Light-harvesting dendrimers

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 657-665

  Balzani, Vincenzo ^a   Ceroni, Paola ^a   Maestri, Mauro ^a   Vicinelli, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; FULLERENE;

CHROMATOPHORE; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0344896580     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2003.10.001     Document Type: Review

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