Single-molecule photophysics, from cryogenic to ambient conditions

Chemical Society Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1029-1043

  Kozankiewicz, Bolesław ^a   Orrit, Michel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84893377577     PISSN: 03060012     EISSN: 14604744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60165j     Document Type: Review

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