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Vibrational anharmonicity effects in electronic tunneling through molecular bridges.
- Source :
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Journal of Chemical Physics . 9/21/2006, Vol. 125 Issue 11, p111103. 4p. 3 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Effects of anharmonic bridge vibrations on electronic tunneling in donor-bridge-acceptor complexes are studied using a model of anharmonic bridge vibration coupled nonlinearly to an electronic degree of freedom. An anharmonicity parameter is introduced, enabling to reproduce the standard harmonic model with linear coupling as a limiting case. The frequency of electronic tunneling oscillations between the donor and acceptor sites is shown to be sensitive to the nuclear anharmonicity, where stretching and compression modes have an opposite effect on the electronic frequency. This phenomenon, that cannot be accounted for within the harmonic approximation, is analyzed and explained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219606
- Volume :
- 125
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22524079
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2353148