Efficient deactivation of a model base pair via excited-state hydrogen transfer

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5702, 2004, Pages 1765-1768

  Schultz, Thomas ^a   Samoylova, Elena ^a   Radloff, Wolfgang ^a   Hertel, Ingolf V ^a   Sobolewski, Andrzej L ^b   Domcke, Wolfgang ^c  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DIMERS; DNA; GROUND STATE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AROMATIC DIMERS; DEACTIVATION; EXCITED STATES; PHOTOSTABILITY;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

HYDROGEN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRONICS; EXCITABILITY; EXCITATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

AMINOPYRIDINES; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DIMERIZATION; DNA; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTONS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 10044281511     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104038     Document Type: Article

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