Light Absorption by Charge Transfer Complexes in Brown Carbon Aerosols

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 382-386

  Phillips, Sabrina M ^a   Smith, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84969257379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez500263j     Document Type: Article

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