Centers as Probes

Applications in the analytical field are often based on the use of luminescent centers as probes. In our study of rare-earth ions in GdAlOa, for example, we are not able to observe rare-earth emission... 

Yruela I, Alfonso M, Ortiz de Zarate I et al. Precise location of the Cu(II)-inhibitory binding site in higher plant and bacterial photosynthesis reaction centers as probed by light-induced absorption changes. J Biol Chem 1993 268(3) 1684-1689. 

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