DFT calculations of the electron affinities of nucleic acid bases: Dealing with negative electron affinities

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1596-1603

  Li, Xifeng ^a   Cai, Zhongli ^a   Sevilla, Michael D ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON AFFINITIES (EA);

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEGATIVE IONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

DNA;

EID: 0037187138     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp013337b     Document Type: Article

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