Estimation of molar absorptivities and pigment sizes for eumelanin and pheomelanin using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Piletic, Ivan R ^a   Matthews, Thomas E ^a   Warren, Warren S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVITIES; BIO-MOLECULAR; CHEMICAL DISORDER; EUMELANINS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; MELANIN PIGMENTS; MOLAR ABSORPTIVITY; MONOMER UNITS; NEAR-IR; PHEOMELANIN; PIGMENT DISTRIBUTION; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SOLUBILITY CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PAINT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME;

INFRARED RAYS; MELANINS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72949122973     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3265861     Document Type: Article

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