Table 1 Energy barrier of each PES from the two-dimensional PES graph.

From: Light penetration-coupled photoisomerization modeling for photodeformation of diarylethene single crystal: upscaling isomerization to macroscopic deformation

Energy barrier (eV)

 

Cyclization

Cycloreversion

Ground

1.789

1.127

First excited

0

0.586

Second excited

1.045

1.116

Third excited

0.739

0.904