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Title: New Tridentate Ligand Affords a Long-Lived 3 MLCT Excited State in a Ru(II) Complex: DNA Photocleavage and 1 O 2 Production
Award ID(s):
2102508
PAR ID:
10527035
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
American Chemical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Inorganic Chemistry
Volume:
62
Issue:
39
ISSN:
0020-1669
Page Range / eLocation ID:
15927 to 15935
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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