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Title: Energy Transfer Pathways in Light-Harvesting Complexes of Purple Bacteria as Revealed by Global Kinetic Analysis of Two-Dimensional Transient Spectra

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp403028x· OSTI ID:1088780
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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada
  2. Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, IBLS, University of Glasgow, 126 Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland, U.K.

No abstract provided.

Research Organization:
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0001035
OSTI ID:
1088780
Report Number(s):
DE-SC0001035-81
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Vol. 117, Issue 38; ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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