Part of the fluorescence of chlorophyll a may originate in excited triplet states

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 165-177

  Knox, Robert S ^a   Brown, Jamin S ^a,d   Laible, Philip D ^b   Talbot, Mary F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Kennard Stepanov theory; Photosynthesis; Spectral equilibration; Thermal equilibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032829198     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006284510090     Document Type: Review

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