Structure of the conical intersections driving the cis-trans photoisomerization of conjugated molecules

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 622-633

  Ruiz, Diego Sampedro ^a   Cembran, Alessandro ^b   Garavelli, Marco ^b   Olivucci, Massimo ^a   Fuß, Werner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; POLYENE; SCHIFF BASE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONJUGATION; MOLECULE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036982940     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0622:SOTCID>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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