Temporally-separated ultrafast-emission dynamics of neutral and cationic molecules in guanine and its derivative aqueous solutions

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 114-121

  Fujiwara, Tomoharu ^a   Kamoshida, Yukio ^a   Morita, Ryuji ^a   Yamashita, Mikio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorescence lifetime; Fluorescence quantum yield; Guanine; Guanosine; Guanosine 5' monophosphate; Picosecond time resolved emission spectroscopy; Protonated cation

Indexed keywords

CATION; GUANINE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; MONOMER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CAMERA; DISSOCIATION; DYNAMICS; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LASER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031449857     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(97)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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