Photodynamics of Schiff base salicylideneaniline: Trajectory surface-hopping simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4574-4583

  Spörkel, Lasse ^a   Cui, Ganglong ^a   Thiel, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; QUENCHING;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BOND ISOMERIZATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; EXCITED-STATE PROTON TRANSFER; INTERNAL CONVERSIONS; NON-ADIABATIC DYNAMICS; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; TRAJECTORY SURFACE HOPPING;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84879484350     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4028035     Document Type: Article

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