Theory of excitonic couplings in dielectric media : Foundation of Poisson-TrEsp method and application to photosystem i trimers

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 47-52

  Renger, Thomas ^a   Müh, Frank ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Dielectric continuum; Excitonic coupling; Perturbation theory; Photosystem I trimers; Pigment protein complex; Poisson equation; Transition density

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYSTEM I; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84858161260     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-011-9685-6     Document Type: Article

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