The Photoisomerization Mechanism of Azobenzene: A Semiclassical Simulation of Nonadiabatic Dynamics

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2327-2341

  Ciminelli, Cosimo ^a   Granucci, Giovanni ^a   Persico, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Nonadiabatic dynamics; Photoisomerization; Semiclassical wavepacket dynamics; Semiempirical calculations

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOMERIZATION; TORSIONAL STRESS;

PHOTOISOMERIZATION; SURFACE HOPPING; TORSIONAL MOTION;

BENZENE;

AZOBENZENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; ISOMERIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 2442570089     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200305415     Document Type: Article

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