Surface plasmon excitation of a porphyrin covalently linked to a gold surface

Abstract

Fluorescence of a porphyrin covalently linked to a gold surface is observed with surface plasmon excitation using p-polarized light to show higher excitation efficiency for the Q-bands than the Soret band.

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