Photophysical properties of the lowest excited singlet and triplet states of thio- and seleno-psoralens

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 506-513

  Aloisi, G G ^a   Elisei, F ^a   Moro, S ^b   Miolo, G ^b   Dall'Acqua, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZENE; FUROCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; PSORALEN; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLVENT; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; EMPIRICISM; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; LASER; PHOTOLYSIS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM YIELD; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0034191828     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0506:PPOTLE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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