Dipole Strengths in the Chlorophylls

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 497-501

  Knox, Robert S ^a   Spring, Bryan Q ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPOLE; MEASUREMENT; REFRACTION INDEX; THEORY; VACUUM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTROSTATICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0037590887     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)077<0497:DSITC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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