Femtosecond ultraviolet-visible fluorescence study of the excited-state proton-transfer reaction of 7-azaindole dimer

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 102, Issue 40, 1998, Pages 7740-7753

  Takeuchi, Satoshi ^a   Tahara, Tahei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 0042689290     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp982522v     Document Type: Article

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