Ab initio study of potential ultrafast internal conversion routes in oxybenzone, caffeic acid, and ferulic acid: Implications for sunscreens

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 11999-12010

  Karsili, Tolga N V ^a,b   Marchetti, Barbara ^a   Ashfold, Michael N R ^a   Domcke, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84919916766     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507282d     Document Type: Article

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