@article{4d7998e94a2546e49e8e15536185f4df,
title = "Excited state behavior of twisted olefins with rigidly linked and rotationally free chromophores",
abstract = "The stilbene analogues tetraphenylethylene and bi-4H-cyclopenta [def] phenanthren-4-ylidene (BPH) prove to be useful models for studying photoisomerization reactions in olefins with freely rotating and rigid chromophores. In the former, the rotation of the phenyl rings follows a complex isomerization pathway from one of the two isoenergetic enantiomers to the 90° twisted conformer. The isomerization pathway for BPH is much simpler since only idealized rotation about the double bond is possible.",
keywords = "Biradical, Olefins, Photoisomerization, Tetraphenylethylene",
author = "Gina Strati and Piotr Piotrowiak",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Charles L. Braun and Sergei N. Smimov (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire) and John M. Warman and Wouter Schuddeboom (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) for their work on the DC and microwave conductivity measurements respectively. The authors would also like to thank Craig Vigo for the preparation of BPH, Timothy R. Schatz (University of New Orleans) for the construction of the variable temperature system and Ray Sweany (University of New Orleans) for his help with the Raman measurements. This research is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Science, United States Department of Energy and the NSF-EPSCOR Center for Photoinduced Processes.",
year = "1997",
month = may,
day = "30",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-6030(96)04567-4",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "105",
pages = "255--259",
journal = "Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry",
issn = "1010-6030",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "2-3",
}