Ultrafast cis-to-trans photoisomerization of a bridged azobenzene through nπ excitation: Rotational pathway is not restricted

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 521, Issue , 2012, Pages 107-112

  Jiang, Chen Wei ^a,b   Xie, Rui Hua ^a,c   Li, Fu Li ^a   Allen, Roland E ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDED CROSSINGS; DE-EXCITATIONS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; DYNAMICAL SIMULATION; GASPHASE; NON-ADIABATIC; SINGLET EXCITED STATE; ULTRA-FAST;

ROTATION;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84855205719     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.11.059     Document Type: Article

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