title: Introduction to the symposium-in-print: photoisomerization pathways, torsional relaxation and the hula twists.
abstract: A review of recent literature on volume-conserving cis-trans photoisomerization reaction mechanism, including hula twist, is presented. Differences between substrates trapped in amorphous solids and chromophores that are protein bound are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. rliu@gold.chem.hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Robert S H
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D007536:Isomerism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010777:Photochemistry; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins