Theoretical study of solvent effects on the ground and low-lying excited free energy surfaces of a push-pull substituted azobenzene

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 12518-12530

  Corchado, Jose C ^a   Sánchez, M Luz ^a   Fdez Galván, Ignacio ^b   Martín, M Elena ^a   Munoz Losa, Aurora ^a   Barata Morgado, Rute ^a   Aguilar, Manuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY SURFACE; SOLVENT EFFECTS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84908544478     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506876v     Document Type: Article

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