Fragmentation and dimerization of aliphatic amino acid films induced by vacuum ultraviolet irradiation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 10-12, 2008, Pages 1164-1168

  Tanaka, Masahito ^a   Kaneko, Fusae ^b   Koketsu, Toshiyuki ^b   Nakagawa, Kazumichi ^b   Yamada, Toru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chemical evolution; Dimerization; Fragmentation; Photon stimulated desorption; Photoreaction; Synchrotron radiation; Vacuum ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; VACUUM;

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; FRAGMENTATION; PHOTON-STIMULATED DESORPTION; PHOTOREACTION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; LEUCINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DEAMINATION; DECARBOXYLATION; DESORPTION; DIMERIZATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 51449117219     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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