 as Revealed by Time-Resolved EPR Spectroscopy: Strengthened Hypothetical Mechanism of Triplet-Energy Dissipation", Biochemistry, 45(7), 2053-2062(2006).

2005

  1. R. Fujii, T. Kusumoto, T. Sashima, H. Hashimoto, "Sub-μ-Second Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy of a Polar Carotenoid Analogue, 2-(All-Trans-Retinylidene)-Indan-1, 3-Dione", Carotenoid Science, 8, 53-57(2005).
  2. T. Nishio, K. Yanagi, M. Shimizu, R. Fujii, A.T. Gardiner, A.Gall, R.J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto, "Stark Spectroscopy of the Reaction Centre from the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides Strain R26.1 in which a Spheroidene Analogue Has Been Incorporated", Carotenoid Science, 8, 47-52(2005).
  3. Xiao-Feng Wang, Ritsuko Fujii, Seigo Ito, Yasushi Koyama, Yumiko Yamano, Masayoshi Ito, Takayuki Kitamura, Shozo Yanagida, "Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Retinoic Acid and Carotenoic Acids: Dependence of Performance on the Conjugation Length and the Dye Concentration", Chem. Phys. Lett., 416(1-3), 1-6(2005).
  4. Junfeng Xiang, Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Yoshinori Kakitani, Ritsuko Fujii, Yasutaka Watanabe, Yasushi Koyama, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Yumiko Yamano, Masayoshi Ito, "Mechanisms of Electron Injection from Retinoic Acid and Carotenoic Acids to TiO2 Nanoparticles and Charge Recombination via the T1 State As Determined by Subpicosecond to Microsecond Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy: Dependence on the Conjugation Length", J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 17066-17077(2005).
  5. Xing-Hai Chen, Lei Zhang, Yu-Xiang Weng, Lu-Chao Du, Man-Ping Ye, Guo-Zhen Yang, Ritsuko Fujii, Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Yasushi Koyama, Yi-Shi Wu, Jian-Ping Zhang, "Protein Structural Deformation Induced Lifetime Shortening of Photosynthetic Bacteria Light-Harvesting Complex LH2 Excited State", Biophys. J., 88(6), 4262-4273(2005).
  6. Ritsuko Fujii, Toshiyuki Kusumoto, Tokutake Sashima, Richard J. Cogdell, Alastair T. Gardiner, Hideki Hashimoto, "Sub-μ-Second Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy of a Polar Carotenoid Analogue, 2-(All-Trans-Retinylidene)-Indan-1, 3-Dione; Formation of the Dication by Direct Triplet-Excited Sensitization", J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 11117-11122(2005).

2004

  1. R. Fujii, M. Kurahashi, Y. Hayakawa, K. Saiki, J. Harada, K. Matsuura, K. Shimada, Y. Koyama, "Natural Selection of Longer-Chain Carotenoids in the Reaction Center and Shorter-Chain Carotenoids in the LH2 Complexes from Rubrivivax gelatinosus", Carotenoid Science, 7, 4-5(2004).
  2. Ryosuke Nakamura, Ritsuko Fujii, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Yasushi Koyama, Yasuo Kanematsu, "Vibrational Relaxation in the 1Bu+ State of Carotenoids as Determined by Kerr-Gate Fluorescence Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 400, 7?14(2004).
  3. Kumiko Nishimura, Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Ritsuko Fujii, Junji Akahane, Yasushi Koyama, Takayoshi Kobayashi, "Sequential Singlet Internal Conversion 1Bu+ → 3Ag? → 1Bu? → 2Ag? → (1Ag? Ground) in All-Trans-Spirilloxanthin Revealed by Sub-5-fs Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 392, 68-73(2004).
  4. Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Kyosuke Yokoyama, Ritsuko Fujii, Yasushi Koyama, Richard J. Cogdell, Yasutaka Watanabe, "The Role of the 11Bu? State in Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Singlet-Energy Transfer in the LH2 Antenna Complexes from Rhodobacter sphaeroides G1C, Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1, Rhodospirillum molischianum and Rhodopseudomonas acidophila", Chem. Phys. Lett., 390, 314-322(2004).
  5. Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Tokio Taguchi, Ritsuko Fujii, Kyosuke Yokoyama, Yasushi Koyama, Yasutaka Watanabe, "The Energies and Kinetics of Triplet Carotenoids in the LH2 Antenna Complexes as Determined by Phosphorescence Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 384, 364-371(2004).
  6. Ritsuko Fujii, Tatsuya Fujino, Toru Inaba, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Yasushi Koyama, "Internal Conversion of 1Bu+ → 1Bu? → 2Ag? and Fluorescence from the 1Bu- State in All-Trans-Neurosporene as Probed by Up-Conversion Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 384, 9-15(2004).
  7. Yasushi Koyama, Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Ritsuko Fujii, Yasutaka Watanabe, "Light-Harvesting Function of Carotenoids in Photosynthesis: The Roles of the Newly Found 11Bu? State", Biopolymers, 74, 2?18(2004).

