Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of tryptophan in water observed by transient absorption spectroscopy

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 489, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 99-102

  Sharma, Divya ^a   Léonard, Jérémie ^a   Haacke, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; EXCITED-STATE DECAY; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; EXCITED-STATE LIFETIME; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; INDUCED ABSORPTION; PHOTOPRODUCTS; SOLVENT RELAXATION; SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNATURES; TIME-RESOLVED; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; TRP-FLUORESCENCE; ULTRA-FAST; UV- AND;

AMINO ACIDS; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUENCHING; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77949490528     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.02.057     Document Type: Article

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