Frenkel exciton model of ultrafast excited state dynamics in AT DNA double helices

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 190, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 328-334

  Bittner, Eric R ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Excited states; Lattice theory; Molecular biophysics; Quantum chromodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447638886     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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