Relaxation paths and dynamics of photoexcited polyene chains: Evidence for creation and annihilation of neutral soliton pairs

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 5568-5581

  Garavelli, Marco ^a   Smith, Barry R ^c   Bearpark, Michael J ^c   Bernardi, Fernando ^a   Olivucci, Massimo ^b   Robb, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOACTIVATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034647206     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja000385l     Document Type: Article

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