Excitons in chains of dimers

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 101, Issue 37, 1997, Pages 7343-7349

  Liuolia, Vladas ^a   Valkunas, Leonas ^a   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^b  

^a State Inst of Theo Phys/Astronomy   (Lithuania)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DIAGONAL DENSITY MATRIX ELEMENTS; DIMERS; HAKEN STROBL REINEKER APPROACH;

EXCITONS;

EID: 0031235357     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp963972v     Document Type: Article

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