Development of a quantitative bio/chemiluminescence spectrometer determining quantum yields: Re-examination of the aqueous luminol chemiluminescence standard

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1205-1210

  Ando, Yoriko ^a   Niwa, Kazuki ^b   Yamada, Nobuyuki ^c   Irie, Tsutomu ^c   Enomoto, Toshiteru ^c   Kubota, Hidehiro ^c   Ohmiya, Yoshihiro ^b   Akiyama, Hidefumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c ATTO Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMINOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM THEORY; STANDARD;

LUMINESCENCE; LUMINOL; QUANTUM THEORY;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 34548747539     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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