Photosynthetic exciton theory in the 1960s

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 119-126

  Pearlstein, Robert M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay and Pearlstein; Chlorophyll fluorescence lifetime; Core antenna; Exciton diffusion; Exciton random walk; Exciton trapping; F rster theory; Frenkel exciton; LH 1; Photosynthetic unit; Ring antenna; Thylakoid structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036415132     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020401820196     Document Type: Short Survey

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