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HERO ID
8243342
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
A critique of McClare's quantum mechanical muscle model
Author(s)
Naqvi, KR
Year
1973
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Nature
ISSN:
0028-0836
EISSN:
1476-4687
Volume
242
Issue
5398
Page Numbers
473
Language
English
PMID
4700906
DOI
10.1038/242473a0
Abstract
THE explanation of muscle contraction by McClare1,2 is at variance with the current tenets of molecular spectroscopy. Lifetime measurements have shown that, in most cases, the excimer has a shorter half-life than that of the parent monomer3. In pyrene, the example quoted by McClare, the half-life (at room temperature) of the monomer is 31 à 10-8 s, while that of the excimer is only 4.4 à 10-8 s. © 1973 Nature Publishing Group.
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