Optical properties of microalgae for enhanced biofuels production

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 21807-21820

  Mitra, Mautusi ^a   Melis, Anastasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MASS CULTURES; MICRO-ALGAE; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHLOROPHYLL; OXYGEN;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; OPTICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALGAE; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 58149139946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.021807     Document Type: Article

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