Vibrational Dynamics in Electron Transfer

Abstract

Electron transfer is a widely studied and important phenomena with an extensive literature. The measurement of electron transfer (ET) rates as a function of vibrational state has been a long sought goal for testing the vibrational reorganization component of electron transfer. Prior insight into vibrational effects has been indirect, initially through correlations of rate versus exothermicity for a variety of compounds, and more recently through Raman spectroscopic identification of important vibrational modes. A direct electron transfer rate measurement for two vibrational states and subsequent identification of the final vibrational quantum numbers following electron transfer have been measured in our recent work for the first time.1