Photodissociation of carboxylic acids: Dynamics of OH formation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-182

  Naik, Prakash D ^a   Upadhyaya, Hari P ^a   Kumar, Awadhesh ^a   Sapre, Avinash V ^a   Mittal, Jai P ^a,b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Absorption cross section; Carboxylic acids; Laser induced fluorescence; Nascent state distribution; OH spectroscopy; Photodissociation dynamics; Quantum yield

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; FLUORESCENCE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY PARTITIONING;

PHOTODISSOCIATION;

EID: 0242712786     PISSN: 13895567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-5567(02)00037-0     Document Type: Review

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