Frontispiece: Direct Measurement of the Isomerization Barrier of the Isolated Retinal Chromophore. Issue 16 (13th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dilger, Jonathan; Musbat, Lihi; Sheves, Mordechai; Bochenkova, Anastasia V.; Clemmer, David E.; Toker, Yoni
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 54:Issue 16(2015)
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• Publication Date: 2015-04-13
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201581661
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

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