Photostability of amino acids: Internal conversion versus dissociation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Lin, Ming Fu ^a   Tzeng, Cheng Ming ^a,b   Dyakov, Yuri A ^a   Ni, Chi Kung ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTODISSOCIATION; QUENCHING;

INTERNAL CONVERSION; MULTIMASS ION IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NONRADIATIVE; REPULSIVE STATE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; HYDROGEN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34547367528     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2751150     Document Type: Article

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