Switching and nonswitching phases of photomechanical molecules in dissipative environments

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wu, Chang Qin ^a,b   Li, Jian Xin ^a,c   Lee, Dung Hai ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

NONSWITCHING PHASES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 34547195810     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.038302     Document Type: Article

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