Electron transfer theory revisit: Quantum solvation effect
Chemical Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The effect of solvation on the electron transfer (ET) rate processes is investigated on the basis of the exact theory constructed in J. Phys. Chem. B Vol. 110, (2006); quant-ph/0604071. The nature of solvation is studied in a close relation with the mechanism of ET processes. The resulting Kramers' turnover and Marcus' inversion characteristics are analyzed accordingly. The classical picture of solvation is found to be invalid when the solvent longitudinal relaxation time is short compared with the inverse temperature.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0606058,
title = {Electron transfer theory revisit: Quantum solvation effect},
author = {Ping Han and Rui-Xue Xu and Ping Cui and Yan Mo and Guozhong He and YiJing Yan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0606058},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures. J. Theo. & Comput. Chem., accepted