Exploring the energy disposal immediately after bond-breaking in solution: The wavelength-dependent excited state dissociation pathways of para -methylthiophenol

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 12125-12137

  Zhang, Yuyuan ^a,c   Oliver, Thomas A A ^b,d   Das, Saptaparna ^a   Roy, Anirban ^a   Ashfold, Michael N R ^b   Bradforth, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION PATHWAYS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; GEMINATE RECOMBINATION; HIGH-LEVEL AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; NON-RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOLYSIS WAVELENGTH; POPULATION INVERSIONS; PUMP PROBE MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CYCLOHEXANE; ELECTRONIC STATES; ETHANOL; EXCITED STATES; GASES; KINETICS; PHOTOLYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

PHOTODISSOCIATION;

EID: 84888589435     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405160n     Document Type: Article

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