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Distinctive Spectral Features of Exciton and Excimer States in the Ultrafast Electronic Deactivation of the Adenine Dinucleotide

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Ultrafast Phenomena XIX

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We report the observation by transient absorption spectroscopy of distinctive spectro-temporal signatures of delocalized exciton versus relaxed, weakly bound excimer states in the ultrafast electronic deactivation after UV photoexcitation of the adenine dinucleotide.

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The financial support of this work by the DFG is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany

    Mayra C. Stuhldreier, Katharina Röttger & Friedrich Temps

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  1. Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Kaoru Yamanouchi

  2. JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    Steven Cundiff

  3. Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany

    Regina de Vivie-Riedle

  4. Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami

  5. Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Louis DiMauro

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Stuhldreier, M.C., Röttger, K., Temps, F. (2015). Distinctive Spectral Features of Exciton and Excimer States in the Ultrafast Electronic Deactivation of the Adenine Dinucleotide. In: Yamanouchi, K., Cundiff, S., de Vivie-Riedle, R., Kuwata-Gonokami, M., DiMauro, L. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XIX. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 162. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13242-6_110

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