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In this Chapter I will give a general presentation of the experimental techniques used in the work presented in this thesis. A more detailed description can be found in the materials and methods sections of the amended papers. The chapter covers different varieties of optical spectroscopy, i.e., analytical techniques based on interaction between light and matter. For a discussion on the underlying principles behind this, see Chapter 4 on photophysics.
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Hannestad, J. (2013). Methodology. In: Fluorescence in Bio-inspired Nanotechnology. Springer Theses. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01068-7_7
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