Relative and absolute determination of fluorescence quantum yields of transparent samples

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1535-1550

  Würth, Christian ^a   Grabolle, Markus ^a   Pauli, Jutta ^a   Spieles, Monika ^a   Resch Genger, Ute ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84886366743     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.087     Document Type: Article

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