Photoswitching of salicylidene methylamine: A theoretical photodynamics study

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2702-2710

  Spörkel, Lasse ^a   Jankowska, Joanna ^b,c   Thiel, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHOTOCHROMISM;

EXCITED-STATE INTRAMOLECULAR PROTON TRANSFER; MOLECULAR MATERIALS; MULTI REFERENCE; PHOTOCHROMIC MOLECULES; PHOTOSWITCHING; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SWITCHING EFFICIENCY; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84922879294     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5095678     Document Type: Article

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