Selective attachment of pyrenyl groups to ethylene-co-vinyl acetate copolymers: Dynamic and static fluorescence studies

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 649-655

  Yamaki, S B ^a   Atvars, T D Z ^a   Weiss, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYLPYRENYL GROUP; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; CARBENOID; DIAZOMETHANE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYL ACETATE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0041909751     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b202651c     Document Type: Article

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