Sub-50-fs photoinduced spin crossover in [Fe(bpy)3]2+

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 629-633

  Auböck, Gerald ^a   Chergui, Majed ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84937949342     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2305     Document Type: Article

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