Azobenzene photoswitches in bulk materials

被引：69

作者：

Boeckmann, Marcus ^{[1
]}

Doltsinis, Nikos L. ^{[1
]}

Marx, Dominik ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Lehrstuhl Theoret Chem, D-44780 Bochum, Germany

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 2008年 / 78卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevE.78.036101

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

A nonadiabatic two-scale quantum-classical dynamics method is developed to allow for dynamical simulation of photoinduced processes and reactions in chemically complex condensed-matter systems such as photosensitive liquid crystals. A first application to photoswitching of azobenzene in the bulk reveals not only valuable insights into the excited-state dynamics underlying the cis to trans transformation, but also into the influence of the condensed phase environment on mechanism and relaxation time scales compared to vacuum.

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