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Pure Appl. Chem., 2013, Vol. 85, No. 10, pp. 2005-2013

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REP-12-03-03

Published online 2013-09-30

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION

ORGANIC AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY DIVISION

PHYSICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION

Determination of the photoluminescence quantum yield of dilute dye solutions (IUPAC Technical Report)

Ute Resch-Genger* and Knut Rurack

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Division I.5, Richard‑Willstätter-Str. 11, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

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