Femtosecond time-resolved fluorescence study of photoisomerization of trans-azobenzene

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 35, 2001, Pages 8123-8129

  Fujino, Tatsuya ^a   Arzhantsev, Sergei Yu ^a   Tahara, Tahei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL RELAXATION; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

PHOTOISOMERIZATIONS; TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BENZENE;

EID: 0035818132     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0110713     Document Type: Article

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