Abstract
Blue and green sunlight become available for photosynthetic energy conversion through the light-harvesting (LH) function of carotenoids, which involves transfer of carotenoid singlet excited states to nearby (bacterio)chlorophylls (BChls). The excited-state manifold of carotenoids usually is described in terms of two singlet states, S
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6017-6022 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Volume | 99 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |