The light–arvesting apparatus in purple photosynthetic bacteria introduction to a quantum biological device

Molecular Machines

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 19-48

  Strümpfer, Johan ^a   Hsin, Jen ^a   Şener, Melih ^a   Chandler, Danielle ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

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

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DOI: 10.1142/9789814343466_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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