Magnetic field effect on picosecond electron transfer

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5379, 1998, Pages 982-984

  Gilch, P ^a   Pollinger Dammer F ^a   Musewald, C ^a   Michel Beyerle, M E ^a   Steiner, U E ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032516663     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5379.982     Document Type: Article

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23. Financial support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Volkswagenstiftung is gratefully acknowledged. P.G. is indebted to the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for a scholarship (Kekulé-Stipendium).