In situ superexchange electron transfer through a single molecule: A rectifying effect
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Sequential or superexchange mechanism in bridged electron transfer distinguished by dynamics at a bridging molecule.
Two kinds of mechanisms are well known for electron transfer (ET) in the system DMA where a donor D and an acceptor A are fixed in a close distance by a bridging molecule M. When the free energy DeltaG(m) of the intermediate state |m of DM(-)A is much higher than the thermal energy k(B)T above the initial state of D(-)MA, the ET occurs unistep from D to A by the superexchange (SX) mechanism, pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0511188103