NON-ARRHENIUS TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF ELECTRON-TRANSFER RATES

被引:120
作者
BIXON, M
JORTNER, J
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[1] School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University
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10.1021/j100158a011
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A surprisingly weak temperature dependence of electron-transfer (ET) rates in a dense medium may be induced by vibrational excitations of high-frequency quantum vibrational modes of the donor and acceptor centers, which accompany ET. Practically activationless ET prevails over a broad range of the free energy gap within the inverted region for moderate values of electron-vibration coupling. The effects of intramolecular vibrational excitations on the primary ET and recombination rates in the photosynthetic reaction center are elucidated.
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