Towards understanding photodegradation pathways in lignins: The role of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in excited states

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2138-2143

  Young, Jamie D ^a   Staniforth, Michael ^a   Dean, Jacob C ^d   Roberts, Gareth M ^a   Mazzoni, Federico ^b,c   Karsili, Tolga N V ^e   Ashfold, Michael N R ^e   Zwier, Timothy S ^d   Stavros, Vasilios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dynamics; femtosecond; quantum beating; spectroscopy; ultrafast; wavepacket

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CHROMOPHORES; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BONDS; PHENOLS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS; WAVE PACKETS;

FEMTOSECOND ULTRAVIOLET LASER PULSE; FEMTOSECONDS; INTRAMOLECULAR H-BONDING; INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING; PHOTODEGRADATION PATHWAY; QUANTUM BEATING; ULTRA-FAST; VELOCITY MAP ION IMAGING;

LIGNIN;

EID: 84903124309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500895w     Document Type: Article

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