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Ab Initio Study of Switching Properties of Photochromic Dithienylethene Molecules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Anders Odell  and
Anna Delin
Anders Odell
Affiliation:
odell@mse.kth.se, Royal Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm, 100 44, Sweden
Anna Delin
Affiliation:
annadel@kth.se, Royal Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm, 100 44, Sweden
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Abstract

We report an ab initio study of a photochromic dithienylethene derivative. The mechanisms for switching between open and closed conformations are investigated based on total energy calculations for the ground and excited state. An explanation for the central ring closure based on relaxation of the excited state is presented.

Keywords

optoelectronicelectronic structuresimulation
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Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 965: Symposium S – Organic Electronics – Materials, Devices and Applications , 2006 , 0965-S09-41
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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