Electronic transitions of protonated and deprotonated amino acids in aqueous solution in the region 145-300 nm studied by attenuated total reflection far-ultraviolet spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2517-2528

  Goto, Takeyoshi ^a   Ikehata, Akifumi ^a   Morisawa, Yusuke ^b   Ozaki, Yukihiro ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTIONS; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; FAR-ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPIES; KRAMERS-KRONIG TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR FRAGMENTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; SIDE CHAIN STRUCTURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; POLYMER FILMS; PROTONATION; SOLUTIONS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; PROTON; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; METHODOLOGY; PH; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINO ACIDS; GASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTONS; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER;

EID: 84875712684     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4008416     Document Type: Article

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