Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of Photoacidity

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5651, 2003, Pages 1693-1694

  Domcke, Wolfgang ^a   Sobolewski, Andrzej L ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTON; QUINOLINOL DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; VIBRATION;

EID: 0345168225     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1093081     Document Type: Review

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