Pitfalls and limitations in the practical use of Förster's theory of resonance energy transfer

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1444-1448

  Braslavsky, Silvia E ^a   Fron, Eduard ^b   Rodríguez, Hernán B ^c   Román, Enrique San ^c   Scholes, Gregory D ^d   Schweitzer, Gerd ^b   Valeur, Bernard ^e,f   Wirz, Jakob ^g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^f Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 56849085145     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b810620g     Document Type: Review

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