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Controlling photoinduced electron transfer rates in donor-spacer-acceptor molecules by changing the electronic properties of the spacer

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OSTI ID:5913757

This research addressed electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction centers. Specifically, the nature of the medium that lies between the electron donors and acceptors in the reaction centers has been studied. The approach was to synthesize four fixed-distance porphyrin-quinone molecules in order to study the effects of changing the orbital energies of the donor, acceptor, and intervening spacer molecules. (CBS)

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5913757
Report Number(s):
CONF-8906129-1; ON: DE89015128
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English