Ultrafast diffraction of transient molecular structures in radiationless transitions

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 50, 2001, Pages

  Lobastov, Vladimir A ^a   Srinivasan, Ramesh ^a   Goodson, Boyd M ^a   Ruan, Chong Yu ^a   Feenstra, Jonathan S ^a   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ULTRAFAST ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (UED);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GROUND STATE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035924856     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp013705b     Document Type: Article

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