Ultrafast above-threshold dynamics of the radical anion of a prototypical quinone electron-acceptor

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 711-717

  Horke, Daniel A ^a,c   Li, Quansong ^b,d   Blancafort, Lluís ^b   Verlet, Jan R R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

ANIONS; ELECTRONS; QUINONES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881086182     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1705     Document Type: Article

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