Vibrationally-Mediated Dynamics in β-carotene Probed with Broadband 2D Electronic Spectroscopy
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Competing electronic pathways exhibiting energy dependence across a single vibronic excitation are observed in β-carotene for the first time with broadband two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy at 77K. The origins and implications of these features are discussed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010