Journal article
Photoinduced symmetry-breaking charge separation.
- Vauthey E Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. eric.vauthey@unige.ch
- 2012-04-05
Published in:
- Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry. - 2012
English
Molecular systems where several apparently equivalent charge separation pathways exist upon photoexcitation are presented. They encompass MQ(n) (n≥2) architectures, where M is a chromophore and Q an electron transfer quencher (either donor or acceptor), and M-M systems where M acts as both electron donor and acceptor. In all cases, charge separation involves symmetry breaking. The conditions for such process to be operative as well as the origin of the symmetry breaking are discussed.
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- DOI 10.1002/cphc.201200106
- PMID 22473631
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/21378
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