Comparison of the absorption spectra of trimers and aggregates of chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complex LHC II

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1925-1936

  Naqvi, K Razi ^a   Melo T B ^a   Raju, B Bangar ^a   Jávorfi, Tamás ^b   Garab, Gyözö ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Absorption flattening; Light harvesting complex; Photosynthesis; Selective scattering; Sieve effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005821443     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-1425(97)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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