Solvochromic effects in model eumelanin compounds

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 620-626

  Nighswander Rempel, Stephen P ^a   Mahadevan, Indumathy B ^a   Bernhardt, Paul V ^a   Butcher, Jessica ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; EUMELANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CHLOROFORM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INDOLES; MELANINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 42549099832     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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