Photophysical and Lasing Properties of New Analogs of the Boron-dipyrromethene Laser Dye Pyrromethene 567 Incorporated into or Covalently Bounded to Solid Matrices of Poly(methyl methacrylate)

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-36

  Lopez Arbeloa F ^a   Banuelos Prieto J ^a   Lopez Arbeloa I ^a   Costela, A ^b   Garcia Moreno I ^b   Gomez C ^b   Amat Guerri, F ^c   Liras, M ^c   Sastre, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; DYE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); PYRROMETHENE 567; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; DYE LASER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

BORON; CHELATING AGENTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETRY; LASERS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PORPHOBILINOGEN;

EID: 4243247867     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0030:PALPON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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