Ultrafast excited state dynamics of the protonated Schiff base of all-trans retinal in solvents

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2779-2788

  Zgrablić, Goran ^a   Voïtchovsky, Kislon ^a   Kindermann, Maik ^a,b   Haacke, Stefan ^a,c   Chergui, Majed ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b COVALYS Biosciences AG ^*  (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINAL; SCHIFF BASE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; POLARIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAFAST EXCITED STATE DYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 22144459357     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.046094     Document Type: Article

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