Direct observation of the femtosecond nonradiative dynamics of azulene in a molecular beam: The anomalous behavior in the isolated molecule

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 9785-9788

  Diau, Eric W G ^a   De Feyter, Steven ^a   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000732938     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478031     Document Type: Article

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