title: Excimer formation by interstrand stacked pyrenes.
abstract: Non-nucleosidic, pyrene-derived base surrogates form excimers via interstrand stacking in duplex DNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Simon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Langenegger
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Häner
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D011721:Pyrenes; D004247:DNA; C030984:pyrene