Details of the excited-state potential energy surfaces of adenine by coupled cluster techniques

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 6197-6207

  Benda, Zsuzsanna ^a   Szalay, Péter G ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; NUMERICAL METHODS; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; TOPOLOGY;

CONICAL INTERSECTION; COUPLED CLUSTER TECHNIQUES; COUPLED CLUSTERS; EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES; FRANCK-CONDON; LOW-LYING STATE; THREE FOLDS; ULTRA-FAST;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ADENINE;

CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADENINE; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84906227421     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp505331s     Document Type: Article

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