ABSTRACT

This book covers the various processes of charge transfer in physics, chemistry and biology and shows the similarities and differences between them. It focuses on the physical mechanisms of the elementary processes to demonstrate their common physical nature.

part I|152 pages

Physics

chapter Chapter 1|36 pages

Electron hopping in polar crystals

chapter Chapter 3|29 pages

Optical electron transitions in solids

chapter Chapter 4|30 pages

Transfer of ions and defects in solids

part II|268 pages

Chemistry

chapter Chapter 5|76 pages

Thermal electron transfer reactions in solution

chapter Chapter 6|44 pages

Homogeneous reactions of proton transfer

chapter Chapter 7|15 pages

Reactions of atom and atom group transfer

chapter Chapter 8|43 pages

Electron transfer reactions at interfaces

chapter Chapter 9|24 pages

Electrochemical reactions of proton transfer

chapter Chapter 10|9 pages

The solvated electron

chapter Chapter 11|21 pages

Photoinduced processes

chapter Chapter 12|22 pages

Some aspects of catalysis and electrocatalysis

part III|87 pages

Biology

part IV|64 pages

An Introduction to the Theory

chapter Chapter 18|44 pages

Pertinent quantum mechanics

chapter Chapter 20|14 pages

Stochastic approaches to charge transfer processes