Observation of ultrafast charge migration in an amino acid

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3751-3754

  Belshaw, Louise ^a   Calegari, Francesca ^b   Duffy, Martin J ^a   Trabattoni, Andrea ^b   Poletto, Luca ^c   Nisoli, Mauro ^b   Greenwood, Jason B ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Excited States; Photochemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID PHENYLALANINE; BIOMOLECULAR BUILDING BLOCKS; BOND-STRETCHING; CHARGE MIGRATION; CHARGE OSCILLATION; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET PULSE; GASPHASE; ULTRA-FAST;

EXCITED STATES; MOLECULES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 84871593045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3016028     Document Type: Article

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