Electron transfer rates and Franck–Condon factors: an application to the early electron transfer steps in photosynthetic reaction centers |
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Authors: | Raffaele Borrelli Mariangela Di Donato Andrea Peluso |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Salerno, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy |
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Abstract: | Mechanistic aspects of some of the early electron transfer steps occurring in photosynthetic reaction centers are discussed.
Starting from the normal modes of the redox cofactors involved in the electron transfer processes, we show how a series of
quantities which regulate electron transfer rates, such as (i) the electron transfer active modes, (ii) the intramolecular
reorganization energy, and (iii) the mutual couplings between the vibronic states of the donor and the acceptor, can be obtained
and used to draw qualitative conclusions on ET rates. |
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Keywords: | Electron transfer Photosynthesis Reaction center Franck– Condon Duschinsky transformation Radiationless transition |
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