Conical intersection dynamics of the primary photoisomerization event in vision

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7314, 2010, Pages 440-443

  Polli, Dario ^a   Altoè, Piero ^b   Weingart, Oliver ^c,d   Spillane, Katelyn M ^e   Manzoni, Cristian ^a   Brida, Daniele ^a   Tomasello, Gaia ^b   Orlandi, Giorgio ^b   Kukura, Philipp ^f   Mathies, Richard A ^e   Garavelli, Marco ^b   Cerullo, Giulio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; BATHORHODOPSIN; RETINAL;

PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TIMESCALE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; VISION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VISION; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTRONS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM THEORY; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN; VIBRATION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77957118887     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09346     Document Type: Article

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