Site inhomogeneity and exciton delocalization in the photosynthetic antenna

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-276

  Dracheva, Tatiana V ^a   Novoderezhkin, Vladimir I ^a,b   Razjivin, Andrei P ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

bacterial photosynthesis; exciton; light harvesting antenna; primary processes; site inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030476293     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00034788     Document Type: Article

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