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Photoacoustic response of a common starfish tissue

Guskos N., Majszczyk J., Typek J. , Rybicki J. and Padlyak B.

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Abstract. A sample of common starfish (Asterias Rubens) tissue has been prepared in the shape of a film to study its photoacoustic (PA) response. A broad absorption band in the PA spectrum is detected in the visible region (a peak at about 570 nm), while the ultraviolet region is distinguished by the absorption bands originating from π → π* and π → n charge transfer transitions. The visible PA spectrum strongly depends on decomposition of sample in the open air. The PA spectrum measured by us is very similar to those obtained earlier for the other living organisms, e.g. Trunculariopis Trunculus and Sea Urchin. The absorption band near 570 nm is similar to that found for spermidine, which is of importance in the information transfer to DNA. The results obtained in this work confirm experimentally that geologically very old organisms have been absorbing especially intensely in that part of solar spectrum for which the water is transparent.

Keywords: photoacoustic spectroscopy, common starfish, electronic transitions

PACS: 78.20.Pa; 87.50.cf 
UDC: 535.2, 577
Ukr. J. Phys. Opt. 14 44-49
doi: 10.3116/16091833/14/1/44/2013
Received: 18.11.2012

Анотація.   Зразки тканин морської зірки (Asterias Rubens) підготовлено у вигляді плівок для досліджень їхнього фотоакустичного відгуку. Виявлено широку смугу поглинання у видимій області (пік поблизу  570 нм), а також  в ультрафіолетовій області спектру, що відповідає переходам π → π* і π → n з переносом заряду. Фотоакустичний спектр у видимій області сильно залежить від розкладу зразка на повітрі. Досліджений фотоакустичний спектр подібний до раніше одержаних спектрів інших живих організмів – Trunculariopis Trunculus і морського їжака. Смуга поглинання в околі  570 нм схожа до смуги спермідину, який має важливе значення в передаванні інформації ДНК. Одержані результати важливі та експериментально підтверджують, що геологічно старі організми особливо інтенсивно поглинають сонячне випромінювання в тій частині спектру, в яких вода прозора.
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