Electronic and vibrational spectroscopy of 1-methylthymine and its water clusters: The dark state survives hydration

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1570-1577

  Busker, Matthias ^a   Nispel, Michael ^a   Häber, Thomas ^a   Kleinermanns, Karl ^a   Etinski, Mihajlo ^a   Fleig, Timo ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; DNA; Photophysics vibrational spectroscopy; Water clusters

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DNA; ELECTRONIC STATES; GROUND STATE; HYDRATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTOPHYSICS; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; AB INITIO THEORY; CONICAL INTERSECTION; CROSSED-BEAM EXPERIMENT; DOUBLE RESONANCE; ELECTRONIC GROUND STATE; ELECTRONIC RELAXATION; WATER CLUSTER;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 49649111385     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200800111     Document Type: Article

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