Efficiency of porous silicon photosensitizer in the singlet oxygen-mediated oxidation of organic compounds

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Loponov, Konstantin ^a   Goller, Bernhard ^b   Moskalenko, Andriy ^b   Kovalev, Dmitry ^b   Lapkin, Alexei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photochemistry; Porous silicon; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950460281     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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