Photochemical and photophysical characterization

Photosensitizers in Medicine, Environment, and Security

Volumn 9789048138722, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-266

  Durmus̈, Mahmut ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS GENERATORS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; QUANTUM YIELD;

CENTRAL METALS; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; PHOTOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHOTOPHYSICAL; PHOTOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SINGLET OXYGEN GENERATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84930916309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3872-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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