Theoretical investigation of aspects of single-molecule fluorescence detection in microcapillaries

Cytometry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-199

  Enderlein, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser light scattering; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROCIRCULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033168397     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990701)36:3<195::AID-CYTO8>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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