Assessing solvent effects on the singlet excited state lifetime of uracil derivatives: A femtosecond fluorescence upconversion study in alcohols and D2O

Chemical Physics

Volumn 350, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 186-192

  Gustavsson, Thomas ^a   Bányász, Ákos ^a   Sarkar, Nilmoni ^b   Markovitsi, Dimitra ^a   Improta, Roberto ^c,d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conical intersection; DNA; Excited states; Femtosecond; Fluorescence upconversion; Nucleobases; Pyrimidines; Solvent effect; Thymine; Uracil

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749089311     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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