Vibrational Stark effects of nitriles. I. Methods and experimental results

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 104, Issue 51, 2000, Pages 11853-11863

  Andrews, Steven S ^a   Boxer, Steven G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; POLARIZATION;

STARK EFFECTS;

NITRILE RESINS;

EID: 0034499168     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp002242r     Document Type: Article

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