Electron Transfer

an integrated approach to electron transfer phenomena This two-part stand-alone volume in the prestigious Advances inChemical Physics series provides the most comprehensive overview ofelectron transfer science today. It draws on cutting-edge researchfrom diverse areas of chemistry, physics, and biology-covering themost recent developments in the field, and pointing to importantfuture trends. This second volume offers the followingsections: * Solvent control, including ultrafast solvation dynamics andrelated topics * Ultrafast electron transfer and coherence effects * Molecular electronics * Electron transfer and exciplex chemistry * Biomolecules-from electron transfer tubes to kinetics in a DNAenvironment Part One addresses the historical perspective, electron transferphenomena in isolated molecules and clusters, general theory, andelectron transfer kinetics in bridged compounds. Electron transfer science has seen tremendous progress in recentyears. Technological innovations, most notably the advent offemtosecond lasers, now permit the real-time investigation ofintramolecular and intermolecular electron transfer processes on atime scale of nuclear motion. New scientific information abounds,illuminating the processes of energy acquisition, storage, anddisposal in large molecules, clusters, condensed phase, andbiophysical systems. Electron Transfer: From Isolated Molecules to Biomolecules is thefirst book devoted to the exciting work being done in nonradiativeelectron transfer dynamics today. This two-part edited volumeemphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the field, bringingtogether the contributions of pioneers in chemistry, physics, andbiology. Both theoretical and experimental topics are featured. Theauthors describe modern approaches to the exploration of differentsystems, including supersonic beam techniques, femtosecond laserspectroscopy, chemical syntheses, and methods in genetic andchemical engineering. They examine applications in such areas assupersonic jets, solvents, electrodes, semi- conductors,respiratory and enzymatic protein systems, photosynthesis, andmore. They also relate electron transfer and radiationlesstransitions theory to pertinent physical phenomena, and provide aconceptual framework for the different processes. Complete with over two hundred illustrations, Part Two opens withsolvent control issues, including electron transfer reactions andultrafast solvation dynamics. Other topics include ultrafastelectron transfer and coherence effects, molecular electronics, andelectron transfer in exciplex chemistry. This volume concludes witha section on biomolecules-from electron transfer tubes toexperimental electron transfer and transport in DNA. Timely, comprehensive, and authoritative, Electron Transfer: FromIsolated Molecules to Biomolecules is an essential resource forphysical chemists, molecular physicists, and researchers working innonradiative dynamics today.