Excited state quenching via “unsuccessful” chemical reactions

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 537-546

  Sinicropi, Adalgisa ^a   Nau, Werner M ^b   Olivucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0013129774     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b202653h     Document Type: Article

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