Radiative relaxation of Sepia eumelanin is affected by aggregation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-37

  Nofsinger, J Brian ^a   Simon, John D ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SAMPLE SIZE; STEADY STATE; THEORY;

ANIMALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MELANINS; MOLLUSCA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

SEPIA;

EID: 0035413180     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0031:RROSEI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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