Optical origin of efficient and selective trans↔cis isomerization in photoexcited polyenes: An ab initio calculation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 9765-9768

  Zhang, G P ^a,d   Zong, X F ^b   George, Thomas F ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

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EID: 0042532490     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478942     Document Type: Article

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