Electronic excitations in synthetic eumelanin aggregates probed by soft X-ray spectroscopies

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5372-5376

  Sangaletti, L ^a   Pagliara, S ^a   Vilmercati, P ^b   Castellarin Cudia, C ^b   Borghetti, P ^a   Galinetto, P ^c   Gebauer, R ^d,e   Goldoni, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^e DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; EXCITED STATES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE DELOCALIZATION; ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; ELECTRONIC LEVEL; EUMELANIN AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 34249778399     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp067415c     Document Type: Article

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