Ultrafast absorption and photothermal studies of decarboxytrichochrome C in solution

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 821-823

  Ye, Tong ^a   Lamb, Laura E ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Ito, Shosuke ^b   Simon, John D ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECARBOXYTRICHOCHROME C; MELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 27944505910     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b301893h     Document Type: Article

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