Comment on T. Stauch, A. Dreuw, "Stiff-stilbene photoswitch ruptures bonds not by pulling but by local heating'', <i>Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys</i>., 2016, 18, 15848



Tian, Yancong ORCID: 0000-0001-9075-0363 and Boulatov, Roman ORCID: 0000-0002-7601-4279
(2016) Comment on T. Stauch, A. Dreuw, "Stiff-stilbene photoswitch ruptures bonds not by pulling but by local heating'', <i>Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys</i>., 2016, 18, 15848. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 18 (38). pp. 26990-26993.

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Abstract

<p>We explain why the key premise of the above-cited paper (“local heating”) is based on misunderstanding of how fast solutes thermalize, of how molecular strain affects reaction rates and of the role of force in the modern models of mechanochemical kinetics.</p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Gold, Water, Stilbenes, Heating, Electrons, Quantum Theory, Thermodynamics, Models, Chemical
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 27 Oct 2016 10:41
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2023 17:52
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04696g
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3003985