Optical absorption spectra and monomer interaction in polymers: Investigation of exciton coupling in DNA hairpins

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Burin, A L ^a   Dickman, J A ^a   Uskov, D B ^a   Hebbard, C F F ^a   Schatz, G C ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ABSORPTION; DNA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; EXCITONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GENES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONOMERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THEOREM PROVING;

EXCITON COUPLING; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOPOLYMER; DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPOLYMERS; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 51349140333     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2977727     Document Type: Article

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