Effects of Nonpolar and Polar Solvents on the QX and QY Energies of Bacteriochlorophyll a and Bacteriopheophytin a

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 330-337

  Limantara, Leenawaty ^a   Sakamoto, Shun ^a   Koyama, Yasushi ^a   Nagae, Hiroyoshi ^b  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (Japan)

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EID: 0030890932     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08566.x     Document Type: Article

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