Mechanism and dynamics of azobenzene photoisomerization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 8098-8099

  Schultz, Thomas ^a   Quenneville, Jason ^b   Levine, Benjamin ^b   Toniolo, Alessandro ^b   Martínez, Todd J ^b   Lochbrunner, Stefan ^a   Schmitt, Michael ^a   Shaffer, James P ^a   Zgierski, Marek Z ^a   Stolow, Albert ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; PHENYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION; ISOMERISM; MODEL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; THEORY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0038682666     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja021363x     Document Type: Article

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