Photo-induced isomerization of ethylene-bridged azobenzene explored by ab initio based non-adiabatic dynamics simulation: A comparative investigation of the isomerization in the gas and solution phases

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 138, Issue 13, 2013, Pages

  Cao, Jun ^a   Liu, Li Hong ^a   Fang, Wei Hai ^a   Xie, Zhi Zhong ^b   Zhang, Yong ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CONICAL INTERSECTION; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; FORWARD-AND-BACKWARD; NON-ADIABATIC DYNAMICS; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE PROPERTY; PHOTOINDUCED ISOMERIZATION;

AZOBENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ETHYLENE; GASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION KINETICS;

ISOMERS;

AZO COMPOUND; AZOBENZENE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AZO COMPOUNDS; ETHYLENES; GASES; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84876149375     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4798642     Document Type: Article

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