Research Article

Constraint Trajectory Surface-Hopping Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Photoisomerization of Stilbene

Table 2

Branching ratios (numbers in parentheses are calculated from Landau-Zener formula) for cis-to-trans and trans-to-cis isomerizations at one-bond flip conical intersection (OBF-CI).

OBF-CIaInitial from cis-areaInitial from trans-area
Number of trajectoriesCis-area (%)Trans-area (%)Trans-area (%)Cis-area (%)

10046 (45)54 (55)46 (46)54 (54)
50035.4 (35.4)64.6 (64.6)47 (50)53 (50)
100033 (36)67 (64)47 (49)52.6 (50.7)
200033.4 (37)66.6 (63)47.8 (48.4)52.2 (51.6)
Exp.b50505050

aTotal energy of each classical trajectory is set up to the vertical excitation energy 4.45 eV at cis-area and 4.11 eV at trans-area.
bReferences [59, 61].