Abstract：
:Azobenzene, a versatile and polymorphic molecule, has been extensively and successfully used for photoswitching applications. The debate over its photoisomerization mechanism leveraged on the computational scrutiny with ever-increasing levels of theory. However, the most resolved absorption spectrum for the transition to S1(nπ*) has not followed the computational advances and is more than half a century old. Here, using jet-cooled molecular beam and multiphoton ionization techniques we report the first high-resolution spectra of S1(nπ*) and S2(ππ*). The photophysical characterization reveals directly the structural changes upon excitation and the timescales of dynamical processes. For S1(nπ*), we find that changes in the hybridization of the nitrogen atoms are the driving force that triggers isomerization. In combination with quantum chemical calculations we conclude that photoisomerization occurs along an inversion-assisted torsional pathway with a barrier of ~2 kcal mol(-1). This methodology can be extended to photoresponsive molecular systems so far deemed non-accessible to high-resolution spectroscopy.
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Nat Communjournal_title
Nature communicationsauthors
Tan EM,Amirjalayer S,Smolarek S,Vdovin A,Zerbetto F,Buma WJdoi
10.1038/ncomms6860subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-01-06 00:00:00pages
5860issn
2041-1723pii
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6pub_type
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