The adiabatic ionization energy and triplet T1 energy of jet-cooled keto-amino cytosine

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3576-3580

  Lobsiger, Simon ^a   Leutwyler, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO METHOD; ADIABATIC IONIZATION ENERGIES; GASPHASE; INTERSYSTEM CROSSING RATES; SUPERSONIC MOLECULAR BEAM; THRESHOLD IONIZATION; THRESHOLD MEASUREMENTS; TWO PHOTON IONIZATION; VUV PHOTOIONIZATION;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

IONIZATION POTENTIAL;

EID: 84870830075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301719h     Document Type: Article

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