Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Nature Chemistry

• Publication date

  2011-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nchem.1145PMID 21941248
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