Mechanisms of ultrafast excited-state deactivation in adenosine

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-127

  Tuna, Deniz ^a   Sobolewski, Andrzej L ^b   Domcke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO INVESTIGATION; CONICAL INTERSECTION; DEACTIVATION MECHANISM; EXCITED-STATE LIFETIME; INTRA-MOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR BUILDING BLOCKS; RADIATIONLESS DEACTIVATION; TWO PHOTON IONIZATION;

HYDROGEN BONDS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTONS;

EXCITED STATES;

ADENOSINE; PROTON;

CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; QUANTUM THEORY;

ADENOSINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; PROTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84892567174     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410121h     Document Type: Article

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