Photostability of dye molecules trapped in solid matrices

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3193-3199

  Dubois, Arnaud ^a   Canva, Michael ^a   Brun, Alain ^a   Chaput, Frédéric ^b   Boilot, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

Author keywords

Dye molecules; Photostability; Solgel process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001598148     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003193     Document Type: Article

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