Femtosecond Absorption Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Charge-Transfer Complexes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 876-887

  McCusker, James K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXCITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; REVIEW; VIBRATION;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RUTHENIUM; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0348147687     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar030111d     Document Type: Review

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