Role of excited electronic states in the high-pressure amorphization of benzene

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7658-7663

  Citroni, Margherita ^a,b   Bini, Roberto ^a,b   Foggi, Paolo ^a,c   Schettino, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Chimica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene crystal; Electronic transitions; High pressure chemistry; Two photon spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRONICS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 45749139741     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802269105     Document Type: Article

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