Confocal Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of Chlorophyll Molecules in Polymer Matrices

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 817-820

  Sanders, R ^a   Van Zandvoort, M A M J ^a   Draaijer, A ^b   Levine, Y K ^a   Gerritsen, H C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Sensor Group   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030466758     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb01840.x     Document Type: Article

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