Why is indigo photostable over extremely long periods?

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1120-1121

  Iwakura, Izumi ^a,b   Yabushita, Atushi ^c   Kobayashi, Takayoshi ^b,c,d,e  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 70349651653     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2009.1020     Document Type: Article

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