Singlet Excited-state Lifetimes of Cytosine Derivatives Measured by Femtosecond Transient Absorption

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 158-164

  Malone, Rosalie J ^a   Miller, Angela M ^a   Kohler, Bern ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTIDIDNE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYTIDINE; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; FLUCYTOSINE; N4 ACETYLCYTOSINE; PYRIMIDINE; RIBONUCLEOSIDE; RIBOSE; SINGLET OXYGEN; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; METHYLATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; LASER; LIFESPAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OSCILLOMETRY; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

CYTOSINE; METHYLATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0038710246     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)077<0158:SESLOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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