Providing theoretical insight into the role of symmetry in the photoisomerization mechanism of a non-symmetric dithienylethene photoswitch
Edison X. Salazar, Suzanne Reinink, Shirin Faraji
Abstract
along the cycloreversion reaction speaks in favor of a more efficient and therefore a higher cycloreversion QY for the non-symmetric DTEs, making them a better candidate for molecular optoelectronic devices than their symmetric counterparts.
Topics & Concepts
PhotoswitchPhotoisomerizationQuantum yieldSymmetry (geometry)Mechanism (biology)QuantumDiarylethenePhotochromismChemistryPhotochemistryChemical physicsMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsIsomerizationOrganic chemistryCatalysisMathematicsFluorescenceGeometryPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials