Electronic decoupling approach to quantitative photoswitching in linear multiazobenzene architectures

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 115, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 9930-9940

  Bléger, David ^a   Dokić, Jadranka ^a   Peters, Maike V ^b   Grubert, Lutz ^b   Saalfrank, Peter ^a   Hecht, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHEDRAL ANGLE; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS;

AZOBENZENE MOIETY; ELECTRONIC DECOUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IRRADIATION WAVELENGTH; LIGHT ENERGY; PARA POSITION; PHOTOCHROMES; PHOTOSWITCHING; REFERENCE COMPOUNDS; RIGID RODS; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; TETRAMETHYL;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 84860390319     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp2044114     Document Type: Article

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