Modelling Photoionisation in Isocytosine: Potential Formation of Longer-Lived Excited State Cations in its Keto Form

Abstract

The front cover artwork is provided by Dr. Javier Segarra-Martí (University of Valencia, Spain) and Prof. Michael J. Bearpark (Imperial College London, UK). The image shows the ultrafast photoionisation of DNA canonical nucleobase cytosine and the slower ionization process in non-canonical base isocytosine embedded within a DNA backbone. Read the full text of the Article at 10.1002/cphc.202100402.