Theoretical investigation of the excited states of 2-nitrobenzyl and 4,5-methylendioxy-2-nitrobenzyl caging groups

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1075-1081

  Schaper, Klaus ^a   Etinski, Mihajlo ^a   Fleig, Timo ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

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EID: 69649087599     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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