Exciplexes and conical intersections lead to fluorescence quenching in π-stacked dimers of 2-aminopurine with natural purine nucleobases

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1387-1400

  Liang, Jingxin ^a   Nguyen, Quynh L ^a   Matsika, Spiridoula ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; ADENINE; GUANINE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; ARTICLE;

2-AMINOPURINE; ADENINE; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GUANINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84881100657     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3pp25449f     Document Type: Article

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