Very recently, Sangiogo Gil et al. developed an exciton model / surface hopping approach within a semiempirical framework. This method has then been applied to an azobenzene-containing SAM model including twelve chromophores in the QM region. The central result of Ref. 46 is the absense of exciton transfer between azobenzenes in the nπ * manifold and, thus, its unimportance for quenching isomerization. In our present work, we also come to a similar conclusion, and in what follows we will compare our results to the results of Ref. 46 where applicable.