Effect of solvent-water mixtures on the prototropic equilibria of fluorescein and on the spectral properties of the monoanion

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-185

  Klonis, Nectarios ^a,b   Sawyer, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; FLUORESCEIN; LACTONE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLUTE;

EID: 0034256865     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0179:EOSWMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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