Sequential photoisomerisation dynamics of the push-pull azobenzene Disperse Red 1

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1210-1219

  Bahrenburg, Julia ^a   Röttger, Katharina ^a   Siewertsen, Ron ^a   Renth, Falk ^a   Temps, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84862906135     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2pp05400k     Document Type: Article

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