Potential of phenothiazine as a thin film dosimeter for UVA exposures

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 907-910

  Parisi, A V ^a   Kimlin, M G ^b   Turnbull, D J ^a,b   Macaranas, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOTHIAZINE; POLYSULFONE;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 28044455198     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b508553e     Document Type: Article

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