This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21003033, 11004076, 10774034 and 21173063), the China Post- doctoral Science Foundation (No. 20100481006), the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (No. 2012GXNSFBA053012), and the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Guangxi (No. 200103YB 140).
The molecular structural and Raman spectroscopic characteristics of fl-carotene and lycopene are investigated by density functional calculations. The effects of molecular structure and solvent environment on the Raman...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10774034)
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