Excited-state deactivation pathways in uracil versus hydrated uracil: Solvatochromatic shift in the 1nπ* state is the key

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 7806-7817

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Herbert, John M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY BARRIERS; EXCITED STATES; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CONICAL INTERSECTION; DEACTIVATION MECHANISM; DEACTIVATION PATHWAYS; DECAY COMPONENTS; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; FEMTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY; POTENTIAL SURFACES; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

URACIL; WATER;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; URACIL; WATER;

EID: 84904575719     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412092f     Document Type: Article

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