We observe tight and loose ion pairs in bimolecular electron transfer with ultrafast infrared spectroscopy. For large exergonicity tight donor-acceptor pairs do not rearrange into loose complexes before the reaction proceeds, contrasting generally accepted models.
Type
conference paper
Authors
Mohammed, Omar F.
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Adamczyk, Katrin
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Banerji, Natalie
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Dreyer, Jens
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Lang, Bernhard
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Nibbering, Erik T. J.
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Vauthey, Eric
Editors
Corkum, Paul
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Silvestri, Sandro
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Nelson, Keith A.
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Riedle, Eberhard
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Schoenlein, Robert W.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Published in
Ultrafast Phenomena XVI
ISBN of the book
978-3-540-95945-8
Publisher place
Berlin, Heidelberg
Series title/Series vol.
Springer Series in Chemical Physics; 92
Start page
613
End page
615
Peer reviewed
NON-REVIEWED
EPFL units
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