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Photon Management: Photonic Crystals, Photosynthesis and Semiconductor–Enzyme Junctions

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In the preceding Chap. 4, high energy photons were applied for device fabrication and, also, for the analysis of (photo)electrochemically modified silicon. In addition, the use of soft X-rays in the energetic analysis of metallo-proteins and in materials development was emphasized.

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