Charge hopping in molecular wires as a sequence of electron-transfer reactions

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3970-3980

  Berlin, Yuri A ^a   Hutchison, Geoffrey R ^a   Rempala, Pawel ^b   Ratner, Mark A ^a   Michl, Josef ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HOLE MOBILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REACTION KINETICS;

CHARGE HOPPING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTION; HARTREE-FOCK METHOD; MOLECULAR WIRE;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037714218     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp034225i     Document Type: Article

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