Ultrafast dynamics in the power stroke of a molecular rotary motor

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 547-551

  Conyard, Jamie ^a   Addison, Kiri ^a   Heisler, Ismael A ^a   Cnossen, Arjen ^b   Browne, Wesley R ^b   Feringa, Ben L ^b   Meech, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TIME;

FLUORENES; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862905958     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1343     Document Type: Article

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