Intermolecular π-electron perturbations generate extrinsic visible contributions to eumelanin black chromophore in model polymers with interrupted interring conjugation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-318

  Ascione, Laura ^a   Pezzella, Alessandro ^a,b   Ambrogi, Veronica ^a   Carfagna, Cosimo ^a   D'Ischia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXY 2 INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; 5,6-DIHYDROXY-2-INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6-DIHYDROXYINDOLE; BIOPOLYMER; EUMELANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOPOLYMERS; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDOLES; MELANINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84874752209     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12003     Document Type: Article

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