Ultrafast studies of diffusion and electron transfer

Picosecond flash photolysis is used to study the recombination of carbon monoxide to protoheme in glycerol:water over ten decades in time (1 ps to 10 ms). The rebinding consists of an initial nonexponential geminate phase followed by a slower exponential bimolecular phase. The entire time course of this reaction between 260 and 300 K can be explained in a unified way using a simple, analytically tractable diffusion model involving just three parameters: the relative diffusion constant, the contact radius, and the intrinsic rate of reaction at contact.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Miers, Jeffrey Britt

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dlott, Dana D.

• Chemistry, Physical
• Biophysics, General

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Miers, Jeffrey Britt

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236542
(UMI)AAI9236542

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21549