Next generation techniques in the high resolution spectroscopy of biologically relevant molecules

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 7253-7262

  Neill, Justin L ^a   Douglass, Kevin O ^a   Pate, Brooks H ^a   Pratt, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; O METHYLTYRAMINE; O-METHYLTYRAMINE; TYRAMINE; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRONS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVES; THERMODYNAMICS; TYRAMINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 79953886288     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01573c     Document Type: Review

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