Engineering the vibrational coherence of vision into a synthetic molecular device

The ultrafast, vibrationally coherent photoisomerization of rhodopsin is a model of efficient photomechanical energy conversion at the molecular scale. Here, the authors demonstrate a similar photoreaction in synthetic compounds, unraveling the underlying mechanism and discussing its implications.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Moussa Gueye, Madushanka Manathunga, Damianos Agathangelou, Yoelvis Orozco, Marco Paolino, Stefania Fusi, Stefan Haacke, Massimo Olivucci, Jérémie Léonard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02668-w