Abstract
SINGLE crystals of haemoglobin generally show strong pleoehroism1. They are dark red and almost opaque in two extinction directions and become light red and transparent in the third. An investigation of the absorption spectra corresponding to the principal vibration directions was undertaken with the view of obtaining information on the molecular structure of haemoglobin.
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Perutz, M. Absorption Spectra of Single Crystals of Hæmoglobin in Polarized Light. Nature 143, 731–733 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143731b0
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