Jet-cooled spectroscopy of the α-methylbenzyl radical: Probing the state-dependent effects of methyl rocking against a radical site

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 13465-13480

  Kidwell, Nathanael M ^a   Reilly, Neil J ^b,c,d   Nebgen, Ben ^a   Mehta Hurt, Deepali N ^a   Hoehn, Ross D ^a   Kokkin, Damian L ^b,c,e   McCarthy, Michael C ^b,c   Slipchenko, Lyudmila V ^a   Zwier, Timothy S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC IONIZATION; DISPERSED FLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; FRANCK-CONDON ACTIVITIES; GROUND ELECTRONIC STATE; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; TWO-COLOR RESONANT TWO-PHOTON;

FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GROUND STATE; IONIZATION; POSITIVE IONS;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84890950103     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406945u     Document Type: Article

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