title: Full ring closing in a diarylethene hexamer: insights from theory.
abstract: First principle simulations of an extended hexameric molecular switch are reported. The full switching of the system is explained by investigating the nature of the excited states of all possible isomers. A new multi-addressable asymmetric structure is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, ITODYS, UMR CNRS 7086, 15 rue Jean Antoine de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perrier
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maurel
authors.forename: Wesley R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacquemin