Relative stability of the La and Lb excited states in adenine and guanine: Direct evidence from TD-DFT calculations of MCD spectra

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1806-1811

  Santoro, Fabrizio ^a   Improta, Roberto ^b   Fahleson, Tobias ^c   Kauczor, Joanna ^c   Norman, Patrick ^c   Coriani, Sonia ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

complex polarization propagator; DNA bases; hidden transitions; magnetic circular dichroism; photostability; solvent effect

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPLEX POLARIZATION PROPAGATOR; DNA BASIS; MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISMS; PHOTO-STABILITY; SOLVENT EFFECTS;

POSITIVE IONS;

EID: 84902075875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500633t     Document Type: Article

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