Fluctuations in biological and bioinspired electron-transfer reactions

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 461-485

  Skourtis, Spiros S ^a   Waldeck, David H ^b   Beratan, David N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling fluctuations; Inelastic tunneling; Pathway coherence; Solvent dynamical effects; Tunneling pathways; Water mediated tunneling

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MACROMOLECULES;

COUPLING FLUCTUATION; DONOR/ACCEPTOR; DYNAMICAL EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS; INELASTIC TUNNELING; PATHWAY COHERENCE; SOLVENT DYNAMICAL EFFECT; TUNNELING PATHWAYS; WATER-MEDIATED TUNNELING;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEINS;

EID: 77951672927     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.012809.103436     Document Type: Article

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