A brief history of fluorescence and phosphorescence before the emergence of quantum theory

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 731-738

  Valeur, Bernard ^a,b   Berberan Santos, Mário N ^c  

^a Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Analytical chemistry; Fluorescence spectroscopy; General public; History philosophy; Physical chemistry; Quantitative analysis; Textbooks reference books; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957659620     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed100182h     Document Type: Review

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