Mechanisms of the ultrafast production and recombination of solvated electrons in weakly polar fluids: Comparison of multiphoton ionization and detachment via the charge-transfer-to-solvent transition of Na- in THF

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 11245-11257

  Martini, Ignacio B ^a   Barthel, Erik R ^a   Schwartz, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; SODIUM;

MULTIPHOTON IONIZATIONS; SOLVATED ELECTRONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034504127     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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