Charge separation and charge delocalization identified in long-living states of photoexcited DNA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4369-4374

  Bucher, Dominik B ^a   Pilles, Bert M ^a   Carell, Thomas ^a   Zinth, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA electron transfer; DNA photophysics; Ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATION; DNA BASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA STRAND; ELECTRICITY; EXCITATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA ELECTRON TRANSFER; DNA PHOTOPHYSICS; ULTRAFAST VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

DNA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84896911039     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323700111     Document Type: Article

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