Dual photoisomerization mechanism of azobenzene embedded in a lipid membrane
Silvio Osella, Giovanni Granucci, Maurizio Persico, Stefan Knippenberg
Abstract
mechanism is completed in sub-ps time scale and is governed by a pedal-like mechanism in which both weaker interactions with the environment and a different geometry of the potential energy surface play a key role.
Topics & Concepts
PhotoisomerizationAzobenzeneIsomerizationChromophoreMechanism (biology)PhotochemistryMaterials scienceMembraneChemistryMoleculePhysicsCatalysisOrganic chemistryBiochemistryQuantum mechanicsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies