A detailed understanding of radiative and nonradiative processes in peptides containing an aromatic chromophore requires the knowledge of the nature and energy level of low-lying excited states that could be coupled to the bright ππ* excited state. Isolated aromatic amino acids and short peptides provide benchmark cases to study, at the molecular level, the photoinduced processes that govern their excited state dynamics. Recent advances in gas phase laser spectroscopy of conformer-selected peptides have paved the way to a better, yet not fully complete, understanding of the influence of intramolecular interactions on the properties of aromatic chromophores. This review aims at providing an overview of the photophysics and photochemistry at play in neutral and charged aromatic chromophore containing peptides, with a particular emphasis on the charge (electron, proton) and energy transfer processes. A significant impact is exerted by the experimental progress in energy- and time-resolved spectroscopy of protonated species, which leads to a growing demand for theoretical supports to accurately describe their excited state properties.
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