Photosynthetic light harvesting

Photobiology: The Science of Light and Life, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 231-241

  Mirkovic, Tihana ^a   Scholes, Gregory D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Harvesting; Networks; Photosynthesis; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944058981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1468-5_17     Document Type: Chapter

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