Femtosecond two-photon excited fluorescence of melanin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 146-151

  Teuchner, Klaus ^a   Freyer, Wolfgang ^a   Leupold, Dieter ^a   Volkmer, Andreas ^b   Birch, David J S ^b   Altmeyer, Peter ^c   Stücker, Markus ^c   Hoffmann, Klaus ^c  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOMA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOMA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033174678     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb07982.x     Document Type: Article

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