Ab initio investigation on the structures and spectra of the firefly luciferin

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 725-730

  Liu, YaJun ^a   Fang, WeiHai ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CASPT2; CASSCF; Firefly luciferin; TD DFT

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITATION ENERGY; GROUND STATE;

DOMINANT CONFIGURATION; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849072410     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-007-0127-4     Document Type: Article

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