Unusual fluorescence spectral response of 1-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenylethynyl)pyrene towards the thermotropic phase change in lipid bilayer membranes

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 381-387

  Subuddhi, Usharani ^a   Haldar, Sourav ^a   Sankararaman, S ^a   Mishra, Ashok K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorescent molecular probe; Lipid bilayer membrane; Partition coefficient; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249137192     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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