The Role of Large Conformational Changes in Efficient Ultrafast Internal Conversion: Deviations from the Energy Gap Law

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3789-3794

  Fidder, Henk ^a   Rini, Matteo ^b   Nibbering, Erik T J ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFORMATIONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES; EXCITATION ENERGY;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

PYRAN DERIVATIVE; SPIROPYRAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION ENERGY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP LAW; EXCITATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; PHOTOPHYSICS; PHYSICS; THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET MID INFRARED PUMP PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION; VIBRATIONAL ENERGY;

EID: 1642278324     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja038741y     Document Type: Article

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