Efficient light harvesting through carotenoids

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 125-144

  Ritz, Thorsten ^a   Damjanović, Ana ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a   Zhang, Jian Ping ^b   Koyama, Yasushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coulomb coupling; Excitation transfer; F rster theory; Light harvesting complexes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHAEOSPIRILLUM MOLISCHIANUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 0034438103     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010750332320     Document Type: Review

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