Microsolvation effects on the electron capturing ability of thymine: Thymine-water clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Kim, Sunghwan ^a   Wheeler, Steven E ^a   Schaefer, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON AFFINITY; THYMINE; THYMINE-WATER CLUSTERS; VALENCE ANION;

BINARY MIXTURES; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE IONS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANION; SOLVENT; THYMINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; GAS; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ANIONS; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; GASES; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE; SOLVENTS; THYMINE; WATER;

EID: 34547139650     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2197828     Document Type: Article

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