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Mimicking Photosynthetic Electron Transfer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Devens Gust ,
Thomas A. Moore  and
Ana L. Moore
Devens Gust
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, USA.
Thomas A. Moore
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, USA.
Ana L. Moore
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, USA.
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Abstract

The photosynthetic reaction centers of plants and bacteria are photovoltaic devices on the molecular scale which convert light energy into chemical potential energy in the form of long-lived, energetic charge separated states. It is now possible to prepare synthetic multicomponent molecules which mimic important aspects of this process. For example, one of the keys to reaction center function is a multistep electron transfer strategy. In this paper, two general types of multistep electron transfer, sequential and parallel, are described and illustrated with several synthetic triad and pentad molecules.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 218: Symposium V – Materials Synthesis Based on Biological Processes , 1990 , 141
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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