2003

  1. Yu-Xiang Weng, Lei Zhang, Jian Yang, Dong-Hui Zuan, Li Wang, Guo-Zhen Yang, Ritsuko Fujii, Yasushi Koyama, Jian-Ping Zhang, Juan Feng, Jun-Hua Yu, Bao-Wen Zhang, "Distance-Dependent Long-Range Electron Transfer in Protein: a Case Study of Photosynthetic Bacterial Light-Harvesting Antenna Complex LH2 Assembled on TiO2 Nanoparticle by Femto-Second Time-Resolved Spectroscopy", Acta Botanica Sinica, 45, 488-493(2003).
  2. Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Yasutaka Watanabe, Ritsuko Fujii and Yasushi Koyama, "A First Detection of Singlet to Triplet Conversion from the 11Bu? to the 13Ag State and Triplet Internal Conversion from the 13Ag to the 13Bu State in Carotenoids: Dependence on the Conjugation Length", Chem. Phys. Lett., 376, 292-301(2003).
  3. Ritsuko Fujii, Toru Inaba, Yasushi Koyama, Jian-Ping Zhang, "Two Different Pathways of Internal Conversion in Carotenoids Depending on the Length of the Conjugated Chain", Chem. Phys. Lett., 369, 165-172(2003).

2002

  1. Pu Qian, Tadashi Mizoguchi, Ritsuko Fujii, Kazukimi Hara, "Conformation Analysis of Carotenoids in the Purple Bacterium Rhodobium marinum Based on NMR Spectroscopy and AM1 Calculation", J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci., 42, 1311-1319(2002).
  2. Yumiko Mukai-Kuroda, Ritsuko Fujii, Naomi Ko-chi, Tokutake Sashima, Yasushi Koyama, Motoko Abe, Ronald Gebhard, Ineke van der Hoef and Johan Lugtenburg, "Changes in Molecular Structure upon Triplet Excitation of All-Trans-Spheroidene in n-Hexane Solution and 15-Cis-Spheroidene Bound to the Photo-Reaction Center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides As Revealed by Resonance-Raman Spectroscopy and Normal-Coordinate Analysis", J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 3566-3579(2002).
  3. Ritsuko Fujii, Kentaro Furuichi, Jian-Ping Zhang, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Hideki Hashimoto and Yasushi Koyama, "Cis-to-Trans Isomerization of Spheroidene in the Triplet State as Detected by Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 2410-2421(2002).

