Dendritic biomimicry: Microenvironmental effects on tryptophan fluorescence

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1915-1916

  Smith, David K ^a   Müller, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND;

EID: 0242587751     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a906367f     Document Type: Article

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