Computational investigation of photochemical reaction mechanisms

Computational Methods in Photochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 31-110

  Blancafort, Lluís ^a   Ogliaro, François ^d   Olivucci, Massimo ^c   Robb, Michael A ^b   Bearpark, Michael J ^b   Sinicropi, Adalgisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

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