From chlorophyll a towards bacteriochiorophyll a: excited-state processes of modified pigments
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By means of fluorescence spectroscopy and nonlinear absorption experiments, excited-state processes of the modified pigments [3-acetyl]-chlorophylla, [31-OH]-bacteriochlorophyl!a and [3-vinyl]-bacteriochlorophyll a were investigated and compared with those of chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll a.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006