Solvent mediated superexchange in a C-clamp shaped donor-bridge-acceptor molecule: The correlation between solvent electron affinity and electronic coupling

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 106, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5288-5296

  Napper, Andrew M ^a,c   Read, Ian ^a   Kaplan, Ruth ^b   Zimmt, Matthew B ^b   Waldeck, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHADRON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR-BRIDGE-ACCEPTOR MOLECULE; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; MARCUS EQUATION; SOLVENT ELECTRON AFFINITY; SOLVENT MEDIATED SUPEREXCHANGE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULES; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037198823     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp014529+     Document Type: Article

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