A tiny excited-state barrier can induce a multiexponential decay of the retinal chromophore: a quantum dynamics investigation.
Olivucci
Massimo
M
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Siena, via Aldo Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy. olivucci@unisi.it
Lami
Alessandro
A
Santoro
Fabrizio
F
D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012172:Retinaldehyde / Q000737:chemistry*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000737:chemistry*; D012545:Schiff Bases / Q000737:chemistry*
D012545:Schiff Bases; D012243:Rhodopsin; D012172:Retinaldehyde