Infra-red Control of Inelastic Electron Transfer: Toward a Unimolecular Double-Slit Experiment

非弹性电子转移的红外控制：单分子双缝实验

• 批准号: 0718043
• 负责人: David Beratan
• 金额: $ 39万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0718043&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Infra; red; Control; Inelastic; Electron

David N. Beratan of Duke University is supported by the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Program to design, analyze and interpret inelastic electron-transfer kinetics in molecules with bridge-localized vibrational modes. He is developing interpretive and predictive descriptions of intramolecular inelastic electron-tunneling in a variety of molecules containing an electron donor, a rigid bridge, and an electron acceptor. This work is in collaboration with the experimental group of Rubtsov at Tulane to examine analogies between the double slit electron transmission experiment and the molecular electron-transfer problem. The goal is to define new schemes to control electron transfer and to develop approaches to manipulate the strength of molecule-mediated electronic coupling. This work is having a broad impact in developing intuition that may lead to applications in optical communication and solar energy harvesting. The PI is promoting science education by providing summer research opportunities to economically disadvantaged and historically underrepresented groups. A new course cluster for first-year students is under development to examine the fundamental philosophical foundations of science.

杜克大学的 David N. Beratan 在理论和计算化学项目的支持下设计、分析和解释具有桥局域振动模式的分子中的非弹性电子转移动力学。 他正在对包含电子供体、刚性桥和电子受体的各种分子中的分子内非弹性电子隧道进行解释和预测描述。这项工作是与杜兰大学鲁布佐夫实验小组合作研究双缝电子传输实验和分子电子传输问题之间的类比。 目标是定义控制电子转移的新方案，并开发操纵分子介导的电子耦合强度的方法。 这项工作对培养直觉产生了广泛的影响，可能会导致其在光通信和太阳能收集方面的应用。 PI 正在通过向经济弱势群体和历史上代表性不足的群体提供夏季研究机会来促进科学教育。 正在为一年级学生开发一个新的课程群，以研究科学的基本哲学基础。