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.
Title
Direct Femtosecond Observation of Tight and Loose Ion Pairs upon Photoinduced Bimolecular Electron Transfer
Published in
Ultrafast Phenomena XVI
Series
Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 92
Pages
613-615
Date
2009
Publisher
Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN
978-3-540-95945-8
Record creation date
2012-06-11