Electronic excitation in the benzonitrile dimer: The intermolecular structure in the S0 and S1 state determined by rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Structure

Volumn 795, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 234-241

  Schmitt, Michael ^a   Böhm, Marcel ^a   Ratzer, Christian ^a   Siegert, Swen ^a   Beek, Marloes van ^b   Meerts, W Leo ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Excited state; Genetic algorithms; High resolution UV spectroscopy; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXCITED STATE; HIGH-RESOLUTION UV SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION;

DIMERS;

EID: 33747326277     PISSN: 00222860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2006.02.036     Document Type: Article

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