S2→S1 internal conversion in β-carotene: Strong vibronic coupling from amplitude oscillations of transient absorption bands

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3758-3761

  Lustres, J Luis Pérez ^a   Dobryakov, Alexander L ^a   Holzwarth, Alfred ^b   Veiga, Manoel ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Femtochemistry; Fluorescence; Time resolved spectroscopy; Vibronic coupling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ELECTRONIC STATES; FLUORESCENCE; QUANTUM THEORY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CAROTENOIDS; FEMTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRONIC COUPLING;

PROTEINS;

BETA CAROTENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VIBRATION;

BETA CAROTENE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; VIBRATION;

EID: 34250807105     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604762     Document Type: Article

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