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Interactions between photosynthetic pigments in organisms and in model systems

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The review summarizes results concerning photosynthetic systems with chlorophylls and carotenoids obtained by means of spectral methods such as polarized radiation, photoacoustic spectroscopy, delayed luminescence, thermal deactivation, and leading to construction of model systems.

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  2. Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 4, 10-719, Olsztyn, Poland

    B. Smyk

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Frąckowiak, D., Smyk, B. Interactions between photosynthetic pigments in organisms and in model systems. Photosynthetica 45, 1–8 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-007-0001-9

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