Core structure dependence of cycloreversion dynamics in diarylethene analogs
Chana R. Honick, Garvin M. Peters, Jamie D. Young, John D. Tovar, Arthur E. Bragg
Abstract
Increased core rigidity in diarylethene-type photoswitches results in shallower excited-state potential energy surfaces and faster funneling towards the conical intersections from which cycloreversion and nonreactive deactivation occur.
Topics & Concepts
DiaryletheneConical surfaceRigidity (electromagnetism)Excited statePhotochromismChemistryPhotochemistryCore (optical fiber)Chemical physicsNanotechnologyMolecular physicsMaterials scienceOpticsAtomic physicsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsComposite materialPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry