We present a combined study of single and double K–K electron transfer cross sections along with the single and double K-shell ionization of Ar induced by Si projectiles in the energy range 0.9–4.0 MeV u−1. The charge-state dependence of the normal and hypersatellite x-rays was used to derive the cross sections for the oneand two-electron processes, respectively. The enhancement in the fluoresc...

Understanding electron transport through a single molecule is of fundamental importance for molecular electronics. Recently, there have been significant advances in the measurement of electron transport through a single molecule [1]. One of the next challenges toward the realization of molecular electronic devices lies in measuring electron transport between single molecules interacting with ea...

Chapter 1. Kinematical electron diffraction 1.1 Electron wavelength 1.2 Plane wave representation of incident electron 1.3 Born approximation and single atom scattering 1.4 Fourier transformation 1.5 Scattering factor and charge density function 1.6 Single scattering theory 1.7 Reciprocal space and reciprocal lattice vector 1.8 Bragg's law and Ewald sphere 1.9 Abbe's imaging theory 1.10 Phase o...

A comparison of hydride, hydrogen atom, and proton-coupled electron transfer reactions is presented. Herein, hydride and hydrogen atom transfer refer to reactions in which the electrons and protons transfer between the same donor and acceptor, while proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) refers to reactions in which the electrons and protons transfer between different centers. Within these def...

Nitrous oxide reductase (N2OR) catalyses the final step of bacterial denitrification, the two-electron reduction of nitrous oxide (N2O) to dinitrogen (N2). N2OR contains two metal centers; a binuclear copper center, CuA, that serves to receive electrons from soluble donors, and a tetranuclear copper-sulfide center, CuZ, at the active site. Stopped flow experiments at low ionic strengths reveal ...

We investigated whether semidehydroascorbic acid was an intermediate in norepinephrine synthesis in chromaffin granules and in electron transfer across the chromaffin granule membrane. Semidehydroascorbic acid was measured in intact granules by electron spin resonance. In the presence of intragranular but not extragranular ascorbic acid, semidehydroascorbic acid was formed within granules in di...

Silicon nanowire MOSFETs are expected to be key components for future nanoelectronics. Based on the top-down approach using MOSFET technology, we have shown that their ultimately scaled channel and excellent gate control provide us with the opportunity to realize single-electron manipulation/detection devices, in which individual electrons can be transferred, manipulated, and detected in a well...

Light-induced charge separation in molecular assemblies has been widely investigated in the context of artificial photosynthesis. Important progress has been made in the fundamental understanding of electron and energy transfer and in stabilizing charge separation by multi-step electron transfer. In the Swedish Consortium for Artificial Photosynthesis, we build on principles from the natural en...