On the spectra and isomerization of azobenzene attached non-covalently to an armchair (8,8) single-walled carbon nanotube

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-296

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

^a WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Azobenzene; Carbon nanotube; Cis trans isomerization; Potential energy surface

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; BACKWARD REACTIONS; CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION; ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM; NEGATIVE INTERACTION; PHYSISORBED; RED-SHIFTED; SINGLET STATE; TRANS-CIS ISOMERIZATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AZOBENZENE; ISOMERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ISOMERIZATION;

EID: 78650598065     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.04.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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