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Electron Transfer and Electronic Conduction through an Intervening Medium
Author(s) -
Edwards Peter P.,
Gray Harry B.,
Lodge Matthew T. J.,
Williams Robert J. P.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200703177
Subject(s) - electron transfer , quantum tunnelling , chemical physics , semiconductor , electron , plot (graphics) , thermal conduction , materials science , nanotechnology , condensed matter physics , chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , statistics , mathematics
A new vision for ET : Electron‐transfer (ET) processes in biological and synthetic materials (such as proteins and semiconductors, respectively) are of immense importance. A unified approach to describe these processes is useful in understanding, and controlling the various facets of electron transfer in condensed matter. The diagram shows a plot of the decay constant for the electron‐tunneling process against the effective tunneling barrier in different materials.