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Tracking excited state decay mechanisms of pyrimidine nucleosides in real time

Authors :
Rocío Borrego-Varillas
Artur Nenov
Piotr Kabaciński
Irene Conti
Lucia Ganzer
Aurelio Oriana
Vishal Kumar Jaiswal
Ines Delfino
Oliver Weingart
Cristian Manzoni
Ivan Rivalta
Marco Garavelli
Giulio Cerullo
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

The photophysical mechanism by which nucleosides dissipate energy after UV light irradiation is still under debate. Here the authors, using ultrafast time resolved optical spectroscopies and quantum chemical computations, resolve the early steps of such mechanism in uridine and 5-methyluridine in aqueous solution.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2bbdd85a918d4841800e4846f5fc0148
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27535-7