Important insight into electron transfer in single-molecule junctions based on redox metalloproteins from transition voltage spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25798-25804

  Baîldea, Ioan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; METALLO-PROTEINS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SCANNING MICROSCOPE; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRANSITION VOLTAGE; VERSATILE METHODS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MOLECULES;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84890411044     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408873c     Document Type: Article

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