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Time-Frequency Analysis for 2D Spectroscopy of PSII

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Having shown the power of applying 2DES to pentacene, I now turn to biological light harvesting complexes.

What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

Werner Heisenberg

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Morgan, S.E. (2017). Time-Frequency Analysis for 2D Spectroscopy of PSII. In: Ultrafast Quantum Effects and Vibrational Dynamics in Organic and Biological Systems. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63399-2_4

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