Opportunities and challenges in single-molecule and single-particle fluorescence microscopy for mechanistic studies of chemical reactions

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 993-999

  Cordes, Thorben ^a   Blum, Suzanne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84890040266     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1800     Document Type: Article

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