Photochemical dynamics simulations for trans-cis photoisomerizations of azobenzene and bridged azobenzene

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1031, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-21

  Gao, Ai Hua ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Zhang, Pei Yu ^a   Liu, Jianyong ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84893388882     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.12.029     Document Type: Article

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