The solvent effect and identification of a weakly emissive state in nonradiative dynamics of guanine nucleosides and nucleotides-a combined femtosecond broadband time-resolved fluorescence and transient absorption study

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1351-1365

  Cheng, Chopen Chan Wut ^a   Ma, Chensheng ^b   Chan, Chris Tsz Leung ^a   Ho, Keith Yat Fung ^a   Kwok, Wai Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2'-DEOXYGUANOSINE 5'-PHOSPHATE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYGUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; METHANOL; SOLVENT; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; PROCEDURES; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

DEOXYGUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; DEOXYGUANOSINE; FLUORESCENCE; METHANOL; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER;

EID: 84881106103     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3pp25450j     Document Type: Article

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