Self-assembly of [Et,Et]-bacteriochlorophyll cF on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 619-626

  Moltgen H ^a   Kleinermanns, K ^a   Jesorka, A ^b   Schaffner, K ^b   Holzwarth, A R ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL F; DISULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLOROBIUM; HYDROGEN BOND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HEAT; METHODOLOGY;

CHLOROBIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; DISULFIDES; GRAPHITE; HEAT; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLYBDENUM;

EID: 0036596062     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)075<0619:SAOEEB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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