Deposition behavior and photoelectrochemical characteristics of chlorophyll a Langmuir-Blodgett films

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-188

  Choi, Hyun Goo ^a   Oh, Byung Keun ^a   Lee, Won Hong ^a   Choi, Jeong Woo ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial photoreceptor; Chlorophyll a (Chl a); Langmuir Blodgett (LB) films; Photocurrent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008908648     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02932548     Document Type: Article

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