Cis-trans isomerization mechanism of 4-aminoazobenzene in the S0 and S1 states: A CASSCF and DFT study

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 205, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Wang, Luoxin ^a   Xu, Jie ^a   Zhou, Hantao ^a   Yi, Changhai ^a   Xu, Weilin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Aminoazobenzene; Isomerization mechanism; Potential energy surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649283618     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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