A low-cost UV laser for flash photolysis of caged compounds

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Engert, Florian ^a   Paulus, Gerhard G ^b   Bonhoeffer, Tobias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caged compound; Laser; Nitrogen; Photolysis; UV light

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LASER; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029980084     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00157-3     Document Type: Article

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