Chiral pathways and periodic decay in cis -azobenzene photodynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1506-1509

  Weingart, Oliver ^a   Lan, Zhenggang ^a   Koslowski, Axel ^a   Thiel, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS-AZOBENZENE; HELICITIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIZE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AZOBENZENE;

EID: 79960199365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200474g     Document Type: Article

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