Theoretical Studies in Chemical Kinetics and Related Problems

加州理工学院的鲁道夫·A·马库斯是由国家科学基金会理论和计算化学计划资助的，继续在大生物分子和界面上进行电子转移的理论研究。将讨论8个研究问题：1)有序单分子膜上的电子转移和扫描隧道显微镜(STM)；2)蛋白质中的非绝热性和电子转移；3)半导体电极上的电荷转移速率常数；4)有机单层的扫描隧道显微镜图像与石墨的偏置关系；5)电化学反向光电发射；6)蛋白质中电子转移的顺序方法；7)分子内动力学和单分子反应；8)与质量无关的同位素效应。这项研究将解决生物大分子中的电荷转移问题，从而为理解光合作用等过程的机制提供线索。它还将澄清表面结构的确定，并将有助于例如电子设备的建造。电荷转移研究对腐蚀和电池也有影响。

Rudolph A. Marcus of the California Institute of Technology is funded by a grant from the Theory and Computational Chemistry Program of the National Science Foundation to continue theoretical research in electron transfer in large biomolecules and at interfaces. Eight research problems will be addressed: 1) electron transfer and scanning tunnel microscopy (STM) across ordered monolayers; 2) nonadiabaticity and electron transfer in proteins; 3) charge transfer rate constants at semiconductor electrodes; 4) bias dependence of STM images of organic monolayers on graphite; 5) electrochemical inverse photoemission; 6) sequential approach to electron transfer in proteins; 7) intramolecular dynamics and unimolecular reactions; 8) mass-independent isotope effect. This research will address the problem of charge transfer in large biomolecules and will therefore provide clues for the understanding of the mechanism of such processes as photosynthesis. It will also clarify the determination of the structure of surfaces, and will help in the construction of electronic devices, for example. The charge transfer research has also implications for corrosion and batteries.