Current challenges in photosynthesis: From natural to artificial

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Hou, Harvey J M ^a   Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I ^b,c   Najafpour, Mohammad M ^d   Govindjee, ^e  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; Chlorophyll f; Photosynthesis; Thylakoid; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902260947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00232     Document Type: Article

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