Computational analysis of chlorophyll structure and UV-Vis spectra: A student research project on the spectroscopy of natural complexes

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-152

  Makarska Bialokoz, Magdalena ^a   Kaczor, Agnieszka A ^b,c  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Computational methods; Extraction; UV Vis spectrophotometry; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890936879     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2013.781038     Document Type: Article

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