Synopses & Reviews
This new volume brings together in one volume the latest information by leading scientists who are studying mechanisms of electron transfer between metal centers in proteins and other biologically significant molecules with information from those who are studying analogous processes in solids. Semiconductor and tunneling models, which have a long history in the description of conducting properties of solids, are increasingly being used to explain many aspects of long-range biological electron transfer. With 13 chapters, this volume bridges the gap between two diverse scientific communities and provides fresh insight into electron transfer between metal centers.
Table of Contents
An Overview of Biological Electron Transfer
Formalism for Electron Transfer and Energy Transfer in Bridged Systems
Some Aspects of Electron Transfer in Biological Systems
Directional Electron Transfer in Ruthenium-Modified Cytochrome c
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Across Peptide Spacers
Energetics and Dynamics of Gated Reactions: Control of Observed Rates by Conformational Interconversion
Electronic Coupling and Protein Dynamics
Electrostatic, Steric, and Reorganizational Control of Electron Self-Exchange in Cytochromes
Electron-Transfer Kinetics of Singly Labeled Ruthenium (II) Polypyridine Cytochrome c Derivatives
High-Pressure Studies of Long-Range Electron-Transfer Reactions in Solution
Intramolecular Electron Transfer from Photoexcited Ru(II) Diimine Complexes to N,N'-Diquaternarized Bipyridines
Bridged Mixed-Valence Systems: How Polarizable Bridging Ligands Can Lead to Interesting Spectroscopic and Conductive Properties
Chiral Recognition by Metal-Ion Complexes in Electron-Transfer Reactions
The Role of Free Energy in Interligand Electron Transfer
Band Orbital Mixing and Electronic Instability of Low-Dimensional Metals
Ceramic Superconductors Single-Valent versus Mixed-Valent Oxides
Geometrical Control of Superconductivity in Copper Oxide Based Superconductors
Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition: Strategies and Progress in the Preparation of Thin Films of Superconductors Having High Critical Temperatures
Centered Cluster Halides for Group-Three and Group-Four Transition Metals: A Versatile Solid-State and Solution Chemistry
Oxidative Intercalation of Graphite Fluoroanionic Species: Evidence for Thermodynamic Barrier
Intramolecular Electron Transfer and Electron Delocalization in Molybdophosphate Heteropoly Anions
Organometallic Electron-Transfer Salts with Tetracyanoethylene Exhibiting Ferromagnetic Coupling
Stabilization of Conducting Heteroaromatic Polymers in Large-Pore Zeolite Channels