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Ultrafast Vibrational Dynamics of Adenine-Thymine Base Pairs in Hydrated DNA

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Ultrafast Phenomena XVI

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We report femtosecond two-color pump-probe studies of the congested N-H/O-H stretching absorption of high-quality thin films of DNA oligomers in a broad hydration range. Different vibrational excitations are separated and their characteristic relaxation times identified.

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  1. Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, D-12489, Berlin, Germany

    J. R. Dwyer, Ł Szyc, E. T. J. Nibbering & T. Elsaesser

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Vancouver, B.C, Canada

    J. R. Dwyer

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  1. National Research Council Canada, Sussex Drive 100, Ottawa, K1A 0R6, Canada

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  2. Dipto. Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy

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  3. Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of, Massachusetts Ave. 77, Cambridge, 02139, USA

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  4. Sektion Physik, Univ. München, Oettingenstr. 67, München, 80538, Germany

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  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Cyclotron Road 1, Berkeley, 94720, USA

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Dwyer, J.R., Szyc, Ł., Nibbering, E.T.J., Elsaesser, T. (2009). Ultrafast Vibrational Dynamics of Adenine-Thymine Base Pairs in Hydrated DNA. In: Corkum, P., Silvestri, S., Nelson, K., Riedle, E., Schoenlein, R. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XVI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_173

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