On apparent contradictions in some photophysical properties of liquid water

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-173

  Bernas, Annette ^a   Ferradini, Christiane ^b   Jay Gerin, Jean Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Band gap energy; Optical absorption limit; Photoionization threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002877171     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-6030(98)00349-9     Document Type: Article

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