Vibronic Coupling through the In-Phase, C=C Stretching Mode Plays a Major Role in the 2Ag- to 1Ag- Internal Conversion of all-trans-β-Carotene

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 104, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 4167-4173

  Nagae, Hiroyoshi ^a   Kuki, Michitaka ^b   Zhang, Jian Ping ^c   Sashima, Tokutake ^c   Mukai, Yumiko ^c   Koyama, Yasushi ^c  

^a KOBE CITY UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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