Photodegradation of melanin by aninterferometric technique

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1734-1736

  Farley, C W ^a   Kassu, A ^a   Sharma, A ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT HUMIDITY; BIO-MOLECULAR; COHERENT BEAMS; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER HE-NE LASERS; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; PHOTOINDUCED EFFECTS; UV INTENSITY; UV LASERS;

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MELANINS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79956299794     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.001734     Document Type: Article

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