Tailoring porphyrins and chlorins for self-assembly in biomimetic artificial antenna systems

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 612-623

  Balaban, Teodor Silviu ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIN; PORPHYRIN;

ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES; BIOMIMETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PORPHYRINS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 24344466865     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar040211z     Document Type: Review

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