Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of kynurenine, a UV filter of the human eye

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4953-4962

  Sherin, Peter S ^a,b   Grilj, Jakob ^a,b   Tsentalovich, Yuri P ^a,b   Vauthey, Eric ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL TOMOGRAPHY CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DYNAMICS; EXCITED STATES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS;

APROTIC SOLVENTS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DEACTIVATION CHANNELS; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; HUMAN EYES; INTERNAL CONVERSIONS; ISOTOPE EFFECTS; NON-RADIATIVE DEACTIVATIONS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PH INDEPENDENTS; PROTICITY; ULTRA FASTS; UV FILTERS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 65249187863     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp900541b     Document Type: Article

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