Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of Photochromic Indolylfulgimides Studied by Vibrational Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A2006Vol. 110(47), pp. 12769–12776
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Florian O. Koller, Wolfgang Schreier, Tobias E. Schrader, A. Sieg, Stephan Malkmus, Christine Schulz, Steffen Dietrich, K. Rück‐Braun, Wolfgang Zinth, Markus Braun
Abstract
The structural dynamics of the ring-opening reaction in a photochromic indolylfulgimide, a reversible, ultrafast photoswitch, is investigated by ultra-broadband time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy. The experimentally observed vibrational modes of the indolylfulgimide photoisomers C and E are assigned to normal modes with the help of DFT calculations. A complete evaluation of the observed vibrational dynamics including excited-state vibrational modes is used to characterize the reaction path and the cooling behavior of the photoswitch.
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