Research Article

Detailed Molecular Dynamics of the Photochromic Reaction of Spiropyran: A Semiclassical Dynamics Study

Figure 3

Variations with time of (a) the electronic populations and (b) energies of the HOMO−1, HOMO, LUMO, and LUMO+1 orbitals of cis-SP following application of a 80 fs (FWHM) laser pulse with a fluence of 0.188 kJ/m2 and photon energy of 4.054 eV.
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