Spatial confinement alters the ultrafast photoisomerization dynamics of azobenzenes
Christopher J. Otolski, A. Mohan Raj, Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy, Christopher G. Elles
Abstract
structures. The variation of the dynamics due to crowding in the confined environment provides new evidence to explain the violation of Kasha's rule for nπ* and ππ* excitation of azobenzenes based on competition between in-plane inversion and out-of-plane rotation channels.
Topics & Concepts
PhotoisomerizationAzobenzeneUltrashort pulseExcited statePhotochemistryUltrafast laser spectroscopySpectroscopySupramolecular chemistryAlkylExcitationChemistryChemical physicsMaterials scienceIsomerizationMoleculePhysicsOpticsOrganic chemistryAtomic physicsLaserCatalysisQuantum mechanicsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials