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Chem Phys Lett. 2010 Apr 09;489(4):175-180. doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.02.071.

Increasing the efficiency of the ring-opening reaction of photochromic indolylfulgides by optical pre-excitation.

Chemical physics letters

Thomas Brust, Simone Draxler, Jonas Eicher, Watson J Lees, Karola Rück-Braun, Wolfgang Zinth, Markus Braun

Affiliations

  1. BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Center For Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Oettingenstr. 67, D-80538 München, Germany.

PMID: 20514344 PMCID: PMC2877210 DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.02.071

Abstract

For three indolylfulgides the quantum efficiency of the ring-opening reaction upon pre-excitation is investigated in a multipulse experiment. The quantum efficiency grows by factor of up to 3.4, when the pre-excitation pulse immediately precedes the excitation process. The change in quantum efficiency after pre-excitation is discussed as a function of reaction time, steady-state quantum efficiency and energetic barriers in the excited electronic state. The observed differences can be explained by the molecular properties of the investigated indolylfulgides.

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