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Published on: October 10, 2018
Tuning the rates of long-range charge transfer across phenylene wires
Mathieu E Walther1, Oliver S Wenger
1Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30, Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Walking a tight wire: Phototriggered charge transfer across a tetra-p-dimethoxybenzene bridge is three orders of magnitude faster than that across a structurally similar tetra-p-xylene spacer, despite equal reaction driving forces in both cases [picture: see text]. This result is interpreted in terms of markedly different donor-bridge energy gaps.
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