On the participation of photoinduced N-H bond fission in aqueous adenine at 266 and 220 nm: A combined ultrafast transient electronic and vibrational absorption spectroscopy study

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 11211-11225

  Roberts, Gareth M ^a   Marroux, Hugo J B ^a   Grubb, Michael P ^a   Ashfold, Michael N R ^a   Orr Ewing, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IONIZATION OF GASES; NEGATIVE IONS; PHOTODISSOCIATION; POSITIVE IONS;

BASIC CONDITIONS; EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; PHOTO-DETACHMENT; PHOTOPRODUCTS; SOLVATED ELECTRON; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; TRANSIENT ELECTRONICS; VIBRATIONAL COOLING;

EXCITED STATES;

ADENINE; NITROGEN; PROTON; WATER;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

ABSORPTION, PHYSICOCHEMICAL; ADENINE; ELECTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NITROGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VIBRATION; WATER;

EID: 84913580122     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508501w     Document Type: Article

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