Overview
- Discusses the mechanism of the ultrafast nonradiative decay processes in Nucleic Acid Bases
- Investigates the design of photostable atoms and molecules
- Utilizes theory and experimental techniques to examine photophysical behaviour in nucleic acids
- Describes the computational methods used to study excited state properties of Nucleic Acid Bases and DNA
Part of the book series: Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics (COCH, volume 5)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Comprehensive theoretical and experimental analysis of UV-radiation and low energy electron induced phenomena in nucleic acid bases (NABs) and base assemblies are presented in this book. NABs are highly photostable; the absorbed energy is dissipated in the form of ultrafast nonradiative decay.
This book highlights the possible mechanisms of these phenomena which is important for all living species and discusses technical challenges in exploration of these processes. This volume will be of particular interest for those involved in understanding the photophysical/photochemical properties of nucleic acids. All chapters are written by the world's leading experts, both from the experimental and computational areas.
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From the reviews:
"The editors … succeed in creating a balanced portrait of their interdependent efforts in the book’s 21 chapters. … the book contains a number of excellent individual reviews that will benefit workers interested in excited states in small DNA model systems and in the mechanisms by which low-energy electrons induce strand breaks. There are excellent references to the recent and older literature throughout the book that will be valued by established and new workers in the field." (Bern Kohler, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 131 (6), 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Radiation Induced Molecular Phenomena in Nucleic Acids
Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Theoretical and Experimental Analysis
Editors: Manoj K. Shukla, Jerzy Leszczynski
Series Title: Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8184-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8183-5Published: 26 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7797-4Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8184-2Published: 08 May 2008
Series ISSN: 2542-4491
Series E-ISSN: 2542-4483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 677
Number of Illustrations: 238 b/w illustrations
Topics: Organic Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Computer Appl. in Life Sciences, Biochemistry, general, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics