Electron transfer at the class II/III borderline of mixed valency: Dependence of rates on solvent dynamics and observation of a localized-to-delocalized transition in freezing solvents

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1862, 2008, Pages 177-185

  Glover, Starla D ^a   Lear, Benjamin J ^a   Salsman, J Catherine ^a   Londergan, Casey H ^a   Kubiak, Clifford P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic infrared; Electron transfer; Mixed valence; Non Arrhenius behaviour; Solvent effects; Solvent relaxation

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; COALESCENCE; COMPLEXATION; FREEZING; NEGATIVE IONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DYNAMIC INFRARED; ELECTRON TRANSFER; MIXED VALENCE; NON-ARRHENIUS BEHAVIOUR; SOLVENT EFFECTS; SOLVENT RELAXATION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 39049112900     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2149     Document Type: Article

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