Tracking DNA excited states by picosecond-time-resolved infrared spectroscopy: Signature band for a charge-transfer excited state in stacked adenine-thymine systems

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2739-2744

  Doorley, Gerard W ^a   Wojdyla, Michal ^a   Watson, Graeme W ^a   Towrie, Michael ^b   Parker, Anthony W ^b   Kelly, John M ^a   Quinn, Susan J ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

charge transfer; excited state; picosecond; polynucleotide DNA; transient spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIEXPONENTIAL DECAY; CHARGE-TRANSFER EXCITED STATE; ELECTRONIC EXCITED STATE; ELECTRONIC GROUND STATE; PICOSECONDS; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; SHORT-LIVED SPECIES; TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; EXCITED STATES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOTIDES;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 84882323079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401258n     Document Type: Article

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