LETTERS Direct Measurement of the Effective Rate Constant for Primary Charge Separation in Isolated Photosystem II Reaction Centers
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Scott R. Greenfield,† Michael Seibert,‡ Govindjee,§ and Michael R. Wasielewski*,†,| Chemistry DiVision, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4831, Basic Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393, Department of Plant Biology, UniVersity of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3707, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern UniVersity, EVanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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تاریخ انتشار 1997