Multiporphyrins-fullerenes and multiporphyrins-SWCNTs mimicking photosynthetic antenna-reaction center

Multiporphyrin Arrays: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 389-437

  D'Souza, Francis ^a   Ito, Osamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.4032/9789814364287     Document Type: Chapter

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