How Donor - Bridge - Acceptor energetics influence electron tunneling dynamics and their distance dependences

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-35

  Wenger, Oliver S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION COMPOUND; DNA; RUTHENIUM; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INVERTED REPEAT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

COORDINATION COMPLEXES; DNA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RUTHENIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; XYLENES;

EID: 78751564986     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar100092v     Document Type: Article

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