Why does trans-azobenzene have a smaller isomerization yield for ππ* excitation than for nπ* excitation?

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 112, Issue 51, 2008, Pages 13326-13334

  Yuan, Shuai ^a,b   Dou, Yusheng ^b,c   Wu, Weifeng ^b   Hu, Yun ^b   Zhao, Jianshe ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTOISOMERIZATION;

DECAY CHANNELS; DOUBLE EXCITATIONS; DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ISOMERIZATION YIELDS; TRANS ISOMERS; TWISTED STRUCTURES;

ISOMERS;

EID: 58149173971     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp806227x     Document Type: Article

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