Entropy consumption in primary photosynthesis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1767, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1194-1197

  Jennings, Robert C ^a,b   Belgio, Erica ^a   Casazza, Anna Paola ^a   Garlaschi, Flavio M ^a,b   Zucchelli, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy gap law; Entropy consumption; Negentropy; Photon absorption; Photosystem; Primary photochemistry

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTROPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34848837336     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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