Light harvesting antenna on an amyloid scaffold.
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چکیده
A pigment array has been constructed within a paracrystalline amyloid nanotube and Förster energy transfer along the nanotube surface has been demonstrated to self-assembled acceptor dyes.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 48 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008