Ultrafast charge transfer via a conical intersection in dimethylaminobenzonitrile

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-262

  Fuß, Werner ^a   Pushpa, Kumbil Kuttan ^a   Rettig, Wolfgang ^b   Schmid, Wolfram E ^a   Trushin, Sergei A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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BENZONITRILE; SOLVENT;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAS; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION; MOLECULE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0042912021     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b111678a     Document Type: Article

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