Excited-state structure and dynamics of keto-amino cytosine: The 1ππ* state is nonplanar and its radiationless decay is not ultrafast

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6106-6115

  Lobsiger, Simon ^a   Trachsel, Maria A ^a   Frey, Hans Martin ^a   Leutwyler, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FEMTOSECOND PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUES; NON-RADIATIVE RELAXATION; NONRADIATIVE DECAY CHANNELS; OUT-OF-PLANE DIRECTION; ROTATIONAL BAND CONTOURS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; TWO-COLOR RESONANT TWO-PHOTON;

SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84878048420     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401881b     Document Type: Article

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