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Photoexcitation of iodide ion-pyrimidine clusters above the electron detachment threshold: Intracluster electron transfer versus nucleobase-centred excitations
- Award ID(s):
- 1663832
- PAR ID:
- 10053606
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Institute of Physics
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Volume:
- 148
- Issue:
- 8
- ISSN:
- 0021-9606
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 084304
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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