Aqueous photophysical parameters of congo red

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-21

  Iwunze, Maurice O ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptiometry; Florescence; Lifetime; Molar absorptivity; Photophysical parameters; Quantum yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 74749107870     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010903278226     Document Type: Article

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