2001

  1. Jian-Ping Zhang, Ritsuko Fujii, Yasushi Koyama, Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Yasutaka Watanabe, Alan Mortensen and Leif H. Skibsted, "The 1Bu-Type Singlet State of b-Carotene as a Precursor of the Radical Cation Found in Chloroform Solution by Subpicosecond Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 348, 235-241(2001).
  2. Pu Qian, Kayoko Saiki, Tadashi Mizoguchi, Kazukimi Hara, Tokutake Sashima, Ritsuko Fujii and Yasushi Koyama, "Time-Dependent Changes in the Carotenoid Composition and Preferential Binding of Spirilloxanthin to the Reaction Center and Anhydrorhodovibrin to the LH1 Antenna Complex in Rhodobium marinum", Photochem. Photobiol., 74, 444-452(2001).
  3. Jian-Ping Zhang, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Pu Qian, Leenawaty Limantara, Ritsuko Fujii, Yasutaka Watanabe and Yasushi Koyama, "Localized Excitations on the B850a and B850b Bacteriochlorophylls in the LH2 Antenna Complex from Rhodospirillum molischianum As Probed by the Shifts of the Carotenoid Absorption", J. Phys. Chem. B., 105, 7312-7322(2001).
  4. Toma? Polivka, Donatas Zigmatas, Harry A. Frank, James A. Bautista, Jennifer L. Herek, Yasushi Koyama, Ritsuko Fujii and Villy Sundstrom, "Near-Infrared Time-Resolved Study of the S1 State Dynamics of the Carotenoid Spheroidene", J. Phys. Chem. B., 105, 1072-1080(2001).
  5. Jian-Ping Zhang, Leif H. Skibsted, Ritsuko Fujii and Yasushi Koyama, "Transient Absorption from the 1Bu+ State of All-Trans-b-Carotene Newly Identified in the Near-Infrared Region", Photochem. Photobiol., 73, 219-222(2001).
  6. Ritsuko Fujii, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Yasushi Koyama, Yoshie Isobe, Miwa Taguchi, Hiroyoshi Nagae and Yasutaka Watanabe, "Fluorescence Spectroscopy of All-Trans-Anhydrorhodovibrin and Spirilloxanthin: Detection of the 1Bu- Fluorescence", J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 5348-5355(2001).
  7. Ritsuko Fujii, Kengo Onaka, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Yasushi Koyama and Yasutaka Watanabe, "Fluorescence Spectroscopy of All-Trans-Lycopene: Comparison of the Energy and the Potential Displacements of its 2Ag- State with those of Neurosporene and Spheroidene", J. Lumin., 92, 213-222(2001).

2000

  1. Asako Kawamori, Yusuke Matsuda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Leenawaty Limantara, Ritsuko Fujii, Yasushi Koyama, "Functions and Structures of Environmentally Relevant Enzymes", Kwansei Gakuin University Natural Sciences Review (volume date 1999), 4, 17-50(2000).
  2. Jian-Ping Zhang, Ritsuko Fujii, Pu Qian, Toru Inaba, Tadashi Mizoguchi, Yasushi Koyama and Hiroyoshi Nagae, "Mechanism of the Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Energy Transfer via the S1 State in the LH2 Complexes from Purple Bacteria", J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, 3683-3691(2000).
  3. Ritsuko Fujii, Yasushi Koyama, Alan Mortensen and Leif H. Skibsted, "Generation of the Radical Cation of b-Carotene in Chloroform via the Triplet State as Revealed by Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 326, 33-38(2000).

1999

  1. Kengo Onaka, Ritsuko Fujii, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Michitaka Kuki, Yasushi Koyama and Yasutaka Watanabe, "The State Energy and the Displacements of the Potential Minima of the 2Ag- State in All-Trans-β-Carotene as Determined by Fluorescence Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 315, 75-81(1999).

