Electron hopping through proteins
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Electron hopping through proteins.
Biological redox machines require efficient transfer of electrons and holes for function. Reactions involving multiple tunneling steps, termed "hopping," often promote charge separation within and between proteins that is essential for energy storage and conversion. Here we show how semiclassical electron transfer theory can be extended to include hopping reactions: graphical representations (c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Coordination Chemistry Reviews
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0010-8545
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.03.032