VUV photoelectron spectroscopy of cysteine aqueous aerosols: A microscopic view of its nucleophilicity at varying pH conditions

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 817-823

  Su, Chien Cheng ^a   Yu, Youqing ^a   Chang, Po Chiao ^a   Chen, Yu Wei ^a   Chen, I Ying ^a   Lee, Yin Yu ^b   Wang, Chia C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aerosols; cysteine; ionization energy; nucleophilicity; pH dependence; thiol oxidation; VUV photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PH; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; CYSTEINE; NUCLEOPHILICITIES; PH DEPENDENCE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; THIOL OXIDATION; VALENCE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

AEROSOL; CYSTEINE;

AEROSOL; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AEROSOLS; CYSTEINE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84929176890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00002     Document Type: Article

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