Room-temperature phosphorescence of the DNA monomer analogue 4-thiothymidine in aqueous solutions after UVA excitation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2239-2243

  Reichardt, Christian ^a   Crespo Hernaíndez, Carlos E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS BUFFER SOLUTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BROAD BANDS; FEMTOSECONDS; HIGH YIELD; IMPLICIT SOLVENTS; PHOTON EMISSIONS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOSPHORESCENCE; STATE POPULATION; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; TRIPLET STATE;

GENES; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORESCENCE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

DNA;

EID: 77955354444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100729w     Document Type: Article

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