Two‐Dimensional Protein Crystals for Solar Energy Conversion. (25th August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saboe, Patrick O.; Lubner, Carolyn E.; McCool, Nicholas S.; Vargas‐Barbosa, Nella M.; Yan, Hengjing; Chan, Stanley; Ferlez, Bryan; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Golbeck, John H.; Kumar, Manish
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 41(2014)
• Page Start: 7064
• Page End: 7069
• Publication Date: 2014-08-25
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201402375
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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