Turning on the light: Lessons from luminescence

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-52

  O'Hara, Patricia B ^a   Engelson, Carol ^b   St Peter, Wayne ^c  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b W Springfield High School   (United States)

^c Hall High School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; DNA; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; RNA;

INCANDESCENCE; LIGHT ENERGY; MACROSCOPIC ENERGY; MICROSCOPIC ENERGY;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 11844267231     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed082p49     Document Type: Article

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