Molecular tennis - Flat smashes and wicked cuts

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 199-205

  Alexander, Andrew J ^a   Zare, Richard N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMISTRY; DISSOCIATION; IRRADIATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0034088793     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar970297e     Document Type: Article

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