Ultraviolet absorption and luminescence of matrix-isolated adenine

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1092-1098

  Polewski, Krzysztof ^a   Zinger, David ^a   Trunk, John ^a   Sutherland, John C ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Adenine; Fluorescence; Fluorescence lifetimes; Matrix isolation; Phosphorescence

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ADENINE; DE-EXCITATIONS; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; EXCITED ELECTRONIC STATE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FLUORESCENCE MAXIMA; GAS MATRICES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATRIX ISOLATION; PHOSPHORESCENCE SPECTRA; RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRAL RANGE; ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION; VIBRATIONAL STRUCTURES;

ABSORPTION; ARGON; ELECTRONIC STATES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORESCENCE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ADENINE; ARGON; NITROGEN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOSPHORESCENCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 79960280169     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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