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Using Cyclic Voltammetry, UV-Vis-NIR, and EPR Spectroelectrochemistry to Analyze Organic Compounds
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Electronic coherence and nonlinear susceptibilities of conjugated polyenes

S Mukamel, A Takahashi, H X Wang

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |October 14, 1994
    PubMed

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