Radiative Relaxation Quantum Yields for Synthetic Eumelanin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-216

  Meredith, Paul ^a   Riesz, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; OLIGOMER; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARAMETER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATIVE RELAXATION QUANTUM YIELD; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MELANINS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 1342310634     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)079<0211:RCRQYF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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