Cover Picture: Dinuclear Ruthenium(II) Complexes as Two‐Photon, Time‐Resolved Emission Microscopy Probes for Cellular DNA (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 13/2014). Issue 13 (11th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baggaley, Elizabeth; Gill, Martin R.; Green, Nicola H.; Turton, David; Sazanovich, Igor V.; Botchway, Stanley W.; Smythe, Carl; Haycock, John W.; Weinstein, Julia A.; Thomas, Jim A.
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 53:Issue 13(2014)
• Page Start: 3283
• Page End: 3283
• Publication Date: 2014-03-11
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201401111
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

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