Effects of the reaction cavity on metastable optical excitation in   ruthenium-sulfur dioxide complexes
  We report photoexcited-state crystal structures for two new members of the [Ru(SO_2)(NH_3)_4X]Y family: 1:X=H2O, Y=(+/-)-camphorsulfonate_2; 2:X=isonicotinamide, Y=tosylate_2. The excited states are metastable at 100 K, with a photoconversion fraction of 11.1(7)% achieved in 1, and 22.1(10)% and 26.9(10)% at the two distinct sites in 2.We further show using solid-state density-functional-theory calculations that the excited-state geometries achieved are strongly influenced by the local crystal environment. This result is relevant to attempts to rationally design related photoexcitation systems for optical data-storage applications. 
Anthony E. Phillips, Jacqueline M. Cole, Thierry d'Almeida and Kian   Sing Low
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.mes-hall physics.chem-ph physics.comp-ph