Table 1 Electronic Couplings and the Attenuation (ε) from the Secondary to Terminal CS states.

From: Orientations and water dynamics of photoinduced secondary charge-separated states for magnetoreception by cryptochrome

CS states (Temperature)

FAD−•···WB(H)+• (120 K)

FAD−•···WC(H)+• (240 K)

J / mT

0.4a

0.022

|V FAD*| / cm−1

6.0

1.5

|VHHAB| / cm−1

140

250

|VHHBC| / cm−1

−

250

ε

0.08b

εS1εS2

0.07c

  1. aAt td = 0.6 μs from Fig. 4a. b Estimated by ε = |VHHBC|/λ. c Obtained by the per-unit decays72 of εSi = (0.36) × exp [−11 (Ri − 0.28 nm)] via the hydrogen bonds from Fig. 1.
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