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Two important aspects of the time-correlated single photon counting technique are presented. The first, concerning the extraction of the true decay curve from the experimental data, deals with the “reference convolution method”. The second is related to the treatment of decay data by means of the “simultaneous analysis” of fluorescence decay curves. It allows for the best parameter recovery and very accurate model testing. Applications involving aqueous micellar systems, using simulated data, are briefly reviewed.
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Malliaris, A. (1990). Experimental and Computational Aspects of the Time–Correlated Single Photon Counting Technique. In: Bloor, D.M., Wyn-Jones, E. (eds) The Structure, Dynamics and Equilibrium Properties of Colloidal Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 324. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3746-1_17
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