TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical control of photogenerated ion pair lifetimes
T2 - An approach to a molecular switch
AU - Debreczeny, Martin P.
AU - Svec, Walter A.
AU - Wasielewski, Michael R.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - A prototype molecular switch is demonstrated that works on the principle that the local electric field produced by one photogenerated ion pair (D1- A1) can influence the rate constants for photoinduced electron transfer and recombination in a second donor-acceptor pair (A2-D2). Two ultrafast laser pulses were used to control the rate of a photoinduced electron transfer reaction within a molecule that consists of two covalently linked electron donor-acceptor pairs fixed in a linear structure, D1-A1-A2-D2. This type of molecular architecture may lead to the development of electronic devices that function on the molecular length scale.
AB - A prototype molecular switch is demonstrated that works on the principle that the local electric field produced by one photogenerated ion pair (D1- A1) can influence the rate constants for photoinduced electron transfer and recombination in a second donor-acceptor pair (A2-D2). Two ultrafast laser pulses were used to control the rate of a photoinduced electron transfer reaction within a molecule that consists of two covalently linked electron donor-acceptor pairs fixed in a linear structure, D1-A1-A2-D2. This type of molecular architecture may lead to the development of electronic devices that function on the molecular length scale.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.274.5287.584
DO - 10.1126/science.274.5287.584
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029827310
VL - 274
SP - 584
EP - 587
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 5287
ER -