RE. MINI-SYMPOSIUM: CONICAL INTERSECTIONS

THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009 - 8:30AM

Room: 2015 McPHERSON LAB

Chair: SCOTT REID, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

RE01 INVITED TALK 30min8:30

FIRST PRINCIPLES DYNAMICS AROUND CONICAL INTERSECTIONS: THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND INTERSECTION TOPOGRAPHY.

TODD J. MARTINEZ, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

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RE02			15min9:05

THREE-STATE CONICAL INTERSECTIONS IN BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MOLECULES.

S. MATSIKA AND K. A. KISTLER, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122.

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RE03			15min9:22

PHOTO-REACTIVITY OF A PUSH-PULL MEROCYANINE IN A STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS: A THREE STATE MODEL OF ISOMERIZATION REACTIONS INVOLVING CONICAL INTERSECTIONS.

S. ZILBERG, X. F. XU, A. KAHAN AND Y. HAAS, Institute of Chemistry and the Farkas Center for Light Induced Processes The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; , .

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RE04			15min9:39

SUBPICOSECOND EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES IN DNA POLYMERS REQUIRE UNSTACKED BASES.

KIMBERLY DE LA HARPE, CHARLENE SU AND BERN KOHLER, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.

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RE05			15min9:56

DARK STATES IN SINGLE DNA BASES AND DNA BASE POLYMERS.

BERN KOHLER, PATRICK M. HARE AND CHRIS T. MIDDLETON, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.

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INTERMISSION

RE06			15min10:30

NON-RADIATIVE RELAXATION OF ELECTRONICALLY EXCITED DNA OLIGOMERS: PROTON COUPLED CHARGE TRANSFER.

ADRIAN W. LANGE AND JOHN M. HERBERT, Ohio State University Department of Chemistry, Columbus, OH.

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RE07			15min10:47

EXCITED STATES OF NON-ISOLATED CHROMOPHORES .

S. MATSIKA AND C. KOZAK AND K. KISTLER, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122.

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RE08			10min11:04

HOONO ISOMERIZATION TO HONO₂ INVOLVING CONICAL INTERSECTIONS.

T. J. DHILIP KUMAR, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; JOHN F. STANTON, Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712; AND JOHN R. BARKER, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.

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RE09			15min11:16

H-ATOM ELIMINATION CHANNEL IN UV PHOTODISSOCIATION OF N-PROPYL AND ISO-PROPYL RADICALS: THE ROLE OF CONICAL INTERSECTIONS.

XIANFENG ZHENG, WEIDONG ZHOU, YU SONG, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521; AND JINGSONG ZHANG, Department of Chemistry and Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521.

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RE10			10min11:33

CONFORMER SELECTIVE AND VIBRATIONALLY MEDIATED PHOTODISSOCIATION STUDY OF PROPANAL CATION.

LEI SHEN, MYUNG HWA KIM, BAILIN ZHANG, ARTHUR G. SUITS, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202.

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