Ultrafast photochemistry in liquids

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 247-271

  Rosspeintner, Arnulf ^a   Lang, Bernhard ^a   Vauthey, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Photoisomerization; Proton transfer; Solvation dynamics; Vibrational relaxation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PROTON TRANSFER; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

ELECTRON TRANSFER; EXCITED-STATES; INTERMOLECULAR MODES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PHOTOISOMERIZATIONS; SOLVATION DYNAMICS; SOLVENT COORDINATES; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA-FAST; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84875976712     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040412-110146     Document Type: Article

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