EPJ Web of Conferences (Mar 2013)

Influence of the Chemical Design on the Coherent Photoisomerization of Biomimetic Molecular Switches

  • Olivucci Massimo,
  • Haacke Stefan,
  • Cerullo Giulio,
  • Polli Dario,
  • Léonard Jérémie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134105006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41
p. 05006

Abstract

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Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy reveals the effect of chemical substitutions on the photoreaction kinetics of biomimetic photoswitches displaying coherent dynamics. Ground state vibrational coherences are no longer observed when the excited state lifetime exceeds 300fs.