1998

  1. Leenawaty Limantara, Ritsuko Fujii, Jian-Ping Zhang, Tomisaburo Kakuno, Hideyuki Hara, Asako Kawamori, Tatsuo Yagura, Richard J. Cogdell and Yasushi Koyama, "Generation of Triplet and Cation-Radical Bacteriochlorophyll a in Carotenoidless LH1 and LH2 Antenna Complexes from Rhodobacter sphaeroides", Biochemistry, 37, 17469-17486(1998).
  2. Ritsuko Fujii, Kengo Onaka, Michitaka Kuki, Yasushi Koyama and Yasutaka Watanabe, "The 2Ag- Energies of All-Trans-Neurosporene and Spheroidene as Determined by Fluorescence Spectroscopy", Chem. Phys. Lett., 288, 847-853(1998).
  3. Grazyna E. Bialek-Bylka, Ritsuko Fujii, Chun-Hai Chen, Hirozo Oh-oka, Akihisa Kamiesu, Kazuhiko Satoh, Hiroyuki Koike and Yasushi Koyama, "15-Cis-Carotenoids Found in the Reaction Center of a Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium tepidum and in the Photosystem I Reaction Center of a Cyanobacterium Synechococus vulcanus", Photosynth. Res., 58, 135-142(1998).
  4. Ritsuko Fujii, Chun-Hai Chen, Tadashi Mizoguchi and Yasushi Koyama, "1H-NMR, Electronic-Absorption and Resonance-Raman Spectra of Isomeric Okenone as Compared with those of Isomeric b-Carotene, Canthaxanthin, b-Apo-8'-Carotenal and Spheroidene", Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 54, 727-743(1998).

Reviews

  1. Masahiko Iha and Ritsuko Fujii*, "Production of Carotenoids from Cultivated Seaweed", Carotenoids Biosynthetic and Biofunctional Approaches (Ed. Norihiko Misawa), Advanced Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol. 1261, 2021, Springer, pp.21-27 (Chapter 3).  doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-7360-6_3. (First Online: 31 March 2021)
  2. Richard J. Cogdell, Alastair T. Gardiner, Mads Gabrielsen, June Southall, Aleksander W. Roszak, Neil W. Isaacs, Ritsuko Fujii and Hideki Hashimoto, "The Structure of Purple Bacterial Antenna Complexes", Photosynthetic Protein Complexes A Structural Approach, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Petra Fromme(Editor), Weinheim, 325-340(2008).
  3. Yasushi Koyama, Yoshinori Kakitani, Leenawaty Limantara and Ritsuko Fujii, "Effects of Axial Coordination, Electronic Excitation and Oxidation on Bond Orders in the Bacteriochlorin Macrocycle, and Generation of Radical Cation on Photo-Excitation of in vitro and in vivo Bacteriochlorophyll a Aggregates: Resonance Raman Study", Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications, Springer, B. Grimm, R. Porra, W. Rudiger and H. Scheer(Editor), Dordrecht, 323-335(2006).
  4. Hideki Hashimoto, Ritsuko Fujii, Mitsuru Sugisaki, "Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex and CArotenoid and Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy", Optronics, 281, 159-169（2005）。
  5. Yasushi Koyama, Ferdy S. Rondonuwu, Ritsuko fujii, Yasutaka Watanabe, ”Light-Harvesting Function of Carotenoids in Photosynthesis: The Roles of the Newly Found 11Bu- State", Biopolymers, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 74, 2-18（2004）。
  6. Ritsuko Fujii, "Light-Harvesting Function of Photosynthetic Carotenoids: Dependence on the Conjugation Length", Carotenoid Science, 6, 13-21(2003).
  7. Ritsuko Fujii, "The Singlet-, Triplet- and Radical Cation-State Properties of Photosynthetic Carotenoids", Book Park Internet Publishing Service for Universities, on demand, (2001).
  8. Yasushi Koyama and Ritsuko Fujii, "Cis-Trans Carotenoids in Photosynthesis: Configurations, Excited-State Properties and Physiological Functions", The Photochemistry of Carotenoids: Applications in Biology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, H.A. Frank, R.J. Cogdell, A. Young and G. Britton(Editor), Dordrecht/Boston/London, 161-188(1999).
  9. L. Limantara, R. Fujii, J.-P. Zhang, T. Kakuno, H. Hara, A. Kawamori, T. Yagura, R. J. Cogdell, Y. Koyama, "Generation of Triplet and Cation-Radical Bacteriochlorophyll a in Carotenoidless LH1 and LH2 Complexes from Rhodobacter sphaeroides", hotosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, Proceedings of the International Congress on Photosynthesis, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Gyozo Garab(Editor), Dordrecht, vol.1, 97-100(1999).

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