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Chemical Communications

Monitoring the effect of ultrafast deactivation of the electronic excited states of DNA bases and polynucleotides following 267 nm laser excitation using picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy†

Marina K. Kuimova,a   Joanne Dyer,a   Michael W. George,*a   David C. Grills,a   John M. Kelly,*b   Pavel Matousek,c   Anthony W. Parker,*c   Xue Zhong Sun,a   Michael Towriec  and  Aine M. Whelanb  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK
E-mail: mike.george@nottingham.ac.uk

b Chemistry Department, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
E-mail: jmkelly@tcd.ie

c Central Laser Facility, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
E-mail: a.w.parker@rl.ac.uk

Abstract

In this paper we demonstrate the use of picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy (ps-TRIR) to monitor the early structural dynamics of DNA bases and polydeoxynucleotides following UV excitation in solution.

Graphical abstract: Monitoring the effect of ultrafast deactivation of the electronic excited states of DNA bases and polynucleotides following 267 nm laser excitation using picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B414450C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 9 2004
Accepted
16 11 2004
First published
18 1 2005

Chem. Commun., 2005, 1182-1184

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Monitoring the effect of ultrafast deactivation of the electronic excited states of DNA bases and polynucleotides following 267 nm laser excitation using picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy

M. K. Kuimova, J. Dyer, M. W. George, D. C. Grills, J. M. Kelly, P. Matousek, A. W. Parker, X. Z. Sun, M. Towrie and A. M. Whelan, Chem. Commun., 2005, 1182 DOI: 10.1039/B414450C

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