On the role of methyl torsional modes in the intersystem crossing dynamics of isolated molecules

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 111, Issue 49, 2007, Pages 12802-12809

  Alvarez Valtierra, Leonardo ^a   Tan, Xue Qing ^a   Pratt, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HAMILTONIANS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ROTATIONAL LINES; TORSIONAL BARRIERS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 38049153446     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp076568c     Document Type: Article

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