Fluorescence quantum yields and their relation to lifetimes of rhodamine 6G and fluorescein in nine solvents: Improved absolute standards for quantum yields

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-334

  Magde, Douglas ^a   Wong, Roger ^a   Seybold, Paul G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIANION DYE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; METHANOL; OCTANOL; OXYGEN; RHODAMINE 6G; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REFRACTION INDEX; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0001433022     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)075<0327:FQYATR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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