Controlling the efficiency of an artificial light-harvesting complex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7641-7646

  Savolainen, Janne ^a,d   Fanciulli, Riccardo ^a   Dijkhuizen, Niels ^a   Moore, Ana L ^b   Hauer, Jürgen ^c   Buckup, Tiago ^c   Motzkus, Marcus ^c   Herek, Jennifer L ^a,d  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; Coherent control; Energy transfer; Quantum control spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 45549108459     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711927105     Document Type: Article

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