Abstract
The effect of solvent polarization anisotropy in the nematic mesophase on the electron transfer (ET) activation energy was studied. A substantial variation of the solvent reorganization energy was observed as a function of the orientation of the donor-acceptor complex (DAC). The anisotropy was found to be sufficient to change the rate of ET by orders of magnitude by reorienting the DAC relative to the nematic director.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1559-1568 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
Volume | 119 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 15